On the record Poll: Hays or McKenna (Update: McKenna DFA'd (Claimed by Giants), Hays activated)

[RZNJ]

17 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Wow I thought he wasn’t good enough to be claimed by anyone! At least that’s what I was told by some people on here. 
 

The Giants must not know what a terrible ballplayer they’re getting. 

Nah, I think they know.

[sportsfan8703]

CF depth is thin in MLB. McKenna cleared after OD. Not crazy to think he’d go unclaimed today. 

[Frobby]

Best of luck to McKenna, I hope the best part of his career is in front of him.   I’d start a McKenna appreciation thread, but I fear it would just be overtaken by the posters who prefer to focus on the negatives.   The guy spent 9 years in our organization and I’m sure he’s leaving a lot of good friends here.  Best wishes to him.  

[RZNJ]

Fun Fact.  In 2018 at the age of 21 in his first 67 games at Frederick (A+), McKenna did this:

301 PA

.377 BA

.467 OBP

.556 SLG

37 walks

45 strikeouts 

One of the most impressive runs an O’s minor leaguer has ever had.

 

 

 

[Pickles]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Best of luck to McKenna, I hope the best part of his career is in front of him.   I’d start a McKenna appreciation thread, but I fear it would just be overtaken by the posters who prefer to focus on the negatives.   The guy spent 9 years in our organization and I’m sure he’s leaving a lot of good friends here.  Best wishes to him.  

Did Davis get one?  He must of.

If we survived that, I'm sure we can survive a McKenna appreciation thread.

[Three Run Homer]

McKenna has the skills to be a useful bench player--he can hit lefties, he can run and he can field at all 3 OF positions.  He's gone from Baltimore mostly because we have too much talent coming up that needs to play, and he's the one who was squeezed out.   He does seem to be prone to lapses in attention; if he is able to address that he will have a longer, more stable career in MLB.  

[eddie83]

 

Giants DFA. 

[AdamK]

On 5/19/2024 at 12:22 PM, Three Run Homer said:

McKenna has the skills to be a useful bench player--he can hit lefties, he can run and he can field at all 3 OF positions.  He's gone from Baltimore mostly because we have too much talent coming up that needs to play, and he's the one who was squeezed out.   He does seem to be prone to lapses in attention; if he is able to address that he will have a longer, more stable career in MLB.  

I know many in the org like McKenna, but I just never saw the defense. Do the metrics show he can play all 3?

It's a popular refrain that he can, but it feels like every game I watched him play he never came close to instilling even moderate confidence. He looked like Ohearn out there to me, not someone who should be a late-innings defensive replacement. 

I'm not alone, right?