Colton Cowser 2023

[glenn__davis]

Since April 11, he has an OBP of 0.519.  The BABIP is a very unsustainable .500, but regardless, for over 2 months at AAA the guy gets on base more than he gets out.

[Aglets]

His last extra base hit was on June 4th.   Seems like a bit of a long stretch.  Although it's around 26 AB ago.

Really would love to see him go on a tear soon and force the promotion.

[deward]

23 minutes ago, Aglets said:

His last extra base hit was on June 4th.   Seems like a bit of a long stretch.  Although it's around 26 AB ago.

Really would love to see him go on a tear soon and force the promotion.

If his previous tears didn't force a promotion, I don't know why the next one would.

[Fiver6565]

31 minutes ago, Aglets said:

His last extra base hit was on June 4th.   Seems like a bit of a long stretch.  Although it's around 26 AB ago.

Really would love to see him go on a tear soon and force the promotion.

If a 519 OBP for two months (assuming that quoted stat is correct - I didn't double check it) didn't force a promotion, not sure a couple more double and HR's mixed in are going to.

He also missed 7-10 of those intervening days w/ the injury.

[orioles22]

I can't grasp why it's so hard to understand there are too many people in front of him in Baltimore. Why would you bring him up to be a backup when he can play every day in Norfolk?

[Just Regular]

Would Aaron Hicks career be a plus outcome for Cowser from here?

[Hank Scorpio]

2 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

Would Aaron Hicks career be a plus outcome for Cowser from here?

[BohKnowsBmore]

2 hours ago, Just Regular said:

Would Aaron Hicks career be a plus outcome for Cowser from here?

Hicks’s 13.9 rWAR would be good for #10 all time among #5 overall picks (58 all time). That said, expectation may be different given what we know about Cowser to this point. For example, that 58 includes 20 players that never played in the majors (17 if we exclude Cowser, Austin Martin, and Elijah Green). 

Edited June 21, 2023 by BohKnowsBmore

[deward]

2 hours ago, orioles22 said:

I can't grasp why it's so hard to understand there are too many people in front of him in Baltimore. Why would you bring him up to be a backup when he can play every day in Norfolk?

Nobody wants him brought up to be a backup. You can't sit Hicks while he's on this heater, but he's most likely to eventually revert back to the washed up guy we've seen over the last 2-3 years, at which point Cowser needs to come up and play.

[orioles22]

7 hours ago, deward said:

Nobody wants him brought up to be a backup. You can't sit Hicks while he's on this heater, but he's most likely to eventually revert back to the washed up guy we've seen over the last 2-3 years, at which point Cowser needs to come up and play.

Hicks will be the fourth outfielder when Mullins returns, but will play most days with Santander as the DH. Until someone is traded, Cowser is a backup, like Ortiz has been. He's better off where he is until someone is moved.

[deward]

19 minutes ago, orioles22 said:

Hicks will be the fourth outfielder when Mullins returns, but will play most days with Santander as the DH. Until someone is traded, Cowser is a backup, like Ortiz has been. He's better off where he is until someone is moved.

How can Hicks be both the fourth outfielder and playing most days? Who's the third outfielder if Santander is DHing?

[orioles22]

Hicks sits when Adley is the DH - fourth outfielder.

[Paul in Virginia]

 

 

[O's84]

34 minutes ago, Paul in Virginia said:

 

 

That HR just earned him another month in the minors from Elias.

[OriolesMagic83]

19 hours ago, deward said:

Nobody wants him brought up to be a backup. You can't sit Hicks while he's on this heater, but he's most likely to eventually revert back to the washed up guy we've seen over the last 2-3 years, at which point Cowser needs to come up and play.

No reason that Hicks can't be a backup while Cowser starts.  After Hicks invariably starts playing closer to the guy that was DFA'ed, McKenna goes to Norfolk.