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Wow, terrible base running!

Well, 2nd and 3rd and one out and nothing. I'm sure that would come back to bite us.

Good Lord, Urias

Yep, and Elias knew this going into the season. I would have attempted to move a few of these guys with no options for similar guys with maybe less experience, but with options. Then again, not sure how many teams will be knocking down the waiver wire to get Webb or Baumann.

The same problem I had with Hyde's bullpen management last year is the same one I have this year. After pitching today, Kimbrel (36), Coulombe (34), and Akin are all on pace to appear in 78 games. Cano and Webb are on pace for 84 games. You just can't keep constantly running these guys out there this much. They are going to either break (Bautista/Kimbrel) or become ineffective with overuse. He has to start allowing guys to cover more than one inning to stop worrying so much about every matchup. I'm sure in a computer printout it makes sense to get a little platoon advantage, but pitchers are just not built to pitch this often now that everyone is pitching max effort so much. He got away with Bautista pitching so much early on last year, including multiple innings in extra inning games, but he eventually imploded. 36-year old Kimbrel didn't make it to May under Hyde. Hyde is the 1980's Billy Martin, except instead of riding his starter's until they implode, he's riding his bullpen arms.

Using Kimbrel today put him on a 78 game pace. The only time he worked in more games was when he was 23-years old and he worked 79. Last year he did pitch on 71 games, but was not a closer all last year. Sounds like a lot to ask a 36-year old pitcher to throw in this many games, all in high leverage situations.

Suarez should have come out for the 5th. Not sure why they pulled him other than they hope to use him as a reliever in the Yankees series. At 57 pitches, Akin is out for at least two games, maybe three. Any more and it would definitely had been three games meaning he would have missed 3 of 4 against the Yankees. Suarez's short start put the team in a bind. Coulombe giving up a homer on two strikes to Nevin was a terrible pitch. Kimbrel had nothing once again. Is there no one watching him in the bullpen? Now he looks hurt, but honestly it might just be his feelings that got hurt after blowing two games in a three game stint to the A's. But it's not his fault. He's been incredible overused for a 36-year old.

McKenna supposedly took ground balls at 2B. He still could have moved McKenna to 2B in the unlikely scenario that Kjerstad homered to tie the game. Having Mateo bat in the 9th was a poor decision.

You can disagree all you want, that's your right. At the end of the day EVERYONE knew the Orioles were short in the pen going into this season and that was before Perez went down. Hyde is no help to a bullpen either since he uses 5 or 6 relievers every game and was using his 36-year old closer like Sea bisket down the stretch! Reliever are volaitile, but the quality or arms were lacking. Look at that A's pen just dominate the Orioles hitters. One guy after another coming out there throwing gas. Orioles running at Webb and Tate with their 92 mph fastballs and thinking Coulombe would repeat his miracle year was just not smart. Elias has proven he can build a winner, but he hasn't proven he knows how to build a sustained winner or a team that can win in the postseason. No one looked at this bullpen and thought it was set up for success this year. No one.

Just like to say the Orioles are 0-2 when McKenna plays this year. Why would you take out O'Hearn and bat McKenna in a close game when your pen is terrible? Hyde will have to answer that one. Of course the press will lob softballs at their buddy so no accountability.

Elias got away with scrap heap guys but made the cardinal sin of expecting those guys to be good two years in a row. Meanwhile the A's doing a great job of acquiring impact arms at the back end of their bullpen. Look at the system right now, who are their future backend guys? The Orioles tried to replace Bautista with Kimbrel only then Hyde rode him like a 22 year old. Hyde broke Bautista and now he broke Kimbrel by using 86 different pitchers a game and using Kimbrel like 5 times in 8 days.

Maybe Hyde was worried about having to go into extras with no bullpen left and a big Yamkees series coming up.

Oh well, this series loss is on Elias. He went to war with this blow pen. Hoards offensive prospects and then wonders why his team loses leafs like it's their job.

Guess Kimbrel did too.

In his defense, he's not good and any normal manager pimch hits for him.

Lol, A's bringing in random guys throwing 99 mph, and the world series contending Orioles have the DFA squad.

Where is Kjerstad? Westburg?

Exactly. Hyde has this fascinatination with matchups. He keeps running out 6 mediocr guys and is surprised when two of them are off.

How many closer will Hyde destroy in his managerial career? Part Elias for not doing enough for his bullpen and part Hyde running his closers into the ground before May. We all said the bullpen was the weakness coming into this season and he we are. Blowing saves to the freaking A's. Maybe Suarez will end up the closer.

Maybe Suarez will end up closing?

How many closer will Hyde destroy in his managerial career? Part Elias for not doing enough for his bullpen and part Hyde running his closers into the ground before May. We all said the bullpen was the weakness coming into this season and he we are. Blowing saves to the freaking A's.

Apparently outfield fundamentals were not covered in spring training this year.. Suarez picked a bad time for the bloom to fall off the rose. Can't get beat around by the A's, just can't t of you want to be a starter on a pennent winning caliber team.

We do know one thing, Baumann better not pay ahead for his May apartment in Baltimore.

Lets get 3 more.

Ok, Roy.