Ryan Mountcastle 2023

[AlbNYfan]

Define moment....last 30 games, BA .382, OBP .444,  SLG .618. I am sure many here are VERY disappointed that he has had some recent success and prefer a slumping RM.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Goldschmidt who?

[vab]

Someone started a thread during the all-star break asking who could surprise in the second half. I don't get much right but my answer was Mountcastle so I'm going to go ahead and pat myself on the back for that one. 

[foxfield]

3 hours ago, Greg Pappas said:

...and Boom! LOL

You keep this up and you will rival the famous Roy Firestone reverse jinx.

[Moose Milligan]

29 minutes ago, AlbNYfan said:

Define moment....last 30 games, BA .382, OBP .444,  SLG .618. I am sure many here are VERY disappointed that he has had some recent success and prefer a slumping RM.

As someone who was down on him earlier this year, this is really stupid.

We're all fans here, we all have players we love, we all have players we don't like and we all have players we love to not like.  

I don't think there's a single person here who'd prefer to see a player slump just in order to pound their chest to say "I told you so."  Not Mateo, not McKenna, not Mountcastle not anybody.  We'd all prefer it if Mateo were closer to the player he was when he started the year.  We'd all prefer Mountcastle to be closer to the guy he is right now and not towards who he was before the All-Star Break.

Everyone here can agree on one thing:  We all want what's best for the team.  And while a lot of us disagree on what that is, I think we should all be able to agree that Mountcastle hitting the way he's been hitting is a positive for this team.  

No one here's disappointed that he's had some recent success and no one here prefers a slumping Ryan Mountcastle.  Get out of here with that garbage.

[frankwhite]

43 minutes ago, AlbNYfan said:

Define moment....last 30 games, BA .382, OBP .444,  SLG .618. I am sure many here are VERY disappointed that he has had some recent success and prefer a slumping RM.

Why would someone who is a real fan of the O's want him to slump? I don't think people get upset over a slump to the level of just wanting him to fail all together

You get called out when you aren't producing and praised when it is deserved. 

[Yossarian]

I didn't see an exit velocity on his HR today in Oakland but it almost went right through the back of the chair it hit in left field.  Did anyone notice how the chair deformed when the ball hit it?  That ball was punished. 

[forphase1]

1 hour ago, AlbNYfan said:

Define moment....last 30 games, BA .382, OBP .444,  SLG .618. I am sure many here are VERY disappointed that he has had some recent success and prefer a slumping RM.

Terrible take.   NONE of us want any of our players to slump.   Just because we support making changes when someone slumps does not mean we want that to continue.  I'm one of the most anti-Mateo guys here... but I was cheering today when he got his HR and would LOVE for the April Mateo to return.  

[Pickles]

3 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I didn't see an exit velocity on his HR today in Oakland but it almost went right through the back of the chair it hit in left field.  Did anyone notice how the chair deformed when the ball hit it?  That ball was punished. 

If memory serves, it was 113+ and 439 ft.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I didn't see an exit velocity on his HR today in Oakland but it almost went right through the back of the chair it hit in left field.  Did anyone notice how the chair deformed when the ball hit it?  That ball was punished. 

I read 112.1 MPH.

[Billy F-Face3]

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

MLB piece on hitters who have improved in the last month.

Mountcastle's OPS has jumped 112 points.

https://www.mlb.com/news/most-improved-hitters-since-2023-all-star-break

Edited August 22, 2023 by Can_of_corn

[Frobby]

Here are Mountcastle’s longest hot streaks:

8/23/20 - 9/14/20: 79 PA, .380/.430/.648,  5 HR, 18 RBI.  That was followed by a .627 OPS in the final 13 games of the year.  

5/29/21 - 6/28/21: 101 PA, .337/.391/.683, 10 HR, 25 RBI.  That was followed by a stretch of .408 OPS over 15 games.

7/30/21 - 9/1/21: 92 PA, .366/.413/.768, 9 HR, 19 RBI.  That was followed by a stretch of .700 OPS over the final 28 games of the season.

6/1/22 - 7/3/22: 122 PA, .313/.361/.652, 8 HR, 20 RBI.  That was followed by a .435 OPS over the next 26 games.

7/24/23 - 8/20/23: 100 PA, .400/.470/.659, 6 HR, 19 RBI.

It will be interesting to see how much longer Mountcastle can keep his hot streak going, and just how cold he’ll get when he finally cools off.  Hopefully this can run a little longer and he can have a “soft landing” when it does.

 

 

[IPlayGM]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Here are Mountcastle’s longest hot streaks:

8/23/20 - 9/14/20: 79 PA, .380/.430/.648,  5 HR, 18 RBI.  That was followed by a .627 OPS in the final 13 games of the year.  

5/29/21 - 6/28/21: 101 PA, .337/.391/.683, 10 HR, 25 RBI.  That was followed by a stretch of .408 OPS over 15 games.

7/30/21 - 9/1/21: 92 PA, .366/.413/.768, 9 HR, 19 RBI.  That was followed by a stretch of .700 OPS over the final 28 games of the season.

6/1/22 - 7/3/22: 122 PA, .313/.361/.652, 8 HR, 20 RBI.  That was followed by a .435 OPS over the next 26 games.

7/24/23 - 8/20/23: 100 PA, .400/.470/.659, 6 HR, 19 RBI.

It will be interesting to see how much longer Mountcastle can keep his hot streak going, and just how cold he’ll get when he finally cools off.  Hopefully this can run a little longer and he can have a “soft landing” when it does.

 

 

Thanks for the link, that’s pretty amazing. I think I am equally amazed that he has some decent spread from BA and OBP. Historically when he goes on these tears it is almost entirely BA dependent.

[Bahama O's Fan]

He must be licking his chops with the Jays coming to town