Hicks activated, Cowser optioned

[Orioles Jim]

10 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Was literally about to ask the same question.

Roch didn’t mention he got hurt, just that Hays replaced him defensively.

https://x.com/masnroch/status/1691599912843272648?s=46&t=eD_XXnce6RpM2gEfRbtV3w
 

finally an answer. 

[banks703]

Getting old sucks. 

[Sports Guy]

7 minutes ago, banks703 said:

Getting old sucks. 

Don’t worry, I’m sure he will feel younger and find 2017 again. It’s completely reasonable to expect that.

[Can_of_corn]

9 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Don’t worry, I’m sure he will feel younger and find 2017 again. It’s completely reasonable to expect that.

I Hear they Got something that can Help.

[Aristotelian]

That didn't last long. Hicks to DL, McKenna up.

[maybenxtyr]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

That didn't last long. Hicks to DL, McKenna up.

That's been his MO for a while now.

 

I'm good with McKenna being up for now. Hopefully he doesn't have to play much, which better suits him than Cowser.

[rm5678]

1 hour ago, maybenxtyr said:

That's been his MO for a while now.

 

I'm good with McKenna being up for now. Hopefully he doesn't have to play much, which better suits him than Cowser.

I think McKenna will start tonight and/or tomorrow since we'll be facing 2 lefties.

[Sanity Check]

Hicks appears to be very fragile.....kinda like David Segui was when he was here.

That said, he was a great shot in the arm the first two weeks with us.

[Frobby]

There were those who didn’t want the O’s to activate Hicks when he was ready, but he’s been on fire since returning, .429/.520/.619 with a homer and 8 RBI in 25 PA. 

[wildcard]

8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

There were those who didn’t want the O’s to activate Hicks when he was ready, but he’s been on fire since returning, .429/.520/.619 with a homer and 8 RBI in 25 PA. 

While I understand his hitting,  I am kind of surprised that Hyde has him in center.   Mullins and McKenna range is much better.  I have seen some balls fall in with Hicks in center that I thought would have been caught by either of the other two.

[spleen1015]

2 minutes ago, wildcard said:

While I understand his hitting,  I am kind of surprised that Hyde has him in center.   Mullins and McKenna range is much better.  I have seen some balls fall in with Hicks in center that I thought would have been caught by either of the other two.

I think it was the first hit in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs last night. Either Mullins or McKenna would have caught it and it would have saved Cano a bad inning.

I am grateful for his bat since he came back.

[BRobinsonfan]

On 8/15/2023 at 8:14 PM, Sports Guy said:

Don’t worry, I’m sure he will feel younger and find 2017 again. It’s completely reasonable to expect that.

2017 has got to be around here someplace... maybe with my glasses... oops... I'm wearing them.  Okay, where are my car keys and my home run stroke?  

[Jammer7]

23 minutes ago, Frobby said:

There were those who didn’t want the O’s to activate Hicks when he was ready, but he’s been on fire since returning, .429/.520/.619 with a homer and 8 RBI in 25 PA. 

Yep, he’s been huge for us. I am one who was willing to DFA him, if it was a choice between McKenna and Hicks. The reason being his fragility. If he finishes the season healthy, I will be pleasantly surprised.

There is no denying what he can bring this team when he is healthy. 

[DirtyBird]

12 minutes ago, spleen1015 said:

I think it was the first hit in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs last night. Either Mullins or McKenna would have caught it and it would have saved Cano a bad inning.

I am grateful for his bat since he came back.

Mullins was in CF in the 9th

[Tony-OH]

11 minutes ago, wildcard said:

While I understand his hitting,  I am kind of surprised that Hyde has him in center.   Mullins and McKenna range is much better.  I have seen some balls fall in with Hicks in center that I thought would have been caught by either of the other two.

Hicks has looked very tentative in pushing off quickly, probably because he worried about re-injuring himself again. Saying that, he really hasn't missed any "easy" catches since coming back. I'm not sure if last night's non catch is in baseball savant yet (I couldn't find it this morning) and to me it looked catchable for most CFers, but his worse play of the year was this one https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=8631ab0e-ae23-423d-b416-41979ca72c15. 

I can see trying to get Hicks' bat in the lineup when giving Mullns a day off against a tough lefty but I'd try and keep him out of center as much as possible even though I don't think he's going to kill a team out there even with his tentative play.