When is the best time to call up rookies?

[wildcard]

50 minutes ago, owknows said:

 

Mateo has a pretty small sample size (73ABs) vs. Lefties.

Nearly twice as many ABs (135) vs. Righties.

I'd find it far more likely that the Leftie Rightie split favorables are attributable to his hot streak than to anything worth trying to exploit..  In any case:

Mateo has an OPS of .474 in the last 28 days

Mateo has an OPS of .381 in the last 14 days

Mateo has an OPS of .125 in the last 7 days

I don't think his problem is Rightie v Leftie.

I think the problem is that whatever way-out-of character magic he found early in the season is gone. Either scouts figured it out.. or he psyched himself out of it.

Cuz right now... he absolutely stinks with the bat.

 

My bet is that if the O's are facing a left-handed starter Hyde will have Mateo starting at SS.

[Orioles0615]

4 hours ago, maybenxtyr said:

Hahaha... some people really seem to enjoy watching subpar players.

All of r/orioles jerks off to them 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Orioles0615 said:

All of r/orioles jerks off to them 

r/baseball is pretty good.  r/orioles...isn't.

[maybenxtyr]

14 minutes ago, Orioles0615 said:

All of r/orioles jerks off to them 

I'm kinda lost on that statement.

[George Zuverink]

6 hours ago, Royle said:

The Orioles have gone 12-12 since the end of the Yankee series in late May.  I would say that’s a long enough stretch to justify shaking things up some without worrying about disrupting a streaking team.

Not too optimistic that we will see those changes considering Ortiz is here now and can’t even get on the field.

You’ve put the 30,000 foot numbers on an inchoate sense I have. The Orioles have shown that they are as good as the good and very good teams, but not materially better. To take that next step they will need to take advantage of the huge reservoir of talent  we have a few hundred miles away in Norfolk  by using it to replace some decent players  with with more talent, using both call-ups and trades. Until we do, we’ll be treading water in a nice pool.

[Can_of_corn]

42 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

I'm kinda lost on that statement.

When you see r/... it refers to the website Reddit.

[ArtVanDelay]

43 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

I'm kinda lost on that statement.

Reddit Orioles page. 

[maybenxtyr]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

When you see r/... it refers to the website Reddit.

Gotcha. I was lost yesterday on the 4chan or whatever it was also.

[maybenxtyr]

20 minutes ago, ArtVanDelay said:

Reddit Orioles page. 

Thanks. Dang, I'm too old.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

Thanks. Dang, I'm too old.

Says the guy still under 50.

[maybenxtyr]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Says the guy still under 50.

I was late to the internet party. 

[eddie83]

You can reverse the question. When do you move on from the vets? 

I get it wanting to limit Mateo but I’m not sure Ortiz is who I would go with and that is not a knock on Ortiz. I’m saying right now. You already have Gunnar and Urias potentially for left side. I don’t see Mateo here long term. That said do you want his glove for a playoff run this year? As a late inning defender? 
 

I get wanting to see Westburg up here but perhaps they want it to come at a point when he is close to playing everyday and right now they aren’t ready for that. 
 

All of these players are still here. They are playing everyday, just not in Baltimore. Their skills aren’t being wasted. I see some moves this off-season to open up some spots. 

[eddie83]

7 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

There’s no reason to keep putting Mateo out there. His pathetic offense is too much for his glove to overcome. Same with Frazier except his glove isn’t that good, either.

These two are not good and could pretty easily be replaced with better options. Just gotta have the stones to pull the trigger.

Gunnar 3B

Ortiz SS

Westburg 2B

I would also try to trade Hays + for a pitcher and put Cowser in left field. 

 

I have a hard time dealing Hays right now. Off-season? Perhaps. 

[owknows]

2 hours ago, wildcard said:

My bet is that if the O's are facing a left-handed starter Hyde will have Mateo starting at SS.

The question was whether or not that is wise.

And as I've shown you...  objectively...  it is not.

[eddie83]

My suspicion is that there is a solid chance Mateo gets moved at the deadline. That opens up a spot for Westburg. 
 

The biggest issue I see is getting Cowser up here right now. Hays, Mullins, Santander are all playing well. Hicks is playing well. I don’t see them dealing any of them now. You could at some point send McKenna down but once again you have to be committed to playing Cowser a bunch to justify it. In September you add at least one position player. I think he is definitely up by September. Keep in mind Adley is not DH’ing in the playoffs. Unless it’s a lefty Santander is going to be the DH. Vs a lefty it’s possible it could be someone else but also possible Hicks plays RF. 
 

My guess is the playoff lineups/big games could be

Vs RHP

Mullins CF

Adley C

Santander DH

Gunnar SS

Hays RF

Mountcastle/O’Hearn 1B

Cowser LF

Urias 3B

Frazier/Westburg 2B

 

LHP

Hays LF

Adley C

Santander DH

Mountcastle 1B

Urias 3B

Mullins CF

Westburg 2B 

Gunnar SS

Hicks RF

 

As far as the other prospects go, those discussions can wait till the off-season. If Mateo gets dealt then Ortiz takes that role over. I do expect to see Westburg before Cowser