What do you expect from Norby?

[wildcard]

Looks like Norby gets playing time at 2B with Mateo out.   

The O's need hitters,  Norby is a hitter over anything else he does.

Do you think he is ready to help the O's?

[Sports Guy]

Sure…if he plays. I also expect him to be traded.

[wildcard]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Sure…if he plays. I also expect him to be traded.

Showcased over the next few days?

[clapdiddy]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

Showcased over the next few days?

If he doesn't have a long-term spot here, then this make sense.   I get the feeling that they like his bat, but don't think there's a place for him on the MLB roster as they value defense so much.

[waroriole]

I expect Hyder to keep him on the bench for more than half the games. Same treatment as Kjerstad. 

[wildcard]

2 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

If he doesn't have a long-term spot here, then this make sense.   I get the feeling that they like his bat, but don't think there's a place for him on the MLB roster as they value defense so much.

They may have to give up some defense to get some offense.

[Sports Guy]

6 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Showcased over the next few days?

I don’t think there is any showcasing going on. Teams know who he is and what he can do at this point. I think they added him because they want Holliday to play in the field more and they are still trying to get Mayo’s fit right. Clearly they don’t think he is ready to play third at this level.

So Norby is the most natural fit for right now and then you see. These things can happen quickly but if they felt a trade for Norby was happening sometime in the next day or 2, he doesn’t get the call. So, he probably gets to play 3-5 games.

[Bemorewins]

I don’t expect him to be on the roster long.

If he is on the roster for the rest of the season and Mayo and Holliday stay down at AAA, IMO something has gone very wrong.

[yark14]

14 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Teams know who he is and what he can do at this point.

WE don't even know what he can do at this point.  The kid has 14 career at-bats at the ML level.

[glenn__davis]

3 minutes ago, yark14 said:

WE don't even know what he can do at this point.  The kid has 14 career at-bats at the ML level.

I agree, but a week's worth of games isn't going to change anyone's mind one way or another.  I tend to think the whole "showcasing for trades" angle is always overblown.  GMs are smarter than that.

[Sports Guy]

6 minutes ago, yark14 said:

WE don't even know what he can do at this point.  The kid has 14 career at-bats at the ML level.

But you know what his strengths and weaknesses are. You know who he is as a player.

[Sports Guy]

2 minutes ago, glenn__davis said:

I agree, but a week's worth of games isn't going to change anyone's mind one way or another.  I tend to think the whole "showcasing for trades" angle is always overblown.  GMs are smarter than that.

I’d go as far to say it has zero value, especially in a small sample size unless it’s someone coming back from injury or the person has dramatically changed something about their game.

In other words, I think the showcasing stuff has more value for pitchers. 

[Orioles0615]

I expect him not to play

[George Zuverink]

8 minutes ago, Orioles0615 said:

I expect him not to play

I doubt that Urias will start every game. 

[btdart20]

He won't get everyday PAs.  But if he hits in his limited time, he'll get more time.  Like we've seen with HK (whose defense isn't renowned as well).

How much psy-ops gamesmanship from GMs to the fan-base are "showcase games"?