Jackson Holliday 2024

[AdamK]

13 hours ago, Roy Firestone said:

How did the moustache work for Austin Hays?

Good point. I'll counter with the fact that Hays' mustache is in direct competition with Cowser's beard. We haven't seen a beard this burly around these parts in quite some time.  And while it's not Brian Wilson or James Harden magnitude (thank heavens) Cowser's is nothing to sneeze at.

And as a bearded wierdo myself, I don't recommend sneezing any more than necessary. 

[Malike]

Elias made an interesting comment during an interview about how it's getting difficult to assess AAA hitting because so many MLB starters are coming up lame that AAA pitching is being moved up to the big leagues and guys in AAA throwing now, might not be the best they have due to MLB injuries.

[Roll Tide]

22 hours ago, Frobby said:

I just think it’s too soon to think about sending him down.  Two more weeks like this?  It definitely would be time.  But I’ll bet we don’t see two more weeks like this.  

I think that’s the Koolaid sipper in you bro. I can’t imagine anyone here wants to see him struggle or fail. But, another 1 for 29 could damage his confidence. I think you send him down and let him reset. He needs to work to be more prepared part of it gets his strikeouts way down. Even if he had a 6 hit run as someone else mentioned he’d still have a k rate over 40%. He shouldn’t end up a 20%+ K rate guy. 

[Roll Tide]

On 4/18/2024 at 6:01 AM, Brooks The Great said:

Cowser never had the chance to play every day. It wasn't a similar situation to Holliday's callup outside of poor initial results. Holliday is being given a long leash to struggle and try to figure things out. Cowser had no such opportunity last season. Elias and Hyde were too enamored with Aaron Hicks. 

Cowser played in 5 straight after call up, give 5-6 days off, played in 10 straight, 2 days off, 4 straight , a day off, 2 straight, 1 day off, 1 game and then demoted. I didn’t look back to see how many of the days off that the team didn’t play. To say he didn’t get a chance is just wrong.

 

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/hittinglogs.php?p=cowseco01&y=2023

[osfan83]

Its time to send him down.....he is way over matched at this level.

[Satyr3206]

Oddly enough even though I like his swing it's so fast he has very little bat control. He needs to work on making contact first. Then look for power and pulling the ball.

[capyy]

40 minutes ago, osfan83 said:

Its time to send him down.....he is way over matched at this level.

who do you bring up?

[Orioles0615]

5 minutes ago, capyy said:

who do you bring up?

Not that I want him sent down yet, but if you do you bring up Mayo

[Orioles0615]

Pinch hitting Urias for him tonight was pointless. You need to give him abs vs lefties if that was the excuse for leaving him down. Especially since there is no chance in hell is starts vs Ragens 

[Billy F-Face3]

12 minutes ago, capyy said:

who do you bring up?

Nroby deserves a shot.

[Billy F-Face3]

Just now, Billy F-Face3 said:

Nroby deserves a shot.

Norby

[capyy]

Just now, Billy F-Face3 said:

Nroby deserves a shot.

missing a left handed bat in that scenario? no left handed infield options anyway. 

[capyy]

9 minutes ago, Orioles0615 said:

Not that I want him sent down yet, but if you do you bring up Mayo

and play westburg at 2nd?

[EdwinRip]

This was his 8th game….should we send him down now? 

[Billy F-Face3]

1 minute ago, capyy said:

missing a left handed bat in that scenario? no left handed infield options anyway. 

If you insist on a left hande bat, there's enough infielders that you could probably make room for Kjerstad on the 26 man roster if you plan for the idea that Hays/Cowser/Santander/O'Hearn probably won't play as much.  

As you can see by the names I just listed, it's probably not a good idea to cut into their playing time just to call up a left handed bat.