I really like Cowser, both from a talent perspective and his mentality/intensity. I think his horrible RISP production is hopefully just a result of him being a rookie and pressing too hard in clutch situations. I believe he'll be much more relaxed in his second season and we'll see a marked improvement in his RISP stats.
Holliday will be the starter on OD. Mayo is the most likely to be in the minors next year.
At the end of day and Elias knows this it’s about Santander. The first order of business is whether to retain O’Hearn. If Santander returns you can always move O’Hearn in a deal. Elias can’t and will not let the Santander sweepstakes play out and be left with nothing.
My guess is Mountcastle stays. If they do move him I could see a 1yr deal for a Goldschmidt or Turner type bat
This strategy of using Adley at DH (when not catching) seemed to be a good one until the second half of this past season. I think long term Adley will be fine, but the Orioles need the Adley from his first two years for this to work. Otherwise getting a capable full time DH might be better instead of rotating different hitters who may or may not hit well enough.
I'm inclined to agree we will see some combination of Adley, Mayo and Kjerstad as the DH in 2025 over let's say a J.D. Martinez type getting 500 at bats.
There is absolutely no way the O's move Adley off catching.
In 2023 Adley had a 786 OPS as catcher and a 874 OPS at DH. That is the Adley the O's expect going forward. Something happened in 2024 to Adley. Elias and Hyde can say he was not injured all the want but I am not buying it.
A big reason Mounty was missed was his defense, especially with Gunnar’s accuracy issues at times. If Mayo can’t play better 1B defense than O’Hearn than I don’t see how we can afford to lose Mounty this year.
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