Jagwar

I know right? No team has ever recovered from giving up a run in the 1st inning

And Irvin has shown he can effectively take over Akin's role... how exactly?

And who fills his role in the bullpen?

No, but there are plenty of innings left for the Chicken Little crowd to declare the game over.

I always assumed that if Bradish and Means are all the way back to effective and reliable performances, that Wells and Irvin would stabilize the bullpen and push out underperformers there. No guarantees of course but that is a promising outcome.

Not sure we're going to want him there if he keeps offering up a turd of a performance.

Exactly. Who cares who is sitting in the stands? @interloper if you don't want to see them in the stands, just follow along on Gameday

Your opinion is yours and valued. But cut the kid (and his family) some slack dude.

I would think he wants to be surrounded by family who have been with him through every stage of his journey. But you keep being you.

What is it to you?

He has to suck up at least another inning

I don't mean to be all chicken little. But I'm hoping that the O's can be contenders in July and make a trade for starting pitching.

I don't think there is any universe in which I think McKenna is a better option than anyone on the roster

Hays really doesn't belong in any lineup right now. Maybe not any roster.

Hey now... don't get in the way of me cherry picking stats!

Cowser OPS of 1577 Witt OPS of 1127

@Roy Firestone it ain't over till it's over

So do I . I know we scored Burnes for him, but I was really hoping Ortiz was going to replace Urias in a super utility role.

We should have traded for him too.

Wouldn't be a game thread without @Roy Firestone declaring the game over after 2.5 innings.

With a cold fun drink?

But can I still talk about Belgian ale?

And this is the Grand Poobah of Belgian brews

The key to beating the O's is to score at least 1 more run than they do.

Cowser is proving that Hays isn't the only guy who can patrol LF