Tuesday, September 12: The return of John Means!

[Gurgi]

Just now, OnlyOneOriole said:

Adley is never going to be the hitter we thought he was going to be.  Just the nature of the position.  It takes a huge toll on the body.

 

He is a Matt Weiters 2.0 who is better looking and with a better team disposition and attitude. 

 

Hate to say it but it is true.  Catchers just simply can't become elite hitters.

A second failure of our switch hitting Jesus?   

[baltfan]

 Crazy how much better they are against velocity. 

Edited September 13, 2023 by baltfan

[Spy Fox]

3 minutes ago, baltfan said:

He definitely will against lefties. 

Interestingly McCann has stunk against lefties this year (.613 OPS) and done well against righties (.751).

That goes against his career norms though so it might just be noise. 

[Gurgi]

Matt Wieters could at least throw someone out.   Adley not so much.

[O's84]

We had our chances today and came up small.  Try and rebound tomorrow and win the series.

[dtk9119]

Crushing loss. Time to go root for the Twins.

[OnlyOneOriole]

Just now, Gurgi said:

A second failure of our switch hitting Jesus?   

Hate to say it but yes.  This is why many GM's won't draft a catcher super high.  They all just kind of become the same guy in the end due to the wear and tear. 

[Roy Firestone]

just a thoroughly disappointing game...right from the first inning when we had Wainright on the ropes and couldn't do anything with it...

[baltfan]

If we were going to lose one of these, fine with losing this one.  Let Wainwright get one step closer to 200. 

[oriolediehard]

3 minutes ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

Adley is never going to be the hitter we thought he was going to be.  Just the nature of the position.  It takes a huge toll on the body.

 

He is a Matt Weiters 2.0 who is better looking and with a better team disposition and attitude. 

 

Hate to say it but it is true.  Catchers just simply can't become elite hitters.

How about Johnny Bench?

[baltfan]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

Crushing loss. Time to go root for the Twins.

It’s not a crushing loss.  They have been up 2 games for most of the last two months.  Also, someone has to beat the Rays sometime. 

[Spy Fox]

3 minutes ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

Adley is never going to be the hitter we thought he was going to be.  Just the nature of the position.  It takes a huge toll on the body.

He is a Matt Weiters 2.0 who is better looking and with a better team disposition and attitude. 

Hate to say it but it is true.  Catchers just simply can't become elite hitters.

The thought that he'll fall short of some people's hopes is probably true. 

But he's basically guaranteed to be better than Wieters 2.0 if for no other reason than the batting eye. A .360 OBP is way more valuable than a .320 and that's a skill that's gonna stick around. 

[Yossarian]

3 minutes ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

Adley is never going to be the hitter we thought he was going to be.  Just the nature of the position.  It takes a huge toll on the body.

 

He is a Matt Weiters 2.0 who is better looking and with a better team disposition and attitude. 

 

Hate to say it but it is true.  Catchers just simply can't become elite hitters.

I was hoping for Buster Posey - but you may be right,  Matt Wieters with more walks might be the high bar.  He may have a couple 25 home run seasons, but I don't think he'll ever hit 30.

[Brian88]

We aren’t the only ones who had a rough night 

[OnlyOneOriole]

5 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

just a thoroughly disappointing game...right from the first inning when we had Wainright on the ropes and couldn't do anything with it...

 

 

You simply cannot lose a game to a non playoff team starting a pitcher who looks like he should be in a geriatrics home.

 

If I am a playoff contender I look at this game and say "they can't hit any sort of curve or slow pitch". 

I mean wtf was that?

 

Means threw the ball 100 x better than than Wainwright and yet we lost the game.

 

Not good.

 

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by OnlyOneOriole