FIX THE DANG HITTING!

[Drifter]

10 hours ago, accinfo said:

When he was traded Westburg, Mateo, and Urias were still healthy.  Jackson Holliday was always ahead of him.  Hindsight is 20/20 and how things have turned out we could have used him but at the time he was not going to get playing time on this team.  

I believe Mateo was hurt a week before the trade, but was only the the 10 day IL. While that may have had nothing to do with the Norby trade.. it should have. Elias was good with Norby and/or Holliday as the "rookie replacement" options for Mateo. What bothers me about this whole thing was, Norby could've been the right replacement for Mateo.. had Holliday faltered during the stretch run, but Elias seems more inclined to bring in "outsiders" who have MLB experience. Vavra was also an option,...whatever. 

Analytics driven I would think, but it could also be a deflection should the draft picks get too overwhelmed. That's the 2-sided coin flip option for Elias.

As for the hitting being fixed: Who wants 2 bosses telling you the same thing.. or are they instructing different approaches? I don't get it. 

Although I'm not one to delve too deep into anything anymore (EADD), there are games when I feel the hitters have no clue about what to expect from all the SP's they are facing game in & out. Especially the younger SP's. Oh, and for FFS, stop swinging at ball 4 just because it's a fastball count. Fastball counts don't mean diddly anymore, and the O's are a team proving it. 

[Baseball fandom]

17 hours ago, accinfo said:

When he was traded Westburg, Mateo, and Urias were still healthy.  Jackson Holliday was always ahead of him.  Hindsight is 20/20 and how things have turned out we could have used him but at the time he was not going to get playing time on this team.  

 

Edited September 10 by Baseball fandom
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[Sports Guy]

2 minutes ago, Baseball fandom said:

Well he should have as he's better than all of them.  Holiday TBD. The trade was horrible from the jump

Norby is not better than Westburg. At no point in his career has he been the better player.  It’s TBD if he can put up multiple 2+ win seasons like Urias has

[Baseball fandom]

4 minutes ago, Baseball fandom said:

 

Bottom line the kid can rake you don't trade him for a bad pitcher 

[Baseball fandom]

3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Norby is not better than Westburg. At no point in his career has he been the better player.  It’s TBD if he can put up multiple 2+ win seasons like Urias has

I would tend to agree with you yes but let's see how this all plays out. Norby is looking great right now. 

[Sports Guy]

10 minutes ago, Baseball fandom said:

I would tend to agree with you yes but let's see how this all plays out. Norby is looking great right now. 

Lots of players look great for a few weeks.

Mateo was amazing last April.

Now I do think Norby will be a good player but there are some offensive red flags about him and his defense isn’t good.

[Baseball fandom]

53 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Lots of players look great for a few weeks.

Mateo was amazing last April.

Now I do think Norby will be a good player but there are some offensive red flags about him and his defense isn’t good.

I think I'm higher on Norby than you are. I absolutely would take Norby over Urias. I would take Westburg over him and obviously Holiday is the better prospect but we need to see. 

[Sports Guy]

32 minutes ago, Baseball fandom said:

I think I'm higher on Norby than you are. I absolutely would take Norby over Urias. I would take Westburg over him and obviously Holiday is the better prospect but we need to see. 

I would probably take Norby over Urias as well but Norby has a ways to go to accomplish what Urias has. You are treating it like it’s a certainty…and it’s far from it.

[LGOrioles]

39 runs scored in their last 14 games (not including extra innings) against teams that aren’t the White Sox or Rockies - 2.79 per game. I mean you just can’t win with this kind of offense. 

With a below average offense (3.5-4 runs per game) these last 2 series, they’re probably 4-2 instead of 2-4. The pitching is fine. The offense is not and it’s not getting any better. 

 

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

I thought this post was crazy originally. Maybe it was too premature then. But over a month later, this offense kinda sucks. 

[baltfan]

Adley is the problem.  He is an automatic out and was supposed to be a #2 hitter.  

[Allan Bryant]

On 9/10/2024 at 4:53 PM, Baseball fandom said:

I would tend to agree with you yes but let's see how this all plays out. Norby is looking great right now. 

You don’t think teams  can  make adjustments to him ?  We see 

[Old#5fan]

On 9/9/2024 at 11:13 AM, Baseball fandom said:

Man you nailed it. This is what I've been saying for awhile now. I would love to have Norby's RHB in this lineup right now and not some guy they traded for pitching in the minors. 

 

[Old#5fan]

Just now, Old#5fan said:

 

I meant to say that Hyde’s somewhat seemingly mild excuse making for this woeful lack of offense obviously is not helping other than maybe Cedrick Mullens so why not some old school solution some extra Bp for all?

[Moose Milligan]

Man, imagine thinking that Connor Norby was the key to this season.