That’s my point. Mateo has great range at 2nd base. With all the bat talk, have we really discussed how good Mateo has been at 2B? We haven’t really seen him play there in his Oriole career.
What is Mateo’s range like compared to other MLB 2B purely at 2B? Can that be looked up? Rep to anyone that knows.
The only way McCann goes somewhere is if somehow a Catcher with options hits the DFA market, we claim him, and down the road McCann gets hurt and said catcher wins the job. In the playoffs, we’ll see Adley catching every game. That’s our big advantage. Adley’s bat at the catcher spot.
Urias for Mayo/Holliday is what the long term goal should be for August. Urias is a fine regular season player, but this team can go to another level offensively if Mayo/Holliday can get to a .750 OPS in the MLB the rest of the season. Similar to how we developed Gunnar last year.
Wagner and Horvath are the only real disappointments so far for me. How much does injury play a role in that?
The tiers with the bats look to be,
Potential Stars/All Stars
- Holliday, Mayo, and Basallo
Everyday starters for the O’s
- Kjerstad, Beavers, EBJ
Platoon Player/starter for another MLB team
- Norby
Too Early to tell/Flawed
- Horvath, Wagner, Fabian, Willems, Etzel
I’m not talking about Mateo vs Urias though.
Mateo’s April last year helped drive those lefty splits. He was awful after April vs lefties (and righties).
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