Why MLB's Connor Norby Is An Ideal Injury Stash Option

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00:00And if you have a healthy team going into this week and you have enough bench spots,

00:04why not stash a guy like Conor Norby?

00:06Now Norby is going to play and qualify in many infield positions.

00:10And Norby is a bat that had some pretty decent minor league track record with the Baltimore

00:15Orioles.

00:16And we've seen the Orioles have no problem developing offense.

00:19That hasn't been their issue.

00:20Now he got traded to Miami last year and he's going to be an everyday player.

00:23So looking for depth in the infield is not always easy.

00:28So Conor Norby could be a guy who's again coming back from an oblique strain that you

00:32could probably stash and end up having, I would say in the next two weeks or so, make

00:37it back to your lineup.

00:38And he's going to probably hit somewhere in the middle of that order as well.

00:42Miami's been, you know, a little bit more interesting.

00:44You looked at opening day lineup and I got to tell you, it looked like one of the worst

00:47lineups I'd ever seen.

00:49Otto Lopez, an interesting guy to pick up to second baseman there.

00:52He seems to be playing pretty well.

00:54So right now things have not gone too poorly for this Miami lineup to start.

00:58I imagine they will struggle over time, but there's still going to be guys on bad teams

01:03worth having.

01:04Xavier Edwards, Conor Norby.

01:06Those are two names of the Marlins that pop out to me.

01:08And I think Norby is a player that if you stash him now, you know, injuries are going

01:12to happen.

01:13He's a guy that could give you some eligibility in that infield, which is very important as

01:17you're trying to maneuver injuries.

01:19Look how many injuries we've had so far, right?

01:21Jose Ramirez goes down.

01:23A Max Scherzer injury.

01:25Shocking.

01:26Who could have seen that coming already?

01:28So, you know, injuries are going to happen.

01:30It's April.

01:31Depth is important all year round.

01:32So Norby is one of those stashes for me.

01:34Yeah, I like the advice, especially this early, just to try to get, look, if the Marlins are

01:39hot, you play him for a while.

01:40But overall, if you're on any other team, I mean, there's a triumvirate of doom in this

01:45league and it's Miami, Chicago and Colorado, but that's good because we know that and we

01:50know how to wager on that.

01:52We know how to draft that.

01:53We know how to play that way.

01:54But if early on, Miami is outplaying what we think they're going to do, then why not

01:59take advantage?

02:00And you're right.

02:01His pedigree is there.

02:02From the organization, from Baltimore into Miami, and I just, again, overall, I don't

02:05see a lot of offense coming out of Miami, but it's the early part of the season.

02:09Ride the hot hand.

02:10Who do you have next?

02:11Another infielder, second baseman, Tarrio Estrada, who plays now for the Colorado Rockies.

02:16And unfortunately, he's dealing with a hand issue.

02:19So hopefully he is going to come back in a couple of months.

02:22Now, this is a little bit longer down the trough, but second base is rough.

02:25And I just want to point out, if you go back and look at 2022, 2023, it's back to back

02:30years for Estrada of having 14 home runs, you sitting towards the top of that lineup.

02:35So the RBI totals aren't great, but in terms of run score, you thought a guy could score

02:39somewhere in the seventies for sure.

02:41And now you're dropping him in Colorado, a guy who's a career 260 hitter, basically.

02:46And you're dropping him in Colorado as opposed to San Francisco, which is not the best hitter

02:52ballpark or hitter friendly environment.

02:54So I actually really like this move here.

02:56I like this move in the off season.

02:57He was one of the sleepers at second base.

02:58We talked about just a few weeks ago, but unfortunately spring training, he had the

03:02injury.

03:03So it's going to be a little while for him to come back.

03:04I know you have concerns because whenever you have any sort of hand issues, sometimes

03:08that can really zap the power.

03:10But I look at it like this, Matt, you know, the upside is there for a guy like Estrada

03:15in those home scenario games, especially in those daily transaction leagues.

03:18And you can have Estrada playing second base and hitting in Colorado.

03:23The upside there is pretty good.

03:24And considering all the downside that exists at second base, I think you could do worse

03:27than Estrada, especially if it's a deeper league.

03:30But talk to that impact too, that some of these wrist injuries, hand injuries you've

03:34seen in the past where it kind of zaps those guys to the power.

03:37Well, I mean, just think about it.

03:39Even if you're a casual viewer, you know, little to nothing about baseball at all, but

03:45think about the mechanics involved in swinging a bat, a round bat to hit a round ball to

03:50turn your wrists.

03:51I mean, those things.

03:52Do it right now.

03:53Wherever you are, unless you're driving.

03:54Do it right now.

03:55It's hard to do if you have a broken bone in your hand or your wrist is longer than you.

03:58Yeah, if you're driving, don't do it.

03:59Don't do that.

04:00Yeah, please.

04:01Or maybe just with one hand.

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