BRobinsonfan

He smokes Merit Ultra Lights - the Gatorade of cigarettes for athletes!

It's incredible to think how many bases he would steal if he could just get his OBP up to a league average of .312 OBP.

I'd like to get another starter that can eat some innings and give the bullpen some relief. An Aroldis Chapman wouldn't be a bad pickup and probably wouldn't cost as much.

11... at... bats. That's it. 11 at bats. 4 games. I hope he does well... but it's been 5 years and 1042 at bats since he hit better than .235.

I've been surprised and pleased with Hicks' 11 At Bats with the Orioles so far. I'm going to reserve judgment until he gets another 9 ABs. Then I'll really know something.

Who could forget 2012? It is forever etched into our collective memory as the season of Lew Ford!

Is Urias warming up yet?

I can't believe we're going to give the lead right back.

You can only throw that weak 4 seamer so many times before they tee off on it.

At this point just leave Perez out there till his arm falls off and then we won't have to worry about him for the rest of the season.

This is frustrating to watch.

Here's one I found from our St. Louis Browns days. (This one's for @DrungoHazewood). "First in Shoes, First in Booze, and Last in the American League."

2001 - These Kids Can Play

1966 - Bomb 'Em, Birds

1979 - Orioles Magic

Ah, violent agreement... the best kind of agreement! Still, it's nice to know we're potentially only two players away from having a team built for serious contention.

Nice article. It's good to see that the rule changes have speeded up the game without tipping the scale too much on production. I like seeing more steals, but I'd like to tweak the rule to increase the allowable "disengagements" by at least one.

It's still amazing to look at his stat line and see one walk in 29 innings. If Hyde doesn't wear him out first, this can be a pretty fantastic season for Cano.

Good point. And it just underscores how short-sighted it was not to go out and get another proven starter in the off-season. It's frustrating to imagine where we might be had they done that. Throw in a MOO bat and I think we'd be in great shape.

Oh, I'm not disagreeing at all. 20 wins is just one of those stats from a bygone era that has an appeal driven more by emotion than analytics.

I know analytically you're right, but a 20-win season is a vestigial hold over from my baseball card collecting youth, when the O's always seemed to have 20-game winners, that would trigger a big dose of nostalgia and serotonin - especially if achieved by a pitcher like Kyle Gibson who gets outs the old fashioned way.

I knew Cano's spectacular early-season performance was unsustainable, but he's looking very hittable as of late. Over his last eight innings, he's allowed 12 hits. With someone with a longer track record of success, I might chalk it up to a minor slump, but it wasn't that long ago when he was giving up hits by the bucket full and sported a gaudy double digit ERA. His control seems as good as ever, and while KO's are down a little, he's still averaging close to 1 per inning over his last 7 games so those are encouraging signs.

If the pants were orange I think it would be a strong look.

I've gone back and forth on these uniforms... now that I see everyone wearing them I'm firmly in the "no" camp.