I’m glad DJ Stewart is having a moment

[MurphDogg]

12 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Stewart's OBP is the only thing that keeps me somewhat interested in him.  

Upper deck power doesn't do anything for you?

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, MurphDogg said:

Upper deck power doesn't do anything for you?

I think that's a pretty short upper deck out there, IIRC the announcer said that the exit velocity was 98 mph.  

[Can_of_corn]

7 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Upper deck power doesn't do anything for you?

They count for more if they go into the upper deck? 

[Aristotelian]

Hays' injuries don't bother me too much. If it was the same type of injury every time I would be more worried. I am more concerned that he just may be not that good.

[LA2]

46 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

 

Folks around here talk about Hays like he's a sure thing if he can only stay healthy.

I don't see how he is.

He was bad in 20 games in 2017.

He was good in 21 games in 2019.

He was bad in 19 games in 2020.

Reminds me of Reimold:

Injuries and inconsistency (except that Nolan was not the self-congratulatory yelling and chest-thumping type). Did enjoy watching him play last year.

[CallMeBrooksie]

Stewart along with Mullins are guys that the fanbase has been quick to give up on when they didn't succeed in their first couple of tries despite strong results in the minors. Hopefully they're starting to teach us why some young players require more patience. IMO, I think both of those guys are developing into high quality depth for a big-league club. It really makes a big difference and I think clubs around the league would be quick to grab them up if the O's decided they weren't worthy of a roster spot.

[Tony-OH]

6 hours ago, Filmstudy said:

Thanks for the tweet-worthy thought, @now

Nice research Ken.

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Even if you put the qualifier at 10 PAs Stewart has the highest OPS in a full season with a BA under .200.  Of course that's full seasons, so many others had runs like this in partial seasons.  Just much harder to search for.

 

                                                                                                                                     
Rk                 Player   OPS  PA   BA Year Age  Tm Lg   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB  SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS  OBP  SLG      Pos
1              DJ Stewart 1.051  40 .185 2020  26 BAL AL  13  27  7  5  0  0  4   6 10   0  14   1  2  0   0  0  0 .421 .630    /*79H
2              David Ross  .985  13 .200 2002  25 LAD NL   8  10  2  2  1  0  1   2  2   0   4   1  0  0   0  0  0 .385 .600     /*2H
3            Ozzie Virgil  .945  15 .182 1989  32 TOR AL   9  11  2  2  1  0  1   2  4   0   3   0  0  0   0  0  0 .400 .545   /*D*H2
4              Dick Kokos  .929  14 .200 1954  26 BAL AL  11  10  1  2  0  0  1   1  4   0   3   0  0  0   1  0  0 .429 .500     *H/7
5                Rob Deer  .917  32 .167 1984  23 SFG NL  13  24  5  4  0  0  3   3  7   0  10   1  0  0   0  1  1 .375 .542     /*7H
6               C.J. Cron  .894  52 .190 2020  30 DET AL  13  42  9  8  3  0  4   8  9   0  16   1  0  0   2  0  0 .346 .548       *3
7            Ralph Miller  .892  16 .182 1899  26 BLN NL   6  11  4  2  1  1  0   2      4   4   1         0     0 .438 .455      /*1
8          Whitey Lockman  .885  13 .200 1960  33 CIN NL  21  10  6  2  0  0  1   1  2   0   3   1  0  0   1  0  0 .385 .500     *H/3
9            Dixie Howell  .871  29 .185 1957  37 CHW AL  42  27  4  5  1  1  3   3  2   0   6   0  0  0   1  0  0 .241 .630     *1/H
10               Dick Nen  .864  11 .125 1963  23 LAD NL   7   8  2  1  0  0  1   1  3   1   3   0  0  0   1  0  0 .364 .500    /*H*3
11        Troy Tulowitzki  .853  13 .182 2019  34 NYY AL   5  11  1  2  1  0  1   1  2   0   4   0  0  0   1  0  0 .308 .545     /*6H
12            Greg Vaughn  .840  46 .189 2003  37 COL NL  22  37  8  7  3  0  3   5  8   0  13   0  0  1   0  0  0 .326 .514   *H/7D9
13               Rob Deer  .839  64 .180 1996  35 SDP NL  25  50  9  9  3  0  4   9 14   0  30   0  0  0   1  0  0 .359 .480    *9H/7
14         Kevin Roberson  .837  45 .184 1995  27 CHC NL  32  38  5  7  1  0  4   6  6   0  14   1  0  0   1  0  1 .311 .526    *H7/9
15            Richie Zisk  .835  19 .200 1971  22 PIT NL   7  15  2  3  1  0  1   2  4   0   7   0  0  0   0  0  0 .368 .467     /79H
16            Corey Brown  .833  15 .167 2013  27 WSN NL  14  12  2  2  1  0  1   1  3   0   4   0  0  0   1  1  0 .333 .500    /H798
17           Tommy Milone  .833  10 .167 2011  24 WSN NL   5   6  1  1  0  0  1   3  0   0   1   0  4  0   0  0  0 .167 .667      /*1
18            Billy Bryan  .828  17 .167 1967  28 NYY AL  16  12  1  2  0  0  1   2  5   0   3   0  0  0   0  0  0 .412 .417     *H/2
19            John Weekly  .825  33 .192 1962  25 HOU NL  13  26  3  5  1  0  2   2  7   0   4   0  0  0   0  0  0 .364 .462    /*H79
20              Roy Ellam  .821  29 .190 1909  23 CIN NL  10  21  4  4  0  1  1   4      7   5   0         1     1 .393 .429     /*6H
21          George Canale  .818  44 .176 1991  25 MIL AL  21  34  6  6  2  0  3  10  8   0   6   0  0  2   5  0  0 .318 .500     *3/H
22           Deacon Jones  .816  19 .188 1963  29 CHW AL  17  16  4  3  0  1  1   2  2   1   2   1  0  0   1  0  0 .316 .500     *H/3
23           Billy Ashley  .813 133 .200 1996  25 LAD NL  71 110 18 22  2  1  9  25 21   1  44   1  0  1   3  0  0 .331 .482     *H*7
24         Fred Klobedanz  .812  14 .182 1899  28 BSN NL   5  11  3  2  0  0  1   3      3   3   0         0     0 .357 .455      /*1
25           Mark McGwire  .808 364 .187 2001  37 STL NL  97 299 48 56  4  0 29  64 56   3 118   3  0  6   7  0  0 .316 .492     *3/H

 

Plus his ratio of home runs (4) to hits (5) has to be some kind of record as well for that amount of hits. 

[Natty]

AB per HR... 6.75. . Can he keep it up? LOL

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, Matt Bennett said:

Never understood the DJ Stewart hate. Perhaps he is prone to being goofy and doesn’t look the athlete. I don’t think he’s gonna steal bases in the majors but he is quick. He hustles. He draws walks and makes contact. He’s had a very successful college and minor league career. He hits RHP and LHP. Now a 110 OPS+ in 229 big league plate appearances. 

I could not believe we optioned him after that short a sample size so Dwight Smith and then Mason Williams could play. 

I think it was a situation of sending him down to work on something vs they liked those guys more than Stewart. DSJ and Williams are stop gap/AAAA/up-down guys at best. 

I was really surprised by how poorly he played the outfield last year. I'm not sure what was going on or whether he was struggling to adjust to the balls coming out of the upper decks, but he really looked poor defensively and although he's never been plus defender in the minors, he never looked that bad.

Stewart is probably always going to be .250ish hitter who draws a lot of walks at the major league level, so his power was going to decide whether he can stick. He's probably a middling 18-25 homer guy but if he can walk enough, he could be a .780ish OPS guy. 

Either way, this is the year to give him all the at bats he can handle to see how he looks and then next year, when we hope Mancini is back, he'll need to bring his "A" game because that outfield/DH situation is starting to clog up with Mountcastle, Hays, Santander and Nunez and Mancini needing DH/1B. 

 

[ChosenOne21]

Anybody notice Tommy Milone of all people is on that list?

[DrungoHazewood]

6 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

Anybody notice Tommy Milone of all people is on that list?

Yes.  One hit, one homer, six at bats, four sac hits.  Qualified by the skin of his teeth.

[Camden_yardbird]

12 hours ago, Frobby said:

In our OF pecking order, DJ Stewart probably ranks pretty low.    I don’t know if he’ll have much of a major league career.    But after a lot struggles and, at times, ridicule, it’s nice to see him have his moment in the sun.    Four homers in three games — how many major leaguers ever do that in their career?     Not very many.   I’m really happy for the guy.   

I said at the beginning of last year that I thought he would develop more power based on his development and you asked me why I thought that.  I know it's a hot streak but I think we are seeing the development of a player with at least 20 HR potential.

Now, that's not necessarily special in today's MLB, and he will need to show, IMO, that plus plus batting eye that got him drafted (.370ish OBP) to really make a run.

[Sports Guy]

If Stewart is the is turning some kind of a corner, and there isn’t close to enough of a sample size to say that this is true or not, it will make the CO situation very interesting next year.

[Aristotelian]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

If Stewart is the is turning some kind of a corner, and there isn’t close to enough of a sample size to say that this is true or not, it will make the CO situation very interesting next year.

Seems like the OF is close to set with Mountcastle, Hays, and Santander. That leaves Mancini/Nunez/DJ for 1B/DH. DJ being lefty is a nice plus. I think he is the biggest threat to Nunez more so than any of the outfielders.