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Nolan Reimold has impressed Baltimore Orioles management with both his power and his patience, according to the Baltimore Sun. Reimold has exhibited a maturity well beyond his years and experience, which has helped him carve out an everyday role with the O’s.
Impressively, Reimold has 10 walks to just six strikeouts so far in June. Combined with his .326 batting average, the 25-year-old rookie has an impressive .453 on-base percentage and 1.034 OPS this month.
Patience is one area where Reimold has really improved, manager Dave Trembley told the Sun. The numbers back up that assertion, too. After walking six times to 16 strikeouts through his first 23 games, Reimold has walked eight times to just one strikeout in his last eight games.
Until his last game, when he failed to draw a base on balls but went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and RBI, Reimold had walked at least once in seven straight games.
In standard rotisserie leagues, the walks and on-base percentage figures themselves don’t do much for fantasy owners. But, the underlying themes of patience, discipline, maturity and self-improvement are great reasons to think Reimold could be an excellent pro. He’s already got one tangible roto asset in his 30-homer power, and he’s showing the intangibles to expect even more.
