Kyle Stowers 2024

[jabba72]

Yeah. 

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Yeah. 

Scorching hot take. 

[Frobby]

52 minutes ago, Hallas said:

This is kind of a minor dumb detail, but I noticed Jarren Duran looking at his matchup cheat sheet with disgust after Kyle Stowers hit a double over his head.  My headcanon is saying that Duran was thinking, "Who the hell wrote on here that I should play Stowers shallow because he doesn't have power to this side of the field??"

He was playing kind of shallow, but he also got a horrendous jump on that hit.  Statcast rated that a 90% probability catch.  And then on the next play Duran kicked around Mullins’ gapper until he’d played a double into a triple.  Not a stellar showing from Duran.  

[Malike]

7 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Scorching hot take. 

Well we know Brooks the Great's Twitter handle.

 

[wildcard]

10 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Yeah. 

I have to round up my pants.  Its getting deep.

[spleen1015]

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

He was playing kind of shallow, but he also got a horrendous jump on that hit.  Statcast rated that a 90% probability catch.  And then on the next play Duran kicked around Mullins’ gapper until he’d played a double into a triple.  Not a stellar showing from Duran.  

Duran likes doing Mullins favors.

https://www.mlb.com/video/brayan-bello-in-play-no-out-to-cedric-mullins?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Edited May 28 by spleen1015

[Hallas]

51 minutes ago, Frobby said:

He was playing kind of shallow, but he also got a horrendous jump on that hit.  Statcast rated that a 90% probability catch.  And then on the next play Duran kicked around Mullins’ gapper until he’d played a double into a triple.  Not a stellar showing from Duran.  

 

Duran's got +5 OAA on statcast so it's a little surprising to watch for sure.

Edited May 28 by Hallas

[Yossarian]

8 minutes ago, Hallas said:

 

Duran's got +5 OAA on statcast so it's a little surprising to watch for sure.

Maybe he just forgot how deep that fence is in left?   It certainly plays completely differently than Fenway out there. 

[OriolesMagic83]

2 hours ago, jabba72 said:

Yeah. 

Put down the crack pipe.  Hitting lots of HR in minors doesn't equal best mlb player.  I could see Stowers being about like Trumbo.  Lots of Ks and HR. 

[OriolesMagic83]

Trumbo good comp for Stowers yea or nay.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Put down the crack pipe.  Hitting lots of HR in minors doesn't equal best mlb player.  I could see Stowers being about like Trumbo.  Lots of Ks and HR. 

He's totally better than any player not on the Orioles, Dodgers, Yankees, Astros or Royals.

[OnlyOneOriole]

3 hours ago, jabba72 said:

Yeah. 

I really like Stowers and reminds me a lot of Steve Finley.

 

But my god that is a terrible tweet. 

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

I really like Stowers and reminds me a lot of Steve Finley.

 

But my god that is a terrible tweet. 

I’m assuming it’s intentionally stupid, given the name of the poster.  

[jabba72]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I’m assuming it’s intentionally stupid, given the name of the poster.  

I've looked at his other comments and there are some scathing hot takes, but he was looking right for one afternoon.

[Aristotelian]

3 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Trumbo good comp for Stowers yea or nay.

Nay. They have some similarities in that power is their biggest asset. However, Stowers is not afraid to dive or crash into the wall, will have a higher walk rate, and is left handed. I think he is a more well rounded player. Remains to be seen if he has any 40+ HR seasons in him.