June 15: afternoon rubber match with Blue Jays

[Baltimorecuse]

Bullpen game

[ArtVanDelay]

Just now, OriolesMagic83 said:

Grayson say hi

You must’ve missed his 10 big league starts

Obviously Grayson has the highest upside by far.

[Malike]

I wonder if Adley hits the ball harder from the right side. I haven't looked up the numbers but they always say his exit velo is not good, his two hits today were blasted.

Edited June 15, 2023 by Malike

[OriolesMagic83]

Just now, ArtVanDelay said:

You must’ve missed his 10 big league starts

Obviously Grayson has the highest upside by far.

Grayson, the ace of Norfolk!  I hope at some point it transfers to Baltimore.

[Baltimorecuse]

They're scared of McCann's speed.  

[ArtVanDelay]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

I wonder if Adley hits the ball harder from the right side. I haven't looked up the numbers but they always say his exit velo is not good, his two hits today were blasted.

Nah, he’s a way better hitter from the left side.  .865 OPS vs .648

[Malike]

Mateo has to clean the plate here.

[Malike]

Just now, ArtVanDelay said:

Nah, he’s a way better hitter from the left side.  .865 OPS vs .648

Oh, I'm not talking about which side he hits better from, I'm talking strictly exit velo.

[Flash- bd]

5 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Grayson say hi

Grayson is 23 though and learning how to pitch, Kikuchi is 31. 

[Malike]

Savant has Adley at the 41st percentile for Avg Exit Velocity (poor), 70th percentile for Max, and 37% for HardHit (poor).  Barrel % is 31 (poor).

[Flash- bd]

5 minutes ago, ArtVanDelay said:

You must’ve missed his 10 big league starts

Obviously Grayson has the highest upside by far.

I think his point was that stuff isn't everything (I said Kikuchi has better stuff than I'd expect for someone with his career numbers). ie he would've seen Grayson's struggles in his 10 big league starts 

[Winter]

Good play Ortiz. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Just now, Malike said:

Savant has Adley at the 41st percentile for Avg Exit Velocity (poor), 70th percentile for Max, and 37% for HardHit (poor).  Barrel % is 31 (poor).

I have felt that Adley uses way more all field approach and tries to cut down on strike outs so he's never swinging out of his shoes like Gunnar does.  That's at least what it seems like to me.  

[Malike]

Babe Merrifield at the plate.

[e16bball]

9 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Can anyone describe how Vlad got that error?  Was it a dropped throw?

Playing off the bag, cuts in front of Merrifield to try to backhand a pretty softly hit “cue shot” grounder, ball gets under his glove. 

Merrifield picks it up, but throws wide of the bag (which Kikuchi wasn’t on, anyway).