Moose Milligan
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The old Orioles minor leaguer comes in and dominates. Predictable as a sunrise and taxes.
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2 minutes ago, Malike said:
Nothing, he's just being contrarian.
I would never.
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2 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
Weren't you guys on an island together? What happened to you love birds?
Derp derp derp
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I'll be good not seeing Kikuchi ever again.
IIRC, one year we lit him up and for some reason that makes me think we have a shot at him. But that seems to hardly be the case.
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Just now, Malike said:
The Rangers have been swept every year. You know what they have that we don't.
2 less world series championships?
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1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:
I've always been a fan of Mullins, but it's getting to the point where the Orioles need to intervene. Mullins does provide value with his defense and the fact that he's easily the best defensive CF on the team.
His offense can't be this bad and the Orioles still play him 150 games this season if they want to be a serious playoff contender.
Yeah.
It's hard to tell if this is really who he is or if he's just in a slump...IIRC, he started out the season really hot and had a 10 game hit streak or something.
JFC Webb, just blow it past this shrimp at the letters.
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Just now, Malike said:
I'm so tired of hearing about it.
Tired of success? Figures.
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Just now, baltfan said:
Did Bradish get hurt. I saw he went 4
No, just not totally sharp, lot of full counts. Elevated pitch count early.
Dammit Webb, get it together.
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They're gonna move the goalposts to having been not swept in 3 or 4 games series after they drop this game.
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2 minutes ago, fansince71 said:
Cedric Haters are out in full force.
I don't think anyone hates Ced. But he's been completely awful. It's hard to ignore.
Love his defense but he hasn't been a threat at the plate for a long time.
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He was a dunce when he was covering the Redskins and he's a dunce now. Absolutely awful.
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Ced taking a walk somehow here is our best bet.
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Terrible call. That’s revenge for the one on Vogelbach earlier.
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1 minute ago, Malike said:
Exactly, selling out for power and not taking walks is a silly team philosophy as it appears they are all trying to be aggressive this year.
Yep. Walks don’t slump.
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5 minutes ago, Malike said:
Yeah, they are feast or famine with HRs. They can't string together base hits.
Prefer the approach they had last year. This feels like a Trumbo team, homers or nothing.
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Bradish not his sharpest but has limited damage. Tony catches that one, this is a different game.
Our bats are pathetic. Team wide slump is terrible.
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Gotta haul that one in Tony
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That’s a late strike 3 call and that’s obnoxious but #%!* the Jays.
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Bradish looks like he’s dealing.
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Damn, missed Westy’s leadoff tater!
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More worried about Grayson.
But agreed, doesn't look good for Wells, which is a shame.
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I think he'd have done really, really well here if the hip didn't give out. Outside of not making the Glenn Davis trade, one of the bigger "What ifs?" in club history.
I don't think the early 2000s teams would have been much better, but he would have been great to watch.
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I don't think any player than Hays has had more excuses made for him on here. He had the flu so he was terrible at the plate, continuing to swing at anything/everything...because of the flu, of course.
Theres always something with him, there's always some nagging injury that's holding him back from performing like an all-star, etc.
I've been harsh on him and deservedly so, he's been absolutely terrible since last year. But Cedric has been awful as well, Cowser is slumping. So if it means getting Hays some at bats to see if there's anything left in the tank, so be it.
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Exceeding expectations:
Irvin. I said before the season I thought he'd have a monster season but had no idea it'd be like this.
Gunnar: Thought he'd be more of the same as last year, maybe a bit of a sophomore slump but he's MVP level even with his recent skid. His defense looks legit, too. He's making the leap in year 2 to superstar player.
Adley: Hitting for a higher average than I would have expected, now it looks like the power is coming around, too.
Cowser: Low bar to hurdle here, didn't know what to expect/low expectations help him here.
O'Hearn: Thought he'd still be good but not this good.
Mounty: Glad to have been wrong about him after being all over him last year. His defense is excellent, I think he'll be in the running for a GG this year.
Westburg: 1.8 bWAR already, had no idea this was coming. Looking like an invaluable member of the team moving forward. Steady, quiet excellence.
Mateo: Thought he might not even have a spot on the team this spring but his defense is electric at 2nd base. Would like to see more steals from him, though.
Kremer: He's been great. I don't know how his bWAR is -0.2, 46 innings of a 1.022 WHIP has to be worth more than that. I thought he'd be solid, I didn't think he'd be this good.
Suarez: Out of nowhere for 23 innings of 0.913 WHIP. Amazing.
Akin: I'll get some flak for this but I don't care. I didn't expect much from him, so anything positive is a step in the right direction. 1.056 WHIP out of the pen, I'll take that all day. 21 strikeouts in 18 innings. Remains to be seen if he can do this all year, but I think he's fully healthy and back to throwing strikes.
Failing to meet expectations
Jackson Holliday: But I'm not upset about it.
Kimbrel: But of course.
Cedric: This hurts because I love the guy but he looks awful at the plate. He's still somewhat indispensable because of his range in CF but the second half of last year was bad and it's even worse this year.
Tony Santander: Almost don't want to put him here because he's a notorious slow starter so expectations probably should have been adjusted.
Cano: Low on the list here because I expected him to be not as effective this year as he was last year. But he's a good candidate for a roller coaster appearance and he's bailed himself out with some outstanding defensive plays. 1.328 WHIP isn't ideal for someone in his spot.
I'm not gonna put injured players on here so that spares Hays and G-Rod from making the failing to meet expectations list.
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Wednesday afternoon May 15: Orioles vs Blue Jay
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I'm with Roy on this one, it's frustrating as %&#@ to watch this team at the plate right now. The worst part is that the talent level is through the roof, they shouldn't be slumping this hard for this long.