Hallas

Didn't Hyde say something about Rutschman having trouble getting his gear off in time to bat leadoff?

ballgame!!

In fairness I wanted to option Baumann to Mars after he got yanked with the bases loaded the other day.

Was that ball foul?? it looked to bounce fair.

Cowser smashed that one holy crap

Hays is all sorts of tied up.

It's creeping back up. He said last April he was a couple MPH down too.

idk i quite liked him walking out sheepishly because he was too late to save his player, and smirking at the ump for about 15 seconds before walking back to the dugout.

f***ing out bro! what the f***?? is what I caught

I'm pretty sure Cora just ran out in the hopes of keeping McGuire from saying something stupid. Too late.

LMAO uncensored!!!

Anyone think we should have let Cano pitch the 9th?

Between his first lineout, that ball that hooked outside the foul pole, and his 2nd lineout, Mullins is really hitting the ball on the screws...

I heard Moses had a wicked splitter.

Is getting no-hit for the first 3+ innings by junkballers the Orioles thing right now?

Send him back down! (I'm not serious ok)

Holliday looked better than Mateo on that double play, to be honest.

Voices carry. The ball off the Orioles bats in the first inning, on the other hand...

Crawford's shot put windup looks so stupid.

I mean, when you OPS 1.1 even in only 50 PAs it does affect your projections a little bit. Assuming the Orioles really believe in the quality of contact and strikeout rates etc. then it would meaningfully affect his projections. Mookie Betts has already added 1.7 WAR from his preseason ZIPS projections, while Hays has lost around 1 WAR. I initially guessed when he was sent down that if he continued to rake that they'd bring him up before the 15 day cutoff, because it would meaningfully change his projections enough that they'd be likely to lose the extra year anyway, and they would want to give him the opportunity to earn an extra pick.

The Orioles haven't forgotten how to hit!!

Rutschman!

Just kidding!

Now you get to watch a Mateo at bat instead.

Casas had 2 low strikes called, so I kind of get it. I don't feel bad for him in the least, but hey.