I don't want to pile on here, but I'm working on a note on Luke Scott's struggles for tomorrow's paper, and it's worse than I even thought. Consider the following:
Scott is hitting just .187 (14-for-75) with three homers and 8 RBIs in 23 games this season. He's in the midst of a 3-for-22 (.136) slump. He's struck out in eight of his past 14 at-bats, including three times in Sunday's victory over the Boston Red Sox. Two of those K's came with a runner on third and less than two outs. He's just 1-for-19 (.053) with six strikeouts with runners in scoring position this season.
As I said before, the Orioles have stayed with Scott through all his slumps for the past two-plus seasons. But when do you stop calling it a slump and start looking at it as a trend?
He is hitting .203 (59-for-291) since the All-Star break last year, and despite leading the club with 25 homers last year, Scott has just 10 homers and 34 RBIs in his past 85 games.That "slump" constitutes more than half of a season.
Overall, from the the designated hitter spot, the Orioles are getting a .195 batting average, a .304 on-base percentage and a .356 slugging percentage.
Maybe, they should just let the pitcher hit.