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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

We have no way of knowing how much his vertigo impacted his early numbers.

Maybe he was dealing with it for weeks, maybe only a day or two.

We've seen him look lost before.

I dunno man...

I'm having a hard time just dismissing his second half (208 PA) after returning from vertigo

.322 BA  .404 OBP .893 OPS

I know he's streaky... but that's his second half... over 208 PA's

I think I gotta find out if that's real.

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5 minutes ago, owknows said:

I dunno man...

I'm having a hard time just dismissing his second half (208 PA) after returning from vertigo

.322 BA  .404 OBP .893 OPS

I know he's streaky... but that's his second half... over 208 PA's

I think I gotta find out if that's real.

I'm a fan, I hope he can be a 900 OPS guy.

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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

You did see where he didn't have issues against RHP before this season right?

It might very well be a one year thing.

Shows up pretty robustly in his career numbers...

career .842 OPS Vs LHP

career .742 OPS vs RHP

That's not a fluke.. but the degree seems to vary year to year.

And where Mountcastle seems to favor LHP... Mayo shows a bias for RHP

I'll take M&Ms at 1B

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1 hour ago, baltfan said:

Whatever the Seattle equivalent of Grayson is.   Do you think the Seattle GM might see this?  😂 

If a team was in need of a solid and cheap 1b or LF option would they give up a prospect in the range of Ortiz or Norby?  

I think yes, and another wildcard.

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322/404/489 is a surprising shape of triple slash for Mountcastle to output.

We knew all along the good version of him might hit .300, but a +80 OBP probably isn't something many of us would have guessed.    43/25 K/BB in that second half about the same K/BB numbers as Corey Seager had over the same time frame.

Baseball's great.

Last 3 Years:

Santander 1741 PA of 247/313/456

Mountcastle 1665 PA of 257/313/454

 

 

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6 hours ago, casadeozo said:

If BP help is the best we could do, is it better to keep them?

Or do we have to trade one or both of them to open up a spot for Cowser/Kjerstad?

I would say that those are two places to look to upgrade. I’d personally look to outside to org for a more established player than one of the prospects. 

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I'd like to see Hays go to Pittsburgh for Bednar. I'm happy to throw in a prospect like Norby (who has no path with the O's) to make it happen. Gotta think Pittsburgh could use a good all around player like Hays with years of cheap control remaining, along with a mlb-ready prospect. Works for us because Bednar is an elite reliever and we have too many reclamation projects.

 

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7 hours ago, owknows said:

I dunno man...

I'm having a hard time just dismissing his second half (208 PA) after returning from vertigo

.322 BA  .404 OBP .893 OPS

I know he's streaky... but that's his second half... over 208 PA's

I think I gotta find out if that's real.

It isn’t.  It’s really one hot streak of 29 games, 121 PA, in which he had a 1.086 OPS,  His second half before and after that:

21 PA, .714 OPS

66 PA, .599 OPS

Pretty much the same as the 104 PA, 1.099 OPS heater he had May 31 - June 28, 2021, the 92 PA, 1.181 heater from July 30 - Sept. 1 2021, or the 131 PA, 1.066 heater he had from May 30 - July 3, 2022.   

I don’t necessarily think we’ve seen Mountcastle’s best full season yet, but he’s a streaky guy who can carry a team one month and be a lead anchor the next.   That’s what we’ve seen for three years now.  
 

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4 hours ago, Answerman said:

I'd like to see Hays go to Pittsburgh for Bednar. I'm happy to throw in a prospect like Norby (who has no path with the O's) to make it happen. Gotta think Pittsburgh could use a good all around player like Hays with years of cheap control remaining, along with a mlb-ready prospect. Works for us because Bednar is an elite reliever and we have too many reclamation projects.

 

Hays is arb eligible next year.  Prob gets ~3MM.  Next year is his last “cheap year”.  He will start to get expensive quickly.  That’s precisely why I think he’s a trade candidate.  I’d trade him for an elite reliever.  

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