Suarez has been legitimately impressive. Lots of whiffs. In both games he looked tired late in the outing but then helped save himself with impressive defensive plays.
Did most people miss the words elite and controlled in the title? Surprised at how easily so many people said no, when I thought the bullpen was a consensus weakness of this team.
I like Kjerstad too and you don't trade him for just anyone. But if you can get a difference making 8th/9th inning guy, who isn't a rental, that seems worth considering.
Sorry, I deleted the Grayson question because I saw it was being discussed in the Extension Priority thread and SG had mentioned he wasn't talking about pre-arb players here. But I wasn't fast enough for you guys.
This is why I actually am a bit concerned, not for career prognosis but for his performance this year and a potential need to send him back down at some point.
Not all slumps are created equal and the plate skills have been really bad so far.
The managerial move that most surprised me today was Baldelli pulling Lopez, their team ace who was carving the O's up, after 87 pitches instead of sending him out for the 7th. Okert promptly let the O's back in the game with the Santander HR.
Also on the power prowess front, the O's have six players with 4+ HRs.
The only other teams with more than two are the Dodgers with four (Betts, Teoscar, Muncy, Ohtani) and Astros with three (Altuve, Tucker, Alvarez).