The only way McCann goes somewhere is if somehow a Catcher with options hits the DFA market, we claim him, and down the road McCann gets hurt and said catcher wins the job. In the playoffs, we’ll see Adley catching every game. That’s our big advantage. Adley’s bat at the catcher spot.
Urias for Mayo/Holliday is what the long term goal should be for August. Urias is a fine regular season player, but this team can go to another level offensively if Mayo/Holliday can get to a .750 OPS in the MLB the rest of the season. Similar to how we developed Gunnar last year.
Wagner and Horvath are the only real disappointments so far for me. How much does injury play a role in that?
The tiers with the bats look to be,
Potential Stars/All Stars
- Holliday, Mayo, and Basallo
Everyday starters for the O’s
- Kjerstad, Beavers, EBJ
Platoon Player/starter for another MLB team
- Norby
Too Early to tell/Flawed
- Horvath, Wagner, Fabian, Willems, Etzel
I’m not talking about Mateo vs Urias though.
Mateo’s April last year helped drive those lefty splits. He was awful after April vs lefties (and righties).
We do need a RH OF bat to compliment our LH OF bats. Either Pham or Hicks.
I still don’t know why people are against Hicks. He’s a SH. Can play all three OF spots. Takes pitches. Had an .860 OPS with us last season and hit a 3 run HR in the playoffs.
With the current makeup of the roster when would Stowers or Kjerstad play? Hicks would play versus LHP. There’s a clear path for ABs for him.
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