MLB.com all underrated team

[Sports Guy]

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Mountcastle and Santander make the list.

[Aristotelian]

Neither one would be my choice for Orioles. 

[btdart20]

The Monty dinger was off a 99 mph heater from our old friend, Hunter Harvey. 

We already know how special Adley is, but Haase's 25 HR over the last two years being the 10th most for a C really highlights the offensive gap between top C and an above average C.  I assume it's specifically when he's playing C because he's hit 36 (in 732 PA) over the last 2 seasons (good for 8th for Cs).   Adley has 13 is 470 PAs.

From an OPS standpoint, Adley is #7 over the last 2 seasons (with 300+ PAs total).  The only active names ahead of him are Smith, Jansen, Perez, Stephenson, and William Contreras.  And he's just ahead of Realmuto and Willson Contreras.  

But the cumulative WAR over the last 2 years still has Adley #6.  Adlley is pacing Realmuto is Mr. Prorater can be trusted.

[Brooks The Great]

1 hour ago, Aristotelian said:

Neither one would be my choice for Orioles. 

That's probably because you underrate them. 

[now]

Here we are again, "lying in the weeds."

[Hazmat]

4 hours ago, btdart20 said:

The Monty dinger was off a 99 mph heater from our old friend, Hunter Harvey. 

 

I was at that game.  I wish I had known about the friendship between Mountcastle and Harvey before the game but only read about it the next day.  It would have made for an even cooler moment.

[sportsfan8703]

Posters have pointed out all offseason how unlucky Mountcastle was last year. Santander had a huge year, but he needs to DH a lot this year to maintain that. Probably why both are underrated on here. I think that’s why Profar makes sense, he’d be Santander’s RF caddy. 

[Frobby]

In my opinion, Urias is the most underrated Oriole.  

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

In my opinion, Urias is the most underrated Oriole.  

The guy that won the Gold Glove last year is the underrated one?

[Frobby]

13 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The guy that won the Gold Glove last year is the underrated one?

Yep.  Won a GG, has to move off his position, probably won’t be a starter despite a 3.6 rWAR season.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Frobby said:

Yep.  Won a GG, has to move off his position, probably won’t be a starter despite a 3.6 rWAR season.

That's not being underrated.  You want they keep Gunnar in AAA for him?

I'm still hopeful it's Mateo that gets bumped by Gunnar.

[ChuckS]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's not being underrated.  You want they keep Gunnar in AAA for him?

I'm still hopeful it's Mateo that gets bumped by Gunnar.

I'm hoping it's Frazier. You know, the least versatile infielder out of the bunch who is coming off a season with a .600 OPS. 

I think it's likely you see Frazier/Mateo/Urias all play about two-thirds of the time early in the season.  Hopefully the playing time after that is divided based on production. 

I would lean towards 2B Frazier, 3B Urias, and SS Gunnar being the most common infield alignment if I had to guess. 

[Frobby]

43 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's not being underrated.  You want they keep Gunnar in AAA for him?

I'm still hopeful it's Mateo that gets bumped by Gunnar.

He’s absolutely underrated, both nationally and by his own fan base, and maybe by his own GM.   Hence Frazier.  

[Sports Guy]

A healthy Santander belongs on this list.

But his health has hurt his status amongst his peers because he just hasn’t played. Also doesn’t help that he has played for a garbage team.

Agree with Frobby that Urias is more underrated though, especially amongst Os fans.

[Pickles]

20 minutes ago, Frobby said:

He’s absolutely underrated, both nationally and by his own fan base, and maybe by his own GM.   Hence Frazier.  

I don't know if Elias "underrates" Urias, but it's clear, both this year and last, they don't want him playing 150 games at 2b.