Ryan Mountcastle 2024

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

I'm a fan of Mountcastle, but you consider trading anyone if the offer is right.  But, I still think he's undervalued.  He's a plus defender at 1B and slightly better than a league average hitter.  Mayo has not proven he can play on the infield grass.  In fact, his performance argues against that.  Personally, I think Basallo will be the replacement at 1B in the long term.  

And, if the Orioles are going to trade a veteran fielder during the off season, I think it's more likely to be Mullins than Mountcastle.

It really boils down to their professional judgment on Mayo.  He hasn’t played well at 1B yet, but he should be able to learn it.  Mountcastle eventually did.  The fact that we have O’Hearn means that Mayo doesn’t need to play 1B every day anyways.  

I’m not giving Mountcastle away just to make room for Mayo, but if we can use him to fill another need, I’d certainly consider it.  
 

[Safelykept]

7 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

I'm a fan of Mountcastle, but you consider trading anyone if the offer is right.  But, I still think he's undervalued.  He's a plus defender at 1B and slightly better than a league average hitter.  Mayo has not proven he can play on the infield grass.  In fact, his performance argues against that.  Personally, I think Basallo will be the replacement at 1B in the long term.  

And, if the Orioles are going to trade a veteran fielder during the off season, I think it's more likely to be Mullins than Mountcastle.

Dont think Cedric gets traded, could owed next to million next year. Whats his trade value? Teams could wait til He,s non tendered (if he is) thenpick him up as a FA at close to this years money.

[Safelykept]

1 minute ago, Safelykept said:

Dont think Cedric gets traded, could owed next to million next year. Whats his trade value? Teams could wait til He,s non tendered (if he is) thenpick him up as a FA at close to this years money.

should read next to 9 million.

[terpoh]

1 hour ago, emmett16 said:

Holliday(Jackeon) did.  His father is on record saying that one of his differentiators (44.5 WAR .889 lifetime OPS) was his work in the weight room during the season.  He explains that the majority of players only lift for gains and put on mass in off-season and then lose all their gains and are gassed & 5-10 LB lighter at end of year.  He credits his in season heavy lifting and in season strength gains to his success. 

Yes- that was my point of my previous post. These guys train in season and they train heavy in season. The volume (number of total reps) is generally where the program will decrease in intensity. Its not going to look like your offseason training from a total volume standpoint, but the intensity from how heavy is generally a lot closer or just a little bit adjusted. 

The other point of my post is that none of these changes happen in 10 days, so using one IL stint for a big leaguer will hardly accomplish that. The article about Holliday making his gains in season are over a much longer period of time and also when he was playing half games in the minor leagues. 

[Brian88]

Can't wait until Mountcastle comes back absolutely jacked, hitting bombs into the upper deck.

[Chelsea_Phil]

Where is ‘only one oriole’ when we need his weightlifting expertise?

[Chelsea_Phil]

Oh, right.

[terpoh]

12 minutes ago, terpoh said:

Yes- that was my point of my previous post. These guys train in season and they train heavy in season. The volume (number of total reps) is generally where the program will decrease in intensity. Its not going to look like your offseason training from a total volume standpoint, but the intensity from how heavy is generally a lot closer or just a little bit adjusted. 

The other point of my post is that none of these changes happen in 10 days, so using one IL stint for a big leaguer will hardly accomplish that. The article about Holliday making his gains in season are over a much longer period of time and also when he was playing half games in the minor leagues. 

they also need to be smart with how they load these guys and a lot goes into it- time of the year, how much they play, travel, preferences of the player etc. There is no one size fits all for each guy. Some guys have a lot of success training hard in season (Matt Holliday), other guys have success doing the opposite- But all of them are doing some form of training throughout the entire season.

[sportsfan8703]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

It really boils down to their professional judgment on Mayo.  He hasn’t played well at 1B yet, but he should be able to learn it.  Mountcastle eventually did.  The fact that we have O’Hearn means that Mayo doesn’t need to play 1B every day anyways.  

I’m not giving Mountcastle away just to make room for Mayo, but if we can use him to fill another need, I’d certainly consider it.  
 

O’Hearn might be a RF option when Santa leaves. 

[O's84]

37 minutes ago, Chelsea_Phil said:

Where is ‘only one oriole’ when we need his weightlifting expertise?

He got banned.

[waroriole]

35 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

O’Hearn might be a RF option when Santa leaves. 

Ugh I know you’re probably right and I hate it.