Hold on... What if the lineup is further along than we think?

[jabba72]

7 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I think they do just that.  Trumbo will be gone, Davis should be gone, Nunez can maybe, possibly play third.  So Mountcastle can split time at DH/1B with Mancini, if Mancini survives the trade deadline and offseason as an Oriole.

If Mancini is traded then the door is wide open for Mountcastle. I'll agree to that. Big If right now, though.  I dont think they'll move Nunez to 3B just to get Mountcastle's bat on the lineup.

[sportsfan8703]

45 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I think they do just that.  Trumbo will be gone, Davis should be gone, Nunez can maybe, possibly play third.  So Mountcastle can split time at DH/1B with Mancini, if Mancini survives the trade deadline and offseason as an Oriole.

Nunez at 3B, Mancini in COF, Mountcastle in LF. One of those would make it possible to carry all three. 

This is a good problem to have. We don’t have to rush and trade someone for bad value. Just sacrifice a little defense. 

[wildcard]

They may move Nunez to 3B and have Mountcastle DH next season.   Elias/Hyde may be leaning toward an offensive lineup instead on a defensive one.   Broxton gone:  Santander/Wilkerson in CF.   Villar playing more at SS with Martin as a late inning defensive replacement.   Ruiz sent down and Nunez/Peterson/Alberto at 3B.  We have seen some of that in July and the offense  has ticked up along with the wins.

[interloper]

2 hours ago, jabba72 said:

If Mancini is traded then the door is wide open for Mountcastle. I'll agree to that. Big If right now, though.  I dont think they'll move Nunez to 3B just to get Mountcastle's bat on the lineup.

Neither here nor there: What is Mountcastle's offensive ceiling? Is it Mancini's current season? That's what it is in my mind, but I think people may think it's higher (it could be!). If he can do that as a younger dude with more years of control and play an adequate 1B, I'm good for that. 

[Tony-OH]

9 hours ago, Enjoy Terror said:

[ ] NOT TOLD

[X] TOLD

[X] REALLY TOLD

[X] TOLDASAURUS REX

[X] CASH4TOLD.COM

[X] NO COUNTRY FOR TOLD MEN

[X] KNIGHTS OF THE TOLD REPUBLIC

[X] TOLDSPICE

[X] THE ELDER TOLDS IV: OBLIVIOUS

[X] COMMAND & CONQUER: TOLDBERIAN SUN

[X] GUITOLD HERO: WORLD TOLD

[X] TOLD KING OF BOLETARIA

[X] COUNTOLD STRIKE

[X] UNREAL TOLDAMENT

[X] STONE-TOLD STEVE AUSTIN

[X] HALF LIFE 2: EPISODE TOLD

[X] ROLLER COASTER TOLDCOON

Now that's pretty funny!

[orioles22]

11 hours ago, jabba72 said:

Maybe next year, but they would have to move someone. I just dont see Elias moving out one of our best hitters for Mountcastle, but I've been wrong before.  

I wonder who the last AAA player with the Orioles who repeated AAA after hitting .300 for a full season with 20-plus homers and 80-plus RBI.

I expect him in Baltimore on opening day - I hope in left field.

[FuManchu]

Don Baylor went .327/22/107 at Rochester in 1970, then .313/20/95 at Rochester in 1971

Dany Clyburn was close to your criteria, he went .300/20/76 at Rochester in 1997, then .286/14/54 at Rochester in 1998 (363 at bats - he spent time in Baltimore in late August/September).

 

[sportsfan8703]

One week later and the offense is still on fire. Somehow Davis has an .846 OPS over the last 7 games. Villar is white hot. Alberto isn’t going anywhere in the batting title race with his .317 avg. Santander is still smacking balls all over the place. Mancini has been steady eddy. 

We’re actually pretty watchable at the moment. 

[sportsfan8703]

One month later and the lineup is still looking good. It’s a shame we won’t get to see Mountcastle but expanded rosters likely means no more CD. I don’t have a problem trotting smarting our there. He’s still got some “developing” to do I suppose. 

Santander is still raking. Alberto is Ted Williams vs LHP, and hasn’t fallen off with everyday playing time. 

For losing this much the lineup is pretty decent. Luckily for us the atrocious SP is helping us rack up the L, oh and the BP. 

19th in Team OPS for August.