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[BSLChrisStoner]

MASN: Revisiting notes on Kjerstad, Westburg, Ortiz and McKenna

https://www.masnspor...tiz-and-mckenna

[BaltBird 24]

Kjerstad, Westburg, and Ortiz should all get significant PT in Baltimore next year. McKenna is a fine 4th OF.

I'd be totally fine with Westburg at 2B, Ortiz at SS, and Kjerstad getting ABs between 1B/DH/RF to start the year.

[BSLSteveBirrer]

Kjerstad, Westburg, and Ortiz should all get significant PT in Baltimore next year. McKenna is a fine 4th OF.

I'd be totally fine with Westburg at 2B, Ortiz at SS, and Kjerstad getting ABs between 1B/DH/RF to start the year.

And what are you doing with Mayo and Cowser?

[BaltBird 24]

And what are you doing with Mayo and Cowser?

Mayo should and will probably start in AAA. Cowser is a toss up. He didn't show anything in his brief stint.

[BSLSteveBirrer]

Mayo should and will probably start in AAA. Cowser is a toss up. He didn't show anything in his brief stint.

Neither did Ortiz albeit he only had half the at bats Cowser got.

[CantonJester]

Mayo should and will probably start in AAA. Cowser is a toss up. He didn't show anything in his brief stint.

 

 

 

 

Kjerstad, Westburg, and Ortiz should all get significant PT in Baltimore next year. McKenna is a fine 4th OF.

I'd be totally fine with Westburg at 2B, Ortiz at SS, and Kjerstad getting ABs between 1B/DH/RF to start the year.

 

McKenna's MLB OPS over the past three years (500+ PAs) suggests he's barely rosterable. He's cost-controlled and plays a passable LF-CF with his range / glove. Otherwise, woof. 

[CantonJester]

Neither did Ortiz albeit he only had half the at bats Cowser got.

 

All this fretting / dismissal of Cowser will get brushed aside once he begins spraying the ball around the OF in Spring Training. 

 

IMO, the O's are going to be rock solid with a starting IF of Gunnar, Jackson, Jordan, & Coby. That's not going to happen as they head north out of ST, but it'll happen. 

[russsnyder]

Mayo should and will probably start in AAA. Cowser is a toss up. He didn't show anything in his brief stint.

I hope Cowser works with a hitting coach this winter. The guy really needs to consistently barrel up MLB pitching and I think his swing needs some serious work. He shouldn't have anything handed to him. He needs to earn his way on the roster.