Adley starts at DH today

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, andrewochs615 said:

Witt also has 17 ABs in 8 games so far compared to Adley's 8 ABs in 3 games. Still think he should be playing a lot more. 

Not too worried about any of this.    It’s interesting that Witt is playing so much, and frankly it’s kind of unusual.  Nobody on the Orioles has had as many PA as Witt has.    As to Rutschman, he’s had more PA than Severino or Sisco.   He’s not going to be on the OD roster and the guys who will be need reps too.    

As to how either player has done this spring, it’s not very meaningful.   I will say this though, a 484 foot homer is impressive no matter the circumstances.   I guess we can confirm that Witt has plenty of raw power.   Good for him.   As to the swing analyses, I’ll leave that to people who do it for a living.  
 

[BohKnowsBmore]

2 hours ago, joelala said:

I preferred Witt Jr. over Adley pre-draft myself. I’m with Interloper, I have doubts about the hit tool. That swing in its current iteration will get abused by off speed stuff. Hopefully it’s just a case of him pressing a bit to prove his lofty prospect status that, right now, is backed up by only his college performance. I imagine he feels some slight pressure to perform.

If him "pressing" ends up with a .400 OBP, I'm here for it.

This is a terribly small sample size (10 PA in spring training), but if we're going to get overly concerned about it, maybe we should stop and consider that the results themselves aren't even bad. In some ways, they're actually quite good.

[interloper]

18 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Hey are you gonna do that little sunshine ray of light thing you did a couple years ago or is that dead in the water?

I'm down for some silver linings, maybe not on a daily basis. We'll see!

Plenty of silver linings for Adley, I'm just being a paranoid O's fan. It'll pass.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Not too worried about any of this. 

I'm far more worried about Prince Harry and Megan, and they're at 0.00 worries on a scale of 0 to 10.

There's silly worrying about performances on April 15th.  And then there's whatever you want to call worrying about spring numbers and observations on 9 March, which is several orders of magnitude less important than April 15th levels of trivial.

[LookinUp]

Wasn't it Eddie Murray who always had terrible springs? I'm not sure if the stats prove that true, but it was the narrative IIRC.

He turned out decent.

[SteveA]

3 hours ago, LookinUp said:

Wasn't it Eddie Murray who always had terrible springs? I'm not sure if the stats prove that true, but it was the narrative IIRC.

He turned out decent.

He had a great spring in '77, forced his way on the Opening Day roster.   The plan was to go to Rochester.

[Can_of_corn]

7 minutes ago, SteveA said:

He had a great spring in '77, forced his way on the Opening Day roster.   The plan was to go to Rochester.

Shocking they didn't try and game his service clock.

[DrungoHazewood]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Shocking they didn't try and game his service clock.

Eddie was one of the youngest and one of the best players in the International League in 1976.  He had a .921 OPS at the age of 20, with 34 walks and just 27 strikeouts.

The '76 Orioles got a .642 OPS out of their first basemen (Lee May and Tony Muser), and a .718 out of their DHs (May, Andres Mora, Tommy Harper and others).  They lost Bobby Grich and Reggie to free agency, traded Paul Blair, released Harper and Terry Crowley...

At least in retrospect it would have been unfathomable for them to send Murray back to AAA and DH... uhh... Tom Shopay?  Larry Harlow? 

[SteveA]

30 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Eddie was one of the youngest and one of the best players in the International League in 1976.  He had a .921 OPS at the age of 20, with 34 walks and just 27 strikeouts.

The '76 Orioles got a .642 OPS out of their first basemen (Lee May and Tony Muser), and a .718 out of their DHs (May, Andres Mora, Tommy Harper and others).  They lost Bobby Grich and Reggie to free agency, traded Paul Blair, released Harper and Terry Crowley...

At least in retrospect it would have been unfathomable for them to send Murray back to AAA and DH... uhh... Tom Shopay?  Larry Harlow? 

The company line story that has been repeated hundreds of times is that Hank Peters had him ticketed for Rochester, and he did so well that Earl put his foot down and demanded he go north with the team.

I also didn't realize he had that much AAA experience, in my [40+ years ago] memory I thought he had spent most of '76 at AA Charlotte.

[SteveA]

Just now, SteveA said:

The company line story that has been repeated hundreds of times is that Hank Peters had him ticketed for Rochester, and he did so well that Earl put his foot down and demanded he go north with the team.

I also didn't realize he had that much AAA experience, in my [40+ years ago] memory I thought he had spent most of '76 at AA Charlotte.

Example (from a SABR article on Eddie):

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Although initially slated to return to Rochester in 1977, Murray made it to the majors with the Orioles at the start of the 1977 season

 

[Beef Supreme]

7 hours ago, LookinUp said:

Wasn't it Eddie Murray who always had terrible springs? I'm not sure if the stats prove that true, but it was the narrative IIRC.

He turned out decent.

Prior to his rookie year, the local sportscasters were a buzz were abuzz about Murray during Spring Training, nearly daily telling tales of how this kid hit another homer or other offensive brilliance.

[OriolesMagic83]

On 3/8/2021 at 8:05 PM, Sports Guy said:

484 ft homer today..OPs around 1100

Possible 2046 Hall of Fame member?  Too early?

[spiritof66]

3 hours ago, SteveA said:

He had a great spring in '77, forced his way on the Opening Day roster.   The plan was to go to Rochester.

Hank Peters wanted to send him to Rochester at the end of spring training. Earl told him, "If he's not staying on the team, I'm not managing the team." What a fun team that was.

 

[DrungoHazewood]

13 hours ago, SteveA said:

The company line story that has been repeated hundreds of times is that Hank Peters had him ticketed for Rochester, and he did so well that Earl put his foot down and demanded he go north with the team.

I also didn't realize he had that much AAA experience, in my [40+ years ago] memory I thought he had spent most of '76 at AA Charlotte.

He spent a little less than half the year at Rochester.  But the only player in the IL remotely close to his combination of age and production was Mickey Klutts.  Not sure what happened to Klutts, he was sent back to AAA the next year despite his production.  Didn't play quite as well, and appears to have been hurt in '78, traded to the A's, never really played well or (apparently?) stayed healthy again.

Klutts (21) and Murray (20) where the only ILers in '76 who were under 24 and OPS'd .900+.

[LTO's]

I wonder if the Tigers are worried that Spencer Torkleson, the number 1 overall pick and most advanced college bat in some time, is 0 for 10 so far in spring training. My guess is...they aren't.