Outfield On The Cheap

Nolan Reimold, the 27 year old outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, had a great rookie year in 2009. For a first year player to put up a .279 AVG, 15 HRs, and sprinkle in 8 SBs in about 100 games is solid. Now a year older, 2010 can be a year for him to shine.

The book on Reimold is that he has a good combination of speed and power. Playing a full year, I think it would be a safe guess to put him at 25 HRs and 20 SBs. If he can keep his AVG up, say in the .280s, then he will be a great late round pick. You have to like a guy who can give you good numbers across the board, Runs, HRs, RBIs, AVG, SBs. I think Reimold can be a poor man's Matt Kemp.

We all know the big names when it comes to the outfield, and we know that if we want them, we need to spend a high pick. But with so many good young players, you should be able to spend your high picks on the weaker/shallower positions (like 2B), and use guys like Reimold to fill in your outfield in the later rounds.

-Scout Monkey

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Orioles Call Up Nolan Reimold

Baltimore Oriole top prospect, Nolan Reimold, got the call from Class AAA Norfolk.

With Luke Scott dinged up and Felix Pie not playing well, it should be easy to find time for Reimold.

Nolan Reimold was a second-round pick in 2005 and was batting .394 with nine home runs in 31 games at Class AAA Norfolk.

Sin City Scout

Prospect Watch: Reimold coming up

Nolan Reimold is Finally getting the call to the Majors that he deserves. Reimold will be called up to start immediately due to all the injuries in the Orioles outfield. Reimold is an older prospect at age 25 but he has shown 30 HR potential in the minors and has a decent eye at the Plate. If Reimold can do what he was doing for AAA Norfolk he could be up with the big club to stay. Reimold is having a great start to 2009 his stats as of right now BA 394 21 runs 9 HRs 27 RBI 6 SB and a 485 OBP. Last season at AA Bowie Reimold finished the yr with a 284 avg, 87 runs, 25 HRs, 84 RBI 7 SB and a 367 OBP. Pick up Reimold right now if you can I think he will be the answer to the Orioles LF problem immediately. The Bay State Scout