Moose Milligan

For me, the rest of the season isn’t about catching the Rays. I don’t think we’re good enough to do that and they still look like they’re a machine. The rest of the season is about kicking the Yankees and Jays down as far as possible, IMO.

Glorious.

If by Gunnar you mean Super 2 date or whatever, then yes.

I don’t think there’s a realistic chance that Mountcastle gets sent down but I wouldn’t be upset if he did. Or if he got traded. Whatever.

Ultimate reverse lock thread.

I’ve been a supporter of his but the lack of offense is making it hard to continue to do so, I agree. I still believe the glove is elite/great enough to warrant playing time. I said it before, I’ll say it here: it’s hard to have him and Mountcastle in the same lineup. But Mateo brings that glove to a key defensive position, he should get priority. That said, I believe Mateo would have a day to day role on this team as constructed. The thing that makes it hard to keep him as the starting SS is that there are guys in the system who are putting pressure on they organization to make a decision about what to do. If these guys weren’t in the system and producing at a high level, I’d be pretty satisfied with an all glove/no hit SS who can still deliver a 3+ WAR season. But that’s not the reality of the situation.

The Hernandez/Gibson matchup should be good. I think Hernandez is better than the W/L record and ERA indicates. The WHIP is 1.09, he’s striking out over 12 per 9.

I’m always bracing for the worst when Kremer and Bradish take the mound.

I’m surprised whenever a starting pitcher outside of Wells gives us a good start.

It would be a big boost to this club if he’s able to replicate the success he had today or have similar results from here on out.

****ing Voth. Needs to have a rollercoaster named after him.

I’m watching on game cast. CS is CS.

I think so.

BuT AdLeY iSn’T gOoD aT tHrOwInG oUt bAsE StEaLeRz!!!!!!11

Glad to see Gunnar hitting his stride.

Not if you don’t care (which I don’t).

I think he trusts it. I think they get too cute with the splitter and now the slider.

I just don’t think the splitter works that well that often. Seems like it’s been more off than on this year. The fastball is almost always legit. I hate seeing him screw around with the slider or continue to hang splitters on the off-chance he gets one to dive-bomb.

Keep him down. Until the delivery is repeatable and he can hit the zone consistently. I’m with @Tony-OH, I don’t care about missed bats against minor leaguers. I’m not impressed by getting Franchy to chase pitches.

I don’t remember Matt Angle at all.

Missed the game. Were Gunnar’s hits rockets or duck farts?

Well you should email SigBot then, I'm sure he hasn't math'd this math.

You're not the first person to tell me that I don't learn lessons.

I don't particularly like them either. They always seem to give us trouble no matter how bad they are.

I'm not sure I understand the outrage here, nor do I blame Hyde for this. Especially working in tandem with analytically and statistically minded guys like Elias and SigBot, this is a bit over the top. I don't think anyone here would have a different leadoff man than Mullins when healthy. And I think Adley #2 makes perfect sense. You hope that Mullins can start the game and that Adley and his .400 OBP can get on...then you've got Mullins and Adley on, in a best case scenario. Maybe you could flip-flop them with Adley leadoff and Mullins #2, but regardless I think those two have cemented themselves as the top two guys in the order. Not having a clear cut 3rd hitter is more of an indictment on the roster makeup than blaming Hyde for not being able to make a coherent lineup. There's no head and shoulders choice for the third spot. In regards to winning a game by scoring more runs in 8 innings than our opponents have to in 9, that's a bit over the top. I think it's hard to overcome a lead late in a game, however having 8 innings is still plenty of time to do so. And the Orioles overall W/L record implies that their first inning offensive woes aren't really hurting the team all that much. In other words, I am sure every team would love to get out to a lead in the first inning, the Orioles probably aren't any different. I think this could be chalked up to one of those flukey baseball things.