Orioles sign Shed Long to a minor league deal

[SteveA]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/orioles-shed-long-agree-to-minor-league-deal.html

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/longsh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-

[interloper]

[SteveA]

.791 career minor league OPS.   Lefthanded bat.   Primarly a 2Bman, has played LF some in the minors as well.  Anyone know anything about his fielding ability?

Missed a lot of time in late 2020/early 2021 after suffering a stress fracture in his shin.

[interloper]

Hope he challenges in ST. His competition is not too stiff: Mateo, Jones, Odor, etc. 

[interloper]

Here's a video of Shed going Long. 

[Sports Guy]

14 minutes ago, interloper said:

Hope he challenges in ST. His competition is not too stiff: Mateo, Jones, Odor, etc. 

It’s about as stiff as a cooked spaghetti noodle.

[interloper]

 

[wildcard]

 

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/orioles-shed-long-agree-to-minor-league-deal.html

26 year old with 2.057 years on MLB service time.  Long looks like a good fielding 2B who has had trouble with his right shin over the last two years.  Hasn't hit well.   Also plays left field but his range is not as good as Stewart out there.

Was a catcher in his early years.  Could be an emergency catcher if needed.  Probably begins the season at AAA.  Signed to a minor league contract and has an option left.

 

[Frobby]

Looks like MiL depth to me.   

[wildcard]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Looks like MiL depth to me.   

Might be more if he can get his leg to be healthy.  His 2019 offense was not bad 263/333/454/787.  Good AAA numbers 280/345/467/812.

[jabba72]

Really? Another 2B? Dont they have about 5 2B prospects in the upper levels already?

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, jabba72 said:

Really? Another 2B? Dont they have about 5 2B prospects in the upper levels already?

Good at AA and below but AAA and the majors not so much.   

[SteveA]

17 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Looks like MiL depth to me.   

BB-REF Marcels Projections for 2022:

   Shed Long .677 OPS

   Rougned Odor .691 OPS

   Jorge Mateo .695 OPS

 

[Aristotelian]

45 minutes ago, wildcard said:

 

 

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/orioles-shed-long-agree-to-minor-league-deal.html

26 year old with 2.057 years on MLB service time.  Long looks like a good fielding 2B who has had trouble with his right shin over the last two years.  Hasn't hit well.   Also plays left field but his range is not as good as Stewart out there.

 

 

Just curious where you are getting that. I saw him play in the minors in the Reds organization and from what I recall he looked decently athletic according to the eye test. 

[wildcard]

28 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Just curious where you are getting that. I saw him play in the minors in the Reds organization and from what I recall he looked decently athletic according to the eye test. 

If you have seen him then I would go with what you think.  I was just looking at numbers and he seem like more of a 2B than a LFer.  But I have not seen him so I don't know what you know.