Brandon Hyde 2024

[Aristotelian]

18 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

I appreciate the effort. But these numbers don't apply because we know that Akin is awful with runners on and in high leverage situations and we need to consider O'Neill's dominance against lefties, so a homer isn't the only consideration. He's decently fast (above average) *and* he can hit doubles or even triples with that goofy ass wall and dead center's orientation. Probably here is that Akin isn't going to attack O'Neill, so we know he's going to put him in a position where he's going to rip something. 

Are you saying Akin shouldn't have been brought in at all due to the ghost runner? Because Akin sure looked good for the first two batters. 

I think there is a difference between pitching to O'Neill and giving him some pitches out of the zone that will likely result in a walk but could turn into a K or popup if we get lucky. Hyde has said that is what the pitchers are being told to do in borderline IBB situations. It is critical that the pitcher execute so that the only possible outcomes are better than a walk. He should not have gotten a pitch anywhere near his hot zone. 

[LookitsPuck]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

Are you saying Akin shouldn't have been brought in at all due to the ghost runner? Because Akin sure looked good for the first two batters. 

I think there is a difference between pitching to O'Neill and giving him some pitches out of the zone that will likely result in a walk but could turn into a K or popup if we get lucky. Hyde has said that is what the pitchers are being told to do in borderline IBB situations. It is critical that the pitcher execute so that the only possible outcomes are better than a walk. He should not have gotten a pitch anywhere near his hot zone. 

It's exactly what I'm saying. Akin has a 2 cent head. I would never bring him in with runners on as a first choice. He needs to come on in clear & fresh innings. It's only a matter of time with him. O'Neill is a perfect example regardless of how dominant he is against lefties or not. 

It's obviously a compounded issue w/ Hyde yanking Cano after 2 pitches. He created that bullpen mess to begin with.

Edited September 13 by LookitsPuck

[Aristotelian]

Should we have gone with a suicide or safety squeeze with Mullins? He might be better at bunting than hitting deep fly balls. Just a thought. 

[Wavetrapper]

5 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Should we have gone with a suicide or safety squeeze with Mullins? He might be better at bunting than hitting deep fly balls. Just a thought. 

Yes.  He’s not a great bunter but at least try it once.   Santander was today’s choker.  He’s gotta be able to hit a freaking fly ball there.  

[e16bball]

Cedric is 6th in fly ball rate among all MLB hitters with 400+ PAs. He’s not quite Anthony in that respect (no one is), but hitting a medium depth fly ball is a task that’s right down his alley. 

Just not a disciplined professional at bat.  You could tell right away, from the swing he took at the ball below the strike zone, that he was trying to force it. 

Both of them were.

[spiritof66]

1 hour ago, Aristotelian said:

Should we have gone with a suicide or safety squeeze with Mullins? He might be better at bunting than hitting deep fly balls. Just a thought. 

Absolutely. One thing we know Holliday can do is run fast. I didn't see where the 3Bman was playing, but probably off the bag with Mullins up so Holliday could get a decent lead for a squeeze play.

[Safelykept]

5 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Absolutely. One thing we know Holliday can do is run fast. I didn't see where the 3Bman was playing, but probably off the bag with Mullins up so Holliday could get a decent lead for a squeeze play.

No easier to execute a suicide squeeze than two pokes at a sac fly. They did not execute.

[webbrick2010]

Why wasn't the contact play on.

If Holliday breaks to the plate you force them to make a play (Scoop, throw, catch, tag)

If he is out you have 1st an 3rd, one out instead of 2nd and 3rd one out, which make no difference especially considering Mullins could probably stole second with no throw.

Did Holliday freeze?

[DirtyBird]

Down 1 in 6th inning, after a leadoff double. 

A ball to the right side of the field probably advances the runner to 3rd.

You pinch hit to avoid LH vs LH matchup, but set up obvious RH vs RH matchup for this inning and next time through the lineup, because opponent has not more lefties in the pen.

RH batter obviously fails to do his job (because this team usually does fail to do their job) and hits it to the left side of the field. Runner stays put at 2nd.

What is Hyde's success rate with pinch hitters since he patted himself on the back for such great pinch hit numbers?

[InsideCoroner]

1 hour ago, DirtyBird said:

Down 1 in 6th inning, after a leadoff double. 

A ball to the right side of the field probably advances the runner to 3rd.

You pinch hit to avoid LH vs LH matchup, but set up obvious RH vs RH matchup for this inning and next time through the lineup, because opponent has not more lefties in the pen.

RH batter obviously fails to do his job (because this team usually does fail to do their job) and hits it to the left side of the field. Runner stays put at 2nd.

What is Hyde's success rate with pinch hitters since he patted himself on the back for such great pinch hit numbers?

That’s no overstatement. The Orioles pinch hitters are hitting .322 this year, best in the MLB, with Arizona a distant second at .272 (the Yankees are hitting .159).

[DirtyBird]

4 minutes ago, InsideCoroner said:

That’s no overstatement. The Orioles pinch hitters are hitting .322 this year, best in the MLB, with Arizona a distant second at .272 (the Yankees are hitting .159).

There was a game August 7th when he made questionable ph decisions. At that time, I believe pinch hitters were batting .370 with an OBP of .429
Now it’s .325 and .389

Any idea what the numbers are since August 7th?

 

[Warehouse]

6 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

There was a game August 7th when he made questionable ph decisions. At that time, I believe pinch hitters were batting .370 with an OBP of .429
Now it’s .325 and .389

Any idea what the numbers are since August 7th?

 

.231 and .286.  But I think OBP is over .400 if you exclude Eloy, Adley, and Mayo who account for 38% of pinch hit appearances in that window.

[bpilktree67]

1 hour ago, DirtyBird said:

There was a game August 7th when he made questionable ph decisions. At that time, I believe pinch hitters were batting .370 with an OBP of .429
Now it’s .325 and .389

Any idea what the numbers are since August 7th?

 

As always it depends on the players.  Early on he could pinch hit Hayden for Cowser or Mullins, Mountcastle for O’Hearn, Urias for Mateo, Norby or Stowers for someone.  The last month we barely could fill a competent starting lineup much less have guys you want to pinch hit.  At one point he had Slater up and they had a lefty up.  He could have pinch hit Mullins to face a lefty, let Slater hit vs the right hander, or pinch hit, Soto, Mayo who had 1 hit, Maton, or McCann. None of those are options a good major league team in playoff count should have to make.  

[bpilktree67]

Just now, bpilktree67 said:

As always it depends on the players.  Early on he could pinch hit Hayden for Cowser or Mullins, Mountcastle for O’Hearn, Urias for Mateo, Norby or Stowers for someone.  The last month we barely could fill a competent starting lineup much less have guys you want to pinch hit.  At one point he had Slater up and they had a lefty up.  He could have pinch hit Mullins to face a lefty, let Slater hit vs the right hander, or pinch hit, Soto, Mayo who had 1 hit, Maton, or McCann. None of those are options a good major league team in playoff count should have to make.  

Hays 

[Just Regular]

I think we saw Jackson Holliday kind of reserved for the ~Forrest Wall pinch runner role in the late innings.

One of the Orioles last 6 outs in the 8th/9th, Hyde let Emmanuel Rivera hit against a righty setup guy who unsurprisingly won the matchup.

Urias-Mullins-Gunnar was the due up down 1, and I believe Holliday would have run had Urias reached.