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O's vs Nats

Two young teams. Both with a lot of fresh call-ups. Nats hitters seem to not skip a beat when called up. O's hitters struggle and get sent back down. Nats seem to have a "pesky" philosophy. We seemingly have a "go for the jugular" philosophy. 

Nats have been a top 5 fewest strikeout team for most of the year and have a "pass the baton, make contact, don't strike out" mentality. We have a "go long or go home" mentality. 

Thinking about this a bit the last few days. Their call-ups do pretty well out of the gate. Yeah yeah, revisit in the next couple weeks. I like our guys. But. I kinda like theirs too. I think they are one of those teams that can go .600 the rest of the year and with some moderate pitching upgrades next year, can be like us last year.

So. Thoughts? Would you prefer the Nats version of offense, or ours?

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11 minutes ago, oh-wee-ohs said:

O's vs Nats

Two young teams. Both with a lot of fresh call-ups. Nats hitters seem to not skip a beat when called up. O's hitters struggle and get sent back down. Nats seem to have a "pesky" philosophy. We seemingly have a "go for the jugular" philosophy. 

Nats have been a top 5 fewest strikeout team for most of the year and have a "pass the baton, make contact, don't strike out" mentality. We have a "go long or go home" mentality. 

Thinking about this a bit the last few days. Their call-ups do pretty well out of the gate. Yeah yeah, revisit in the next couple weeks. I like our guys. But. I kinda like theirs too. I think they are one of those teams that can go .600 the rest of the year and with some moderate pitching upgrades next year, can be like us last year.

So. Thoughts? Would you prefer the Nats version of offense, or ours?

We have more runs, higher OPS, and more HR. I'll take our offense for sure. 

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30 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

We have more runs, higher OPS, and more HR. I'll take our offense for sure. 

Look last 15 / 30. I haven't. But I suspect you are looking at full season before their top youngins were called up. 

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3 minutes ago, oh-wee-ohs said:

Look last 15 / 30. I haven't. But I suspect you are looking at full season before their top youngins were called up. 

 In August, they have higher OPS and fewer K's. We have more runs and HR. Close call.

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54 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

 In August, they have higher OPS and fewer K's. We have more runs and HR. Close call.

The Nats young players are also  playing with a lot less pressure than the Oriole players.  Everyone wants to call up all these prospects but this is what you get with youth sometimes.  Who has been the Orioles best hitter down the stretch?  Ramon Urias the veteran who several people here wanted to run out of town for the Holliday’s and Mayo’s.  Holliday and Mayo will most likely be better players eventually but not right away.  Westberg was one of the most consistent young hitters for this team this year and he has really been missed.  Let's tread water and get healthier and get to the playoffs and see what happens.  

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