Mayo

[earp]

Cards trade some youth for Mayo?- Orioles do not need him.
Coby Mayo is a young third baseman/first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles who made his MLB debut in August 2024. He’s considered one of the Orioles’ top prospects

[craviduce]

we have too many "in need of new scenery type players" to take on more of the same.

Mayo might be in need of new scenery.

He lost his prospect status late last year...and had fallen out of the Top Prospect status as his AAA and MLB time got worse and worse.

He's a RHB version of Gorman. We have too many Gorman's on this team already. We're in a rebuild, and taking on another or swapping a New Scenery player for another won't help us...it's a Junk under the Rug type of move. No more junk for the next 2 years. It fixes nothing. If we trade for players, they should still have prospect status and in the lower to mid Minors. Contact MUST be average or better with our newly acquired players...anything else is the same thing we have with a new name.

I'd trade for him if we had a good team, but we're not.

[BrockFloodMaris]

we have too many "in need of new scenery type players" to take on more of the same.

Mayo might be in need of new scenery.

He lost his prospect status late last year...and had fallen out of the Top Prospect status as his AAA and MLB time got worse and worse.

He's a RHB version of Gorman. We have too many Gorman's on this team already. We're in a rebuild, and taking on another or swapping a New Scenery player for another won't help us...it's a Junk under the Rug type of move. No more junk for the next 2 years. It fixes nothing. If we trade for players, they should still have prospect status and in the lower to mid Minors. Contact MUST be average or better with our newly acquired players...anything else is the same thing we have with a new name.

I'd trade for him if we had a good team, but we're not.

Agreed, Duce! I think we are already seeing how Bloom looks at this team through a different lens than Mo did (see AFL roster). I won't be surprised to see some high ceiling/low floor signings of or trades for PITCHERS, but not so much with position players. As you state, the Cards have plenty of ??? position players.

[scoutyjones2]

[scoutyjones2]

I don't see the KKKorn comparison from looking at his minor league stats. Seems to get on base and hit for average AVE, while slugging. But I've never seen him play and can only go by stats.

I see nothing wrong with swapping KKKorn for a RHB option

[craviduce]

I don't see the KKKorn comparison from looking at his minor league stats. Seems to get on base and hit for average AVE, while slugging. But I've never seen him play and can only go by stats.

I see nothing wrong with swapping KKKorn for a RHB option

I don't know, Scouty.... at the MLB level the last 2 seasons, more of a Sample Size in 2025 than 2024, he was 10% BB rate, 29% K rate with an under .225 BA and .690 slugging. The K rate is inline with his Minor League history, the BB rate is a smidge lower, but probably stay around the 10-12% mark. He's younger than Gorman and RHB (which we need), but do we need him or his make up? Is it a side grade? It will take more than an Gorman swap to land him b/c of his years of control. B/c of that, I'd pass. If we were a good team, then I'd entertain that trade...there's a chance is BA could improve. I can't at this time justify trading for nearly same production/talent as what we want to unload.

[scoutyjones2]

I don't see the KKKorn comparison from looking at his minor league stats. Seems to get on base and hit for average AVE, while slugging. But I've never seen him play and can only go by stats.

I see nothing wrong with swapping KKKorn for a RHB option

I don't know, Scouty.... at the MLB level the last 2 seasons, more of a Sample Size in 2025 than 2024, he was 10% BB rate, 29% K rate with an under .225 BA and .690 slugging. The K rate is inline with his Minor League history, the BB rate is a smidge lower, but probably stay around the 10-12% mark. He's younger than Gorman and RHB (which we need), but do we need him or his make up? Is it a side grade? It will take more than an Gorman swap to land him b/c of his years of control. B/c of that, I'd pass. If we were a good team, then I'd entertain that trade...there's a chance is BA could improve. I can't at this time justify trading for nearly same production/talent as what we want to unload.

I can't complete a judgement on 300 MLB at bats. 2 years control is better than KKorn

Cost nothing. I'd jump at it

[Carp4Cy]

we have too many "in need of new scenery type players" to take on more of the same.

Mayo might be in need of new scenery.

He lost his prospect status late last year...and had fallen out of the Top Prospect status as his AAA and MLB time got worse and worse.

He's a RHB version of Gorman. We have too many Gorman's on this team already. We're in a rebuild, and taking on another or swapping a New Scenery player for another won't help us...it's a Junk under the Rug type of move. No more junk for the next 2 years. It fixes nothing. If we trade for players, they should still have prospect status and in the lower to mid Minors. Contact MUST be average or better with our newly acquired players...anything else is the same thing we have with a new name.

I'd trade for him if we had a good team, but we're not.

I get the pessimist view on him not turning it around. But what if he (or others like him) could? Isn't buying low and then developing raw talent into high production how we get ahead? Why does it matter whether he still qualifies for ROY status? If he or others like him are young enough to have a long career runway, a cheap acquisition plus a turnaround would be a major boon. And seems like the type of deals we should be looking for in addition to other opportunities. Remember Chris Carpenter?

[rockondlouie]

He's a RHB version of Gorman. We have too many Gorman's on this team already.

BINGO!