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3 hours ago, murph said:

Baltimore sun article about Stowers power:
 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-kyle-stowers-power-bowie-20210723-dlhntlpswbbv3j7pt6w5how2ie-story.html%3foutputType=amp

“He’s probably got the most power on the team, and that’s including Adley,” Britton said. “He’s long and lanky at the plate and the ball flies off his bat. We keep track of, like, exit velocities, balls over 95 [mph] and he’s exceeding everybody. Now, he doesn’t have as many balls in play here as some of our guys, but when this guy hits the ball, it comes off hot.”

This confirms what I've been seeing. Stowers just consistently hits the ball hard, harder and more consistently than Rutschman though Rutschman has better overall plate discipline and less swing and miss. 

He also dedicated most of his training while home last year during the coronavirus pandemic to getting stronger once he wasn’t added to the roster for the Orioles’ alternate training site in the summer. He believes strength training is an area where there’s plenty of room to grow and improve, and values the tangible progress that can be made in such efforts. 

“Being able to drive the ball is something I’ve always been able to do, and I think with what we’ve been teaching here with swing decision and trying to get our A-swings off, that kind of fits perfectly into what I want to accomplish and helps me focused on getting the right pitches to drive and do what I think my ability best suits for,” Stowers said.

A lot of what's being said here explains the added power and why I've liked what I've so much despite the high K rate. He really is becoming a top guy.

 
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Stowers is going to be an interesting case to watch in the majors leagues. He's unlike anyone prospect in the system because of his extreme K rate, yet he actually takes a lot of pitches and has a pre

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The more I watch of Stowers, and I've been basically watching most of his PAs of late, the more he just looks like a guy for me. Is there miss in the bat, yep, but he'll go the other way at times and

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“He’s probably got the most power on the team, and that’s including Adley,” Britton said. “He’s long and lanky at the plate and the ball flies off his bat. We keep track of, like, exit velocities, bal

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Stowers development is definitely something to be excited about. We heard nothing about him for a year, and I was very curious why he was coveted by Mike Elias. Seems as though drafting unrefined college hitters with plus tools and projection might work out for this organization, at least so far in this case. 

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1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

He does get long sometimes but part of it is he subscribes to the theory of "if you swing, swing hard in case you hit something." There is no statcast data available for minor leaguers unfortunately. Right now they get him swinging and missing with a good fastballs up and changeups but a lot of guys are swinging through good fastballs up, that's baseball now. He makes pretty good adjustments though and his swing decisions are pretty solid.

Roger that. I am just curious how adept he is at pulling his hands in and getting short to the ball and catching the inside pitch with the barrel out front. You don't need to swing hard there, just be on time with the barrel, and the ball will go. It used to be, not long ago, that major league pitchers would bust you inside with a big swing like that, although I do not see that as much anymore for some reason. 

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Any chance we see Stowers in Norfolk before the end of the season?

Regardless, seems like he and Neustrom could both be in the big league OF picture at some point next year.  

Hope so.  He is loudly knocking on the door.

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How good has Stowers been this season? He could be someone that moves through the system pretty quickly if he keeps this up. I tried not to get too excited about him, but this seems like a great pick so far. 

Does anyone really move through this system quickly?  I guess for the O's, being 23 years old in AA is flying through the system.   

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Does anyone really move through this system quickly?  I guess for the O's, being 23 years old in AA is flying through the system.   

I know you love being snarky, but considering he missed an entire season last year like everyone else and is now doing well in AA in his first full season in the minor leagues and yes, I would consider him a fast mover.

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3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I know you love being snarky, but considering he missed an entire season last year like everyone else and is now doing well in AA in his first full season in the minor leagues and yes, I would consider him a fast mover.

The lost season throws everything off.   He’s not just holding his own in AA, he’s crushing it.    Don’t know if the O’s will push him to AAA this year or not, but you’d certainly think he’ll start there next year and be a step away from the bigs.  

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26 minutes ago, Frobby said:

The lost season throws everything off.   He’s not just holding his own in AA, he’s crushing it.    Don’t know if the O’s will push him to AAA this year or not, but you’d certainly think he’ll start there next year and be a step away from the bigs.  

I will be very surprised if Stowers is not playing in the big leagues at some point next year if he stays healthy.

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The lost season throws everything off.   He’s not just holding his own in AA, he’s crushing it.    Don’t know if the O’s will push him to AAA this year or not, but you’d certainly think he’ll start there next year and be a step away from the bigs.  

Aside from Adley, he's really been the guy that's impressed me the most after going to the last two games at Richmond. I had bever seen him live before, but he hits the ball hard, hustles and plays really smooth in the outfield--RF yesterday and LF today. I didn't get to see much of his arm though.

And having nothing to do with his play, he seems like a really nice guy. I was early to yesterday's game and he was the first one out of the dugout before the game to sign autographs for a bunch of kids and hung out for a while and chatted it up a bit before he had to get to his pregame routine. He seems like a real easy guy to root for.   

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