Jordan Westburg 2022

[Ripken]

Pretty bad BB/K ratio.  Hopefully he can figure that out.

[btdart20]

2 hours ago, Ripken said:

Pretty bad BB/K ratio.  Hopefully he can figure that out.

That’s a good metric to watch for Westburg.  Especially his BB%.  It has torpedoed in AAA. Combine that with a significantly higher pull rate and higher GB rates in AAA and I bet he’s HR happy.  

[Going Underground]

Is Westburg's 7 errors in 25 games at SS for Norfolk somewhat concerning? Not sure if mostly throws?

[RZNJ]

14 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Is Westburg's 7 errors in 25 games at SS for Norfolk somewhat concerning? Not sure if mostly throws?

He's been pretty steady up until now. Maybe taking his slump out into the field.  Another poster went to a game a few weeks ago and did make mention of his throws being all over the place.

I was actually glad that someone mentioned he's been pulling the ball a lot.  That suggests to me he's only slumping and it's nothing more serious.  When he's going good he's hitting doubles to rcf.  Not sure why he keeps regressing into pull mode.  With Mateo ahead of him and Joe Ortiz behind him and Gunnar Henderson beside him, SS is looking less a less like Westburg's future position on the O's.  I was playing around the other day with a future lineup with Westburg at 1B but it's not that crazy if his bat is for real.  

[Sports Guy]

Westburg vs Norby is really going to become an interesting debate.

And then how does Mayo factor in.  He’s been disappointing this year but is still a very good prospect imo.  Hopefully he ends the year on a high note.

Edited August 8, 2022 by Sports Guy

[RZNJ]

Westburg starting to bust out of his month long slump.   2 homers in last 3 games.   Starting to draw walks.   

 

[MurphDogg]

.156/.244/.182 in 20 games before this Rochester series. Hopefully he can carry this success over for the rest of the season.

Edited August 11, 2022 by MurphDogg

[RZNJ]

15 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

.156/.244/.182 in 20 games before this Rochester series. Hopefully he can carry this success over for the rest of the season.

Hit a low point about 5 games ago with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk over 3 games.   Since then, 6 walks and 1 strikeout before today.   Maybe he hit bottom, again!

[Sports Guy]

He seems to go from really good to big slump and back to good.  Hopefully this is the start of that.

[Orioles Jim]

Was just going to post the tweet from RZNJ.

.861 OPS over his last 7 games. Hopefully this is him FINALLY busting out of it. Hopefully.

[Just Regular]

Got a rehabbing Nick Anderson for his HR tonight.

[RVAOsFan]

20th of the season which I believe leads all of our minor leagues and we hardly talk about the guy because of all the other talent. 

[LookinUp]

He's an interesting dude. His OPS in Norfolk (.827) is now higher than it was in Bowie this year (.817). He's .878 in August despite a bad start.

He also has 18 ks and 16 walks in August. That is a significant development that we hope changes his profile a bit. It comes after a July where he had 26 ks to 5 walks, a June with 21/6, and a May with 30/11. In 2021 he was basically a 2/1 ratio of k/bb.

He was promoted to Norfolk in early June, so that can't be blamed for the slump. Basically, he was terrible through July and early August but has otherwise been a stud.

Oh, and he's still at 7 errors, which he was at on 8/7, so he's had a clean 2+ weeks in the field.

 

[Frobby]

1.052 OPS over the last 13 games.  Nice to see him break out of his slump, which had lasted for 20 games of .426 OPS.  Hopefully he can finish the year strong and be a candidate to make the big club next spring.   

[RVAOsFan]

Westburg and Gunnar got promoted to Norfolk together, maybe they will both show up in Baltimore together?