My 2022 Midseason Report Card

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Ohfan67 said:

To put that in perspective, if Ryan keeps this up, and that’s a significant if, a 127 OPS+ would be better than all but one of Nick Markakis’ seasons. 

But Nick provided more value on defense.  I think one reason a Mountcastle doesn’t get more attention (though he gets plenty IMO) is that he plays a position where good offense is expected.   His wOBA ranks 14th among 28 qualified 1B.

[Ohfan67]

19 minutes ago, Frobby said:

But Nick provided more value on defense.  I think one reason a Mountcastle doesn’t get more attention (though he gets plenty IMO) is that he plays a position where good offense is expected.   His wOBA ranks 14th among 28 qualified 1B.

Totally agree about defense. Although it’s typically offense bringing attention to defense rather than the other way around (although definitely happens). 
 

I don’t think his rank among other 1B strongly affects how Orioles fans perceive performance within the team. I think Mancini is an example of positional ranking not affecting fan perception (even before cancer). 
 

Mountcastle is far from a perfect player, but he’s one of the few hitters on the roster with the potential to carry this offense for a couple of months IMO.  And do it in more than one year.  

 

[Ohfan67]

1 hour ago, NCRaven said:

You’re membership in the unofficial Ryan Mountcastle fan club has been accepted.  You are also appointed Vice President.

Better than being President of the Miserable SOB Club. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Ohfan67 said:

Better than being President of the Miserable SOB Club. 

We don't do clubs.

[Ohfan67]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

We don't do clubs.

. True. Way too antisocial.

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

On 7/9/2022 at 3:48 PM, Frobby said:

There are a couple of different sources, but the one most easy to access is Fangraphs.   Here a link to their list of defensive stats for 54 catchers, 200 innings caught minimum (look at the column labeled "FRM").    They have him dead last in framing runs, at -9.5   Adley is 14th, at +2.5, despite not having caught that many games yet.  On a per-game basis he is pretty spectacular. 

Baseball Prospectus has its own framing metric.  They have Chirinos at -10.0, Rutschman at +1.7. 

Now let me just say, when I watch Chirinos, I don't notice that he is a particularly bad framer.   But the stats say otherwise.   

I don't know of publicly available sources that track this at the minor league level.

Wow, cubs catcher is so low! How reliable do you feel this data is? Some catchers get more calls bc of success of team? I need to read more how it’s calculated!

[OriolesMagic83]

Frobby, you seem awfully harsh on Adley.  His defense and handling of pitchers has been spectacular imo.  It's like night and day vs. recent O's catchers.  I know that Adley didn't hit at all when he first came up, but over the last 30 days, he has a .880 OPS.  Someone also recently calculated that he is putting up a 5.0 on a yearly basis now.  I believe Weiters only reached 5.0 WAR once.  I would have to give him at least a B for what he has contributed defensively. 

[Frobby]

On 7/11/2022 at 12:17 AM, OriolesMagic83 said:

Frobby, you seem awfully harsh on Adley.  His defense and handling of pitchers has been spectacular imo.  It's like night and day vs. recent O's catchers.  I know that Adley didn't hit at all when he first came up, but over the last 30 days, he has a .880 OPS.  Someone also recently calculated that he is putting up a 5.0 on a yearly basis now.  I believe Weiters only reached 5.0 WAR once.  I would have to give him at least a B for what he has contributed defensively. 

Whoever said he was at 5.0 on a yearly basis is very bad at math.  0.8 rWAR, 0.8 fWAR in 41 games = 3.2 WAR in a full season.  

Just remember, I’m grading on a curve based on my expectations for the player.  I expected his defense to be what it is.   I expected him to hit considerably better than .674 OPS.  And, he will.   But he hadn’t done it during the period for which I was grading him.