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4 hours ago, Brooks The Great said:

Hays in the McKenna role from last year is a reflection of the serious talent this team already has, with more premium talent on the way.

Hays is a good dude and I appreciate his career as an Oriole, but he, Urias, and Mateo need to be Wally Pipped. Cowser is an everyday player, even against lefties.

Didn't Hyde already state that going forward Westburg, Holliday, Gunnar, and Cowser would be starting.... meaning Hays and Urias are now bench players.

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Hays since the All-Star break... .222 BA .286 OBP. 

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Four games into the season he's batting  .133 / .235 / .133, two singles, two walks, and four strike outs. This is obviously a small sample, but the worse news is that in his last 81 games Hays is bat

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Apparently not enough to know how to spell his name. 😉

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20 minutes ago, .500_OR_BETTER said:

Didn't Hyde already state that going forward Westburg, Holliday, Gunnar, and Cowser would be starting.... meaning Hays and Urias are now bench players.

IIRC, I read on here yesterday that it was going to be Westburg at 3rd, Gunnar at SS and Holliday at 2nd, that's what we'd be seeing a lot of.  

Didn't say anything about Hays/Cowser.

But with the way Cowser is swinging right now, Hyde can't sit him for Hays.

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20 minutes ago, .500_OR_BETTER said:

Didn't Hyde already state that going forward Westburg, Holliday, Gunnar, and Cowser would be starting.... meaning Hays and Urias are now bench players.

I didn't see any mention of Cowser.  I did see him say Westburg would be at third, Gunnar at short and Holliday at second moving forward.  

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8 hours ago, RZNJ said:

 

3.  I hope Cowser gets most, if not all, starts against RHP but even only one AB was somewhat encouraging regarding Hays.

 

Hays usually starts hitting well when he’s hitting balls to RCF.  So I’ll take that straw and clutch to it.  

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His AB last night gives me a good feeling about him turning the corner. Hays hitting the ball the other way helps get his timing back. All the best hitting coaches I’ve been around preaches the other way especially in slumps. I wouldn’t be upset if they put him in right tonight and gave Tony full day off. 

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1 minute ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

His AB last night gives me a good feeling about him turning the corner. Hays hitting the ball the other way helps get his timing back. All the best hitting coaches I’ve been around preaches the other way especially in slumps. I wouldn’t be upset if they put him in right tonight and gave Tony full day off. 

I wouldn't mind that either.  Tony needs the day off.  He's been struggling.  Let Cowser, Mullins and Hays man the outfield tonight.  

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8 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

I wouldn't mind that either.  Tony needs the day off.  He's been struggling.  Let Cowser, Mullins and Hays man the outfield tonight.  

I will be surprised if Tony sits tonight.  He is the only current Oriole with a homer vs Whitlock.

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I will be surprised if Tony sits tonight.  He is the only current Oriole with a homer vs Whitlock.

He’s missing pitches down the middle of the plate in hitter counts. I personally think he needs a reset.

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12 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

I remember the Orioles picked up this third baseman who used to be good but was hitless for most of April and they cut him. Can't remember his name but has been many years 

 

Is Davis one of his kids names?

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53 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

I remember the Orioles picked up this third baseman who used to be good but was hitless for most of April and they cut him. Can't remember his name but has been many years 

 

Is Davis one of his kids names?

They (and other teams) also DFA'd a 24 year old Christian Walker, who turned himself into a pretty impressive player.

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