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Moose Milligan
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I've griped about the lineup a few times this year only to have the Orioles come out and put up a good amount of runs. But I am not trying for a reverse lock here when I say that this is a dog***

Fiver6565
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LOL. Don’t let 64-41 stop you guys from criticizing every single lineup. If Mateo batting ninth is our biggest issue we’re in great shape. 

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Kinda hoping that’s our starting lineup in 2024, if not sooner.  

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19 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

I can't understand why they wouldn't platoon O'Hearn and Mountcastle.  Makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Maybe it's due mainly to Mountcastle's illness (any updates?), but they are in fact starting O'Hearn at first base today, vs. a RH-starter. Yesterday, playing Santander there meant starting McKenna in RF. Today it means DH-ing with Lester. Still in trial period, for sure, before the hard decisions once Mullins is ready to return.

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57 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

I can't understand why they wouldn't platoon O'Hearn and Mountcastle.  Makes no sense to me whatsoever.

What do you mean? We have a RHP today and O'Hearn is LH. That appears to be what they are doing. Mountcastle sat yesterday vs RHP because of an illness.

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14 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

But it hasn't been the case.

OHearn has definitely gotten more opportunities. Too early to say whether it is a full platoon but it is at least heading in that direction. OHearn is outperforming his track record so he needs to convince us he is better vs RHP before he is handed the job. He deserves more looks for sure and is in the lineup today.

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6 minutes ago, terpoh said:

There just HAS to be some movement with Westburg/Cowser tomorrow with the off day right?  Right??? 

I don't think anything has to happen tomorrow. It would be nice, but what makes tomorrow any different than the last week?

It doesn't appear that they are planning to replace Frazier nor Mateo for that matter. 1B appears to be where we need a player. Can Westburg man 1B? Otherwise, I don't see a spot for him right now. I guess he could DH and move Santander to 1B?

Cowser is a different story, I hope it's just a matter of waiting for "full health". 

I don't expect both at the same time though. Our lineup is not really in the best of shape right now, I don't think we can afford to carry 2 acclimating rookies along with the dead weight of Mateo and Mountcastle.

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27 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

I don't think anything has to happen tomorrow. It would be nice, but what makes tomorrow any different than the last week?

It doesn't appear that they are planning to replace Frazier nor Mateo for that matter. 1B appears to be where we need a player. Can Westburg man 1B? Otherwise, I don't see a spot for him right now. I guess he could DH and move Santander to 1B?

Cowser is a different story, I hope it's just a matter of waiting for "full health". 

I don't expect both at the same time though. Our lineup is not really in the best of shape right now, I don't think we can afford to carry 2 acclimating rookies along with the dead weight of Mateo and Mountcastle.

We don’t need a first baseman. That can be a rotational position with Santander, O’Hearn and others.

Cowser and Westburg could both be added to the roster in exchange for Lester and McKenna. 

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2 hours ago, Bemorewins said:

I don't think anything has to happen tomorrow. It would be nice, but what makes tomorrow any different than the last week?

It doesn't appear that they are planning to replace Frazier nor Mateo for that matter. 1B appears to be where we need a player. Can Westburg man 1B? Otherwise, I don't see a spot for him right now. I guess he could DH and move Santander to 1B?

Cowser is a different story, I hope it's just a matter of waiting for "full health". 

I don't expect both at the same time though. Our lineup is not really in the best of shape right now, I don't think we can afford to carry 2 acclimating rookies along with the dead weight of Mateo and Mountcastle.

What makes tomorrow different than last week is Cowser has now been back from injury for over a week. Has played full games as they said they wanted him to. Not sure what else there could be unless he's hurt again (not in lineup today)

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4 hours ago, ChuckS said:

We don’t need a first baseman. That can be a rotational position with Santander, O’Hearn and others.

Cowser and Westburg could both be added to the roster in exchange for Lester and McKenna. 

I can envision a place for Cowser to play everyday. I don't see where that is going to come from for Westburg. They are not going to bench Frazier unfortunately. We already have 4 infielders for 3 spots. Even if you want Gunnar to take SS from Mateo. That's Gunnar at one spot, Frazier at one spot, and Urias at the other. If they bring up Westburg, he's going to get infrequent ABs.

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1 hour ago, Bemorewins said:

I can envision a place for Cowser to play everyday. I don't see where that is going to come from for Westburg. They are not going to bench Frazier unfortunately. We already have 4 infielders for 3 spots. Even if you want Gunnar to take SS from Mateo. That's Gunnar at one spot, Frazier at one spot, and Urias at the other. If they bring up Westburg, he's going to get infrequent ABs.

If Frazier sits against lefties and Urias or Mateo sits against righties, Westburg would be able to play everyday.  

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2 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

If Frazier sits against lefties and Urias or Mateo sits against righties, Westburg would be able to play everyday.  

Frazier puts up a .729 OPS against RHP and .624 OPS against LHP.  I agree there is plenty of room for lineup maneuvering to create enough at bats for Westburg. Gunnar is the only infielder I'm interested in seeing play everyday right now.

Frazier, Mateo and Urias aren't so valuable that they can't get the occasional day off to make room for Westburg and/or Ortiz. Plus Mateo is quickly headed towards a career as a defensive specialist/utility player and pinch runner.

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