Pre Holliday edition: Several questions for O's fans

By Steve Melewski

Orioles

December 22, 2024, 8:00am

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Today, it’s another edition, our pre-Holiday edition, of several questions for O’s fans. Per usual, answer one question or all of them. Respond to other readers' answers with your takes on their takes.

On to the questions:

1) Where does right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano slot into the O’s rotation? And after going 15-3 with a 1.67 ERA in Japan, how well will he do for the 2025 Orioles?

2) Which player will bat leadoff the most next season?

3) Which player will lead the 2025 O’s in home runs and hit how many?

4) After posting OPS figures of .814 and .893 the last two seasons, will that stat trend up again for young star Gunnar Henderson this season and how much so?

5) Does Adley Rutschman bounce back from his poor second half? His final OPS number was .709. How much better can that become?

6) Will Jackson Holliday hold down the second base spot? What might some of his final stats look like and what is reasonable improvement for Holliday, who will play all next season at age 21?