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Aristotelian
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It took me being wrong to get them to agree. I'm happy to play that role to make everyone happy!

Frobby
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Who cares what we think?  It’s what Elias and Hyde think that counts, and they’re about a million times more qualified to make that judgment than we are.  I expect they are leaning towards the former

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RZNJ and SG just agreed on something!

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The Os have done nothing to show that they want Westburg playing anywhere else but second and 3rd. All that extra time he spent in the minors and they didn’t try him at first…he didn’t play in the OF.

Yet with Mayo, they are going to try him in the OF and he has played first.

The org is telling you what they want to do and what they see and people don’t want to pay attention to it.

Westburg isn’t going to be on the Os to be a back up IFer at 2 spots. He would be traded before that happens.

Maybe they pivot from what they are doing and have done the last few years but right now, there is no logic behind the idea of predicting Westburg to be a super UTI guy. 

 

 

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22 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

I believe they will settle in, at some point, with Westburg at second, Holliday at SS and Gunnar at third. I don’t know if that is this year, next year or the year after but eventually, I feel that’s where it ends up.

Mayo does come into play here as well but if he looks good enough in RF and first base, I think that’s what they do with him.

The one thing I do hope they eventually do is stop moving every one around and let these guys settle in at one spot. That’s not to say in freak occurrences you don’t move them if needs be but overall, this is your everyday spot. I feel like these guys will get into a better rhythm at the position when that happens.

I think if they settle into a rotation with Gunnar getting the majority of starts at SS and Holliday the same at 2B that alignment is not likely to change unless it’s a no brainer that Holliday is better at SS than Henderson.   You still can’t wrap your head around Holiday being drafted 1:1 as a SS and becoming the Orioles 2B for the next 5 years.

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Just now, Sports Guy said:

The Os have done nothing to show that they want Westburg playing anywhere else but second and SS. All that extra time he spent in the minors and they didn’t try him at first…he didn’t play in the OF.

Yet with Mayo, they are going to try him in the OF and he has played first.

The org is telling you what they want to do and what they see and people don’t want to pay attention to it.

Westburg isn’t going to be on the Os to be a back up IFer at 2 spots. He would be traded before that happens.

Maybe they pivot from what they are doing and have done the last few years but right now, there is no logic behind the idea of predicting Westburg to be a super UTI guy. 

 

 

Did Westburg play much 3B in the minors?

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There is another obvious aspect to this that quite frankly we don’t talk about enough…are they hitting?

Westburg was ok last year but the power was definitely disappointing.  I can’t say I’m concerned about it yet but obviously these guys need to hit and Westburg is certainly the guy with the most questions right now.

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2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

There is another obvious aspect to this that quite frankly we don’t talk about enough…are they hitting?

Westburg was ok last year but the power was definitely disappointing.  I can’t say I’m concerned about it yet but obviously these guys need to hit and Westburg is certainly the guy with the most questions right now.

This is why I think we keep Urias, and Mateo to an extent. If someone is a slump, we could see the others getting more playing time. If Holiday is not up, we are lacking left handed hitting on the IF

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6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

The Os have done nothing to show that they want Westburg playing anywhere else but second and 3rd. All that extra time he spent in the minors and they didn’t try him at first…he didn’t play in the OF.

Yet with Mayo, they are going to try him in the OF and he has played first.

The org is telling you what they want to do and what they see and people don’t want to pay attention to it.

Westburg isn’t going to be on the Os to be a back up IFer at 2 spots. He would be traded before that happens.

Maybe they pivot from what they are doing and have done the last few years but right now, there is no logic behind the idea of predicting Westburg to be a super UTI guy. 

 

 

I don’t disagree with your conclusion but for the sake of accuracy, according to BREF, Westburg started 5 games in RF for Norfolk in 2023.  Also 1 game in LF.

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Did Westburg play much 3B in the minors?

From BBref:

2021: 3B - 36 games, SS - 69 games

2022: 2b - 40 games, SS - 54 games, 3b - 37 games

2023: 2b - 7 games, SS - 33 games, 3b - 20 games

2023 Majors (After call up): 2b - 50 games, 3b - 29 games

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