Cole Irvin vs Kutter Crawford

I cant stand watching him pitch, Nothing personal

Be patient at the plate tonight. This guy allows close to half a walk an inning. Make him work then light him up.....we might...no ....will need that.  LOL

Gunnar Henderson SS
Adley Rutschman C
Anthony Santander RF
Ryan O’Hearn DH
Ryan Mountcastle 1B
Cedric Mullins CF
Colton Cowser LF
Jordan Westburg 3B
Jackson Holliday 2B

I was wondering today how many players down through the years homered in their first major league at bat.  Can't be too many.  I vaguely remember Bert Campenaris being one of them back in the prehistoric days. 

Home Run in First At-Bat (mlb.com)

Thanks for posting that! its one of those things that your gut says ,man just can't be that many, but in reality its a longer list than you'd think!

Home Run in First At-Bat (mlb.com)

I appreciate you looking that up.  Can't believe there were that many.  Quite a few of them in the 2000's and then as you go back to before the 1970's, they're a lot more rare. 

I was wondering today how many players down through the years homered in their first major league at bat.  Can't be too many.  I vaguely remember Bert Campenaris being one of them back in the prehistoric days. 

Will Clark jumps to mind

I was a little surprised they didn't let him make his debut on Friday at home.

Maybe the thinking was that doing it on the road would be less of a circus?

Or maybe they're looking at the Yankees and thinking, 'we don't have a moment to spare'

Not too many Orioles have done it. (I counted two, but I could have missed somebody)

It looks like the last Orioles to do it was Luis Montanez in 2008. I barely remember this guy played MLB, much less for the Orioles.

I was a little surprised they didn't let him make his debut on Friday at home.

Maybe the thinking was that doing it on the road would be less of a circus?

Or maybe they're looking at the Yankees and thinking, 'we don't have a moment to spare'

Had to be today for the possible draft pick.

As in, if he wins ROY?

Interesting tradeoff - draft pick versus another year of service time

You don't remember when he was the MVP of AA ad a 26 y/o in like 2008 and a bunch of people were trying to make that mean he finally figured it all out? He was a former #3 overall pick I think.
Times have improved!

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