I've gotta think the ADOT is down because we've really went all in on the play action screens. Those plays have been executed to perfection.
I in general also like the fact that Monken is comfortable targeting intermediate routes at the expense of deep ones. Lamar has been ridiculously good at this depth for a very long time and it felt bad when we used to go for go and deep pylon routes only for Lamar to overthrow it by 4 feet.
Not gonna speak for SG, but IMO...bringing him up, and only playing him a bit here and there wasn't doing him any favors.
He'd have been better off playing every day at AAA and mashing instead of being up in Baltimore going 0-4 and waiting two days to have to go 0-4 again.
In what world did they screw up Mayo? His arm slot changes at 3B were supposed to improve his defense, but it was still a shortcoming and liability. He didn't hit worth a lick and was exposed to pitches outside as well as breaking balls. He was overmatched. Arguably speaking he should have been sent down and not called back up, that I could get behind. But when he wasn't hitting a lick when called up *and* defensively the O's were challenged, there was a large blackhole throughout the lineup because the rest of the guys weren't hitting either.
Has anyone considered that perhaps it's not Adley's catching games that needs to be reduced but his DHing? When other top catchers get a day off from catching, they get a day off. Maybe he just wears down. I know his DH numbers look good, but right now, he's our best catching option. We have guys who can DH.
I don’t think Cobb has any impact on 2025 payroll. That money has to be set aside - the CBA requires teams to fund the present value of deferred payments into an escrow account within two years of when the player earns them. Also, from an accounting perspective, these expenses have already been written off.
I understand that but it’s just bad roster management to have both of them here.
Mayo is ready to be here. You can’t keep these guys down and then bring them up and play sparingly. It’s an awful way to develop.
They really screwed up Mayo in 2024 and they can’t keep doing that.
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