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Who will post an .800+ OPS the rest of the season?

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Who will post an .800+ OPS the rest of the season?  

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  1. 1. Who will post an .800+ OPS the rest of the season?

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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Who do you think will finish the season strong, I.e., .800+ OPS the rest of the way?   I could only list 10 players in the poll, so I left off McCann, Slater and Urias.  Feel free to include any of them in a post, if you think they’ll join the party.    I also didn’t include Kjerstad or Westburg, since I don’t know when if at all they’ll be back in the regular season.  

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ShoelesJoe Major Leaguer Rising Star

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Cowser looks like he's found his groove, and might OSP 1.000 the rest of the way. Gunnar's back and hitting the ball on the screws every AB. O'Hearn walks a lot, and goes oppo so often I don't know why opposing defenses still shift on him. Santander will likely SLG over .600 so he's a gimmie. Only guy I'm iffy about is Holliday because it's still a SSS. If he continues as is for another 8-10 games I expect pitchers to make an adjustment which will force him to make some changes in his approach. That might cause him to go into a mini-slump ala Cowser earlier this season. 

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LookitsPuck Hangout Grand Counsel

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Well, the Orioles currently only have 4 healthy, active players with an OPS around or above 800 (with a decent sample size, that is):

  1. Gunnar: 946
  2. Santander: 846
  3. O'Hearn: 803
  4. Cowser: 795

That's it. Adley is at 759. Mountcastle at 744. 

Honestly, I think the O's need to go back to a platoon at 1B between Mountcastle and O'Hearn. Mounty's splits have about a 100 point OPS difference and a 50 point AVG difference. That opens up the DH spot to rotate any number of guys now that there's a bunch of options between Jimenez, Slater, Adley, Santander.

Here's my order of 800 OPS in terms of likelihood:

  1. Gunnar
  2. Santander
  3. Mountcastle
  4. O'Hearn
  5. Cowser
  6. Adley
  7. Holliday
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oriole Veteran All-Star

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I went with Henderson, Rutschman, and Santander. Henderson because he’s Henderson, Rutschman because he’s due for a good hot streak, and Santander because he seems like he’s on a roll this year (good timing with free agency).

I hope to see the rookies do it, but that seems too optimistic to hope for. Certainly not impossible. Mountcastle is always a threat to get hot but he’s also a threat to suck. I left Mullins and Jimenez off because they are so bad this year that any hope seems like too much.

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jamalshw All-Star

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Only ones I'm confident about are Gunnar and Santander. I think they will easily top that number. I tend to think Adley will. He's been in a huge funk, but when right, he's a .800 OPS play. O'Hearn will likely be right around there. And then, the likes of Cowser, Holliday and Mayo each have a chance, probably in that order. Essentially it breaks down (to me) like this: 

DEFINITELY WILL: 

1. Henderson

2. Santander

50/50 OR BETTER:

3. O'Hearn

4. Adley

5. Cowser

25-50%:

6. Holliday

7. Eloy

WOULDN'T BE COMPLETELY SHOCKED:

7. Mayo

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