I am officially in the McKenna got to go camp

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Can't blame it all on McKenna .That was an all around mental breakdown. My friend is a scout and he has noticed the lack of hustle,sloppy outfield play.Maybe yesterday was a wake up call. A few Orioles don't run  hard to first like many teams.

 

The run hard to first base thing...doesn't bother me much.

If you hit a routine ground ball to short I'm not ripping you a new one for not going 100% to first if it isn't a high leverage situation.

Now if it's the eight inning and the team is down a run...yea you need to go hard.

[Tony-OH]

6 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Is Krejstad not considered an outfield prospect anymore?

He's still playing some RF, but he certainly would not be a CFer.

[Going Underground]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

He's still playing some RF, but he certainly would not be a CFer.

 

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

He's still playing some RF, but he certainly would not be a CFer.

1b and DH so far for Bowie but only five or six games 

[jabba72]

Its early but Hudson Haskin has a 979 OPS in Norfolk right now, so competition is on the way for McKenna's job, IMO.

Daz Cameron the other CF in Norfolk, has started ice cold with a .330 OPS. That wont get him called up.  

[Tony-OH]

7 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Did you notice a lot of mental errors last year?  I didn’t.  I thought on the whole the team played very heads up baseball.  

This year has been different and I truly hope Hyde is addressing this behind the scenes.   
 

Sometimes everyone gets a little too comfortable. Hyde plays vets, and after his first season, doesn't tell it like it is anymore to the media. He's learned how to keep a job by following orders and not rocking the boat. 

Then again, a lot of managers are like that nowadays. Everyone wants to be everyone's buddy and the big Hyder is no exception. Meanwhile his team is making mental lapses after mental lapses. If he is working it behind the scenes, it sure doesn't seem to have an effect on the field.

It's like with crime in cities. When there is no accountability, things are not going to get better. Now, I'm not in the lockeroom and I'm just going by what I see on the field, and the amount of clownshow plays being made and the same guys are in the lineup tells me that accountability is not paramount. Then again, Hyde may not have that option to bench a guy because he's implementing the computer lineup. 

Don't rock the boat is Hyde's mantra. I can't say that I blame him really. 

[wildcard]

Elias is pretty cold blooded about making changes.   He doesn't have to be anyone's buddy.    I would not be surprised if he is scanning the waiver wire while looking for a cheap AAA centerfield types that hits lefties.   McKenna does not have to be DFA'd.  He has options that can send him back to Britton.

He had Jack Cave for a while this off season.

Edited April 13, 2023 by wildcard

[banks703]

55 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Anyone else find it absolutely hysterical, that SG, the guy who has never seen a trade he didn't like or a player that he felt wasn't absolutely replaceable, is defending the one guy on the team who's 100% replaceable?  

The fact that he's self aware in his defense of McKenna is what puts this over the top for me.  Well done, SG, well done.

I wasn’t going to be the one to point it out because I didn’t feel like getting into a back and forth with the dude. But yes. Yes, I do. 

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, Going Underground said:

 

1b and DH so far for Bowie but only five or six games 

You're right. I could have sworn I saw him in the one of the boxscores in RF but nope, only 1B/DH.

[Tony-OH]

42 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Elias is pretty cold blooded about making changes.   He doesn't have to be anyone's buddy.    I would not be surprised if he is scanning the waiver wire while looking for a cheap AAA centerfield types that hits lefties.   McKenna does not have to be DFA'd.  He has options that can send him back to Britton.

He had Jack Cave for a while this off season.

Someone would have to be DFA'd since the 40-man is full.

[Spakman]

4 hours ago, Jagwar said:

I agree SG, it is a SSS, but I think that makes it worse. He's made 3 mental/lazy errors in 12 games. Either a veteran/coach needs to pull him aside and tell him to focus or he should be demoted/released. 

He just likes arguing no matter the point.

[NCRaven]

It's getting harder to find easy choices for the ejection seat in the Birdmobile.  But not impossible.

[wildcard]

23 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Someone would have to be DFA'd since the 40-man is full.

Johnson can go on the 60 day IL.

Edited April 13, 2023 by wildcard

[Sports Guy]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Anyone else find it absolutely hysterical, that SG, the guy who has never seen a trade he didn't like or a player that he felt wasn't absolutely replaceable, is defending the one guy on the team who's 100% replaceable?  

The fact that he's self aware in his defense of McKenna is what puts this over the top for me.  Well done, SG, well done.

The knee jerk stupidity is annoying.

[banks703]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

The knee jerk stupidity is annoying.

Now you know how the rest of us feel reading your posts, good buddy. 

 

 

[waroriole]

Not sure if anyone noticed but McKenna even missed Adley with the Gatorade as he reached home on the walk off HR.