Jay Payton

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O’s Notes

Praise the Baseball Gods.  The Birds will be Jay Payton-less in 2009.

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r field, fans would get to see him play more often, but as I have discussed in great detail before, Jay Payton for some unknown reason is Trembley’s go-to guy.  If Trembley doesn’t think Montanez can handle center, then he should either be willing to move Nick Markakis over from right field, or call up a center fielder from the minors.  It makes little sense to carry only one player you feel comfortable playing such an important position.

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O’s Notes

Jay Payton is actually the worst semi-regular player in Major League Baseball.  I’m not being harsh; I’m just being honest.  It is unfair to Orioles fans to have to see Payton play when they go to Camden Yards when the team has a perfectly capable left fielder in Luke Scott.  Manager Dave Trembley seems to think the world will come to an end if Scott starts a game against a left-handed pitcher, but the truth is that Payton is not an upgrade at all.  If Trembley wants a legit platoon partner for Scott, he should search elsewhere.

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Jay Payton’s release is way overdue.  As an Oriole fan, I can honestly say I would rather have any other major league player – even a journeyman minor leaguer who does not play the outfield, for that matter – on Baltimore’s roster.  Payton is a poor hitter and a mediocre defender at best, but has managed to remain on the active roster for the last season and (almost) a half.  In 2007, he hit .256 with a pathetic .292 on-base-percentage and a measly .376 slugging percentage.  So far this season, he has managed to put up even worse numbers - .239/.289/.372.  Part of the problem is that Orioles manager Dave Trembley for some inexplicable reason finds it necessary to start Payton a couple times every week, which only magnifies the team’s weak bench.  A fourth outfielder should be someone the manager knows can deliver in the clutch, a guy he calls on to pinch-hit for the pitcher or in the American League, for his offensively-challenged Gold Glove catcher or middle infielder. 

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