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5 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Sometimes, yeah. Obviously hitting the ball hard is a good thing, but if you smoke balls in a very narrow spray (see Mountcastle) you get high EVs with a lack of real consistent production.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ryan-mountcastle/18373/spray-charts?position=OF&type=battedball

Not sure you can sort spray charts by EV but overall he has a decent spread.

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8 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ryan-mountcastle/18373/spray-charts?position=OF&type=battedball

Not sure you can sort spray charts by EV but overall he has a decent spread.

I'm not sure what you get out of that spray chart really because there are clear groupings. But, at the end of the day, teams position him very well so that tells me something.

Two years in a row of being "unlucky" or does he hit the ball at guys because they know how to position against him?

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The Orioles broadcasts are getting to be one giant advertisement for "come to the park". From Kevin Brown's ridiculous over the top love for the new bird bath, to every interview by Melenie showing fan experience, to the constant jabbering about the ball park experience, it's just so obvious.

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2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I'm not sure what you get out of that spray chart really because there are clear groupings. But, at the end of the day, teams position him very well so that tells me something.

Two years in a row of being "unlucky" or does he hit the ball at guys because they know how to position against him.

Sure there are groupings, but I wouldn't say it is anything close to a "very narrow spray".

Joey Gallo, he has a narrow spray.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/joey-gallo/14128/spray-charts?position=OF&type=battedball

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2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure there are groupings, but I wouldn't say it is anything close to a "very narrow spray".

Joey Gallo, he has a narrow spray.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/joey-gallo/14128/spray-charts?position=OF&type=battedball

No, Gallo is a dead pull hitter. I'm not talking left to right spray hitting but rather that Mountcastle tends to hit in the same areas often. 

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