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Because honestly, Cano is as good a defensive pitcher as I’ve seen. He induces a lot of grounders and knows he’s got to be ready to field balls, and he does, with catlike quickness and athleticism.

I pity the teams that have to play us.

Boo hoo, you hurt me so bad.

Let’s be clear eyed here. He’s had three consecutive excellent starts. Before that, he had a 6.75 ERA in three starts. I hope his command stays this sharp, but I’m not ready to say he’s the surprise of the season.

It’s still not cool to downvote a guy just because you don’t like his opinion. All he was doing here was asking a question.

I’m just balking at “Zimmermann 2.0.” Povich has way more upside than Zimmermann ever had, and much better stuff. That’s just not a good comp at all. As to where Povich fits, we’ll see. Most teams require 10-12 starters by the time a season is through. We’ve used 7, and today will make 8 when Means starts. It would be great if the team got through the year only using those 8, but don’t count on it. And we’ll see what the O’s do to replace/retain Burnes and Means for 2025, and whether everyone wise stays healthy.

The AL East is 88-73 (.547) against the other divisions. The Central is 47-43 (.522). Take out the White Sox and they’re 43-35 (.551). So the Central has been about equal to the East if you remove that ridiculously horrible team in their division from the equation. Head to head vs. the East, the Centrsl is 19-15, with the White Sox 3-0, having swept Tampa in the only series they’ve played against the East.

No, I don’t think he’s got any fantasies about Cal’s record. Might he play all 162 this year? I’m sure it could happen, but if I were Hyde I’d prefer to give him a day off every month or so once the weather heats up.

He can probably do some back to backs, but not 3 in 4 days. If he goes back to back, he needs at least 2 days off.

It kind of got overshadowed by Irvin’s pitching and O’Hearn’s homer, but Adley’s double to break the scoreless tie was just a very professional Adley at bat. He knew his job was to get a deep enough fly ball to get Mateo home, and that’s exactly what he did. It just happened to land in the right spot for a double, but the run was going to score either way. I have the utmost confidence in Adley in a spot like that.

My memory of Nick is that his pet phrase was “you know,” inserted once or twice per sentence. “Yeah, I was, you know, looking for a good pitch, you know, to hit there.”

Obviously he’s not this good, but he’s in a groove now and needs to stay in the rotation. It’s fun to watch him work when he’s locating his stuff well.

Watching that vs. his last couple of outings was like night and day. The O’s need to go out of their way to keep Kimbrel fresh. As I said earlier, no more than 5 outings every two weeks. If that means someone else needs to close some tight games, so be it.

To be clear, it’s an impressive accomplishment.

Good to know. Maybe that explains some of his command issues prior to tonight’s game. For all the ups and downs he’s had this year, he has a 2.89 ERA in a league where the average ERA is 4.95. Hopefully tonight is a bellwether for how the rest of his season will go. He needed an outing like this.

And even fewer at times! On a quick look, Mel Ott hit 10 homers in his team’s first 29 games at age 20.

People do need to realize that the season used to start much later than it now does. Frank Robinson hit 38 homers as a 20-year old rookie, but the season didn’t even start until April 17. I’d bet there are some other players 22 or younger who hit 10 homers in the first 29 games of the year, but the 29 games weren’t played by April 30.

And I hate the Mets with the heat of 1000 burning suns.

The Pirates have pretty much done their penance by generally being even worse than the Orioles in the 21st century. Not easy to do. I have nothing against the Reds. People just need to understand that the 1969-71 O’s were better than any Reds team. their fans are also long-suffering at this point. I disliked that Phillies team and I still dislike the Phillies. Bryce Harper is a great player but I’ve never liked him. We wiped the floor with the Dodgers but I’ve rooted against them ever since. And they’re really annoying now, the way they throw money around. May they never win another playoff series.

The whole “Nick doesn’t work out in the offseason” myth was just made up nonsense based solely on the fact that when Nick would show up for Fsnfest with his Mountain Man beard and be asked what he’d done that offseason, he’d always say he’d done a lot of hunting. News flash: it’s possible to work out and hunt, and hunting is more fun to talk about.

I’m wondering if there’s something physically wrong with him. He’s not the same guy as he’s been the last two years, and not just because he’s now pitching in AAA.

Rolphy Cruz certainly fell hard. Earned a mid-season promotion to Delmarva last year after posting a 1.192 OPS in the FCL, and he’s out of the org less than 11 months later.

Back to Nick, he’s one of my 5-6 favorite Orioles of all time, even though you wouldn’t put him in the 5-6 best. Just tremendously steady and reliable. And, he came along during a really dark period for the Orioles as well as their minor league system. I used to refer to him as “the Boy Who Lived” because he was the only decent player our farm system produced over a 7-8 year period. I’ll never forget that shot of him on the field after the O’s clinched the AL East, taking in the scene with a tear in his eye. That’s more memorable to me than any of the great things he did on the field. I will make every effort to be at his induction ceremony, even though I know his acceptance speech is likely to be forgettable. Because I’ll never forget his importance to the franchise.

Many of Tiger’s injuries were due to circumstances fully within his control. Just sayin’.

4/13: Cade Povich, 5.1 innings, 10 K’s 5/2: Luis De Leon, 4.2 innings, 10 K’s Let me know if I missed any. Last year I counted 14 double digit strikeout games, all by July 4. It’s possible some slipped by me afterwards.