PLAYING TIME: Reimold's shot; Jackson to WAS

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Reimold the early fave for Orioles' LF job

With the departure of Luke Scott and Felix Pie, the left field job in Baltimore is up for grabs as spring training begins. Manager Buck Showalter stated his preference that Nolan Reimold (OF, BAL) wins the gig—but is that news, or February noise?

2011       AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%   Eye   PX  Spd  HR/SB
======    ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====
Reimold   267  .247  .264    9   79  0.49  124  134  14/ 7
Chavez,E  256  .301  .284    4   88  0.33   73  136   5/10 
Angle,M    79  .177  .276   13   84  0.92   64   94   1/11

Looking at the other candidates, Reimold does look like he's set up to be the playing-time winner:

  • He has the broadest range of...

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