Moose Milligan

"Like, oh my god, he was draaaaafted in the 8th round and never made a top 100 prospect list, I just caannnnnn't have that on my team." "Um, are you, like, kidding me? He's not a great outfielderrrr and like, that's super important and I think we just have to have Gold Glovers at, like, every position....whateverrrr, have you seen his UZR?"

People here are sleeping on Mancini. "Like, oh my god, he's ALREADY 27 and will probably BE OVER 30 by the time the Orioles are good again. Like, I just cannnn't have that on my team, everyone has to be under 30." That dude doesn't slump for very long, he's quick to make adjustments. He's got a good approach.

That is terrible. Looks like he's doing ok with the bat though, .785 OPS. But the lack of defense certainly has to take away from any offensive value he's got.

At the quarter mark and with two rainouts in a row and not much to talk about on a Tuesday night...you guys know the game. Keeping the Ball in the Park - Orioles Pitching Staff, forward by Dylan Bundy What I've Learned From Brooks Robinson About Playing The Hot Corner - Renato Nunez Innings Eater: How To Stay On The Mound And In The Game - Alex Cobb Successful Hitting With The Bases Loaded - Orioles Offense My Time in Baltimore - Anthony Santander

Always at the top of the popular contributors on the OH has to count for something, right?

21 starts of mid 3.00 ERA...offset by two terrible months. And they must have been REALLY bad to make an ERA rise like that. Like I said, complete body of work. But agree to disagree.

My theory on draft status/prospect status is in play here. If this were a 1st round pick putting up those numbers this board would be foaming at the mouth.

Well if I have a wide sense of territory, I don't know what to say about cherry picking 11 starts and ignoring the total body of work. I'll grant you that Millwood had some good stretches, I'm not ignoring that but I also don't think that's a good argument. Daniel CaBBrera had good stretches, for example. Most pitchers that last 16 years in the big leagues as Millwood did will have good stretches like that or even good complete seasons. However, I can't look at someone who lead the league in losses (even though losses can be a misleading stat, I am assuming his run support was terrible..as you initially noticed, he was a hard luck loser) with a 5.10 ERA (and his FIP wasn't far off at 4.86 so we can't blame the defense too much for that) and think that they had anywhere near a "decent season". Oddly enough, he was a tough luck winner as 2 out of his 4 wins came in the June/July bad stretch that he had. He was near the end of the line by the time he got here, he only made 37 starts after his season in Baltimore. We can agree to disagree. I see where you're coming from and acknowledge it wasn't all bad when he was here.

Then how'd he end up with a 5.10 ERA? That's Mike Wright territory.

That'd be awesome. Best season ever, for sure.

Oh hey, Doug. Didn't know you had an OH account.

He was slightly more memorable as an Oriole than Doug Drabek was.

Well, as usual, CoC, you're correct. Dunno why I thought he'd won a Cy Young.

Like '98 or '99. Maybe 2000. All I know is that when he got to Baltimore that was way in the rearview mirror and he was doo doo brown.

Can't believe that guy won a Cy Young. Rode that season all the way to that 130 million, I believe. I think people thought Maddux/Smoltz/Glavine would rub off on him and he'd be great. That's how good THOSE guys were. They got Kevin Millwood PAID.

Didn't appear to have his best stuff today but still gutted it out. Settled down after a 30+ pitch inning and still figured out a way to win. Pretty awesome.

Sums up how I feel. The stuff just isn't there to have him have a good start almost every time out. I didn't watch the game today but 4 hits in 5 innings isn't bad. Of course, he can't keep the ball in the park and as great as Albert Pujols was...giving up 2 homers to 2019 Albert Pujols is pretty bad. Don't know if he'll throw a gem or if he'll struggle to get through 5 or if he'll be downright terrible. Odds are usually on the latter two.

I wonder how many chances he'll get out there.

Yeah, I can't get behind it.

I'm reminded when Josh Towers looked like the 2nd coming of Greg Maddux. Here's hoping Means' career turns out better.

That's not a bad lineup. I'd put Smith in front of Mancini but whatever. Also, in hopes that Davis is still heating up and making a change, I'd put him in front of Ruiz who's batting .233 over his last 30 at bats.

Boom or bust, looks like.

I know it was mentioned before but Gausman's ERA is at 4.80 now. WHIP is still real good at 1.067 so no one can say I'm only looking at the bad stuff. Someone explain this to me, though. So, 4.80 ERA, 4.09 FIP. K/BB ratio is 33/10. K rate is 9.9. So how's he got a -0.1 WAR? And I wasn't even a Gausman fan, yet I still feel like I should be defending him to the WAR gods. I also don't understand how the 1.067 WHIP, 3/1 K/BB ratio and 9.9 k rate = 4.80 ERA. Weird. Those are some good peripherals. I am assuming that ERA comes down. Anyway, ejected from the game tonight for throwing behind Urena. Video: https://www.mlb.com/video/gausman-ejected-in-the-2nd-x4873

This is what I don't get, I looked at his stats after we got him and couldn't figure out why he's ranked so low. He's produced everywhere, what gives?

Craig Gentry was a guy that would seemingly play once every week and a half and I'd be like "Oh yeah, he's still here."