Malike

I still think they are going to win this game.

Worst part of losing this series is the Yankees don't have to face the O's. They'll steamroll KC, Baltimore would have likely sent them home. Ah, well. Still 6 outs to go in this one.

Everyone wanted to play KC to avoid Cy Skubal but the Royals have the 2nd and 3rd pitchers in the CY race in their rotation.

Hinch tried to get cute with Jobe and got burned. Kid had 4 IP in the ML and he let him take it on the chin.

He's hurt.

I hope they win, the days of living and dying with sports are long gone for me, though, so I won't lose sleep either way or be biting my nails like I would have a decade ago. I believe they have the talent to win the series, have to go out and do it now.

If this WC series comes down to we lost by not having Suarez on the roster we have much bigger problems than we'd thought.

The Twins offense had been absolutely abysmal for a long time. They were 17 games over .500 at one point then couldn't score a run to save their lives and went into a free fall.

I don't think they like the matchup with the Royals for him. Suarez doesn't strike people out, allows hard contact, and is an extreme flyball pitcher. The Royals never strike out and hit the ball hard in the air.

I think it's important to note that Suarez has pitched 202.5 innings including winter ball. He has helped this team immensely, but he was clearly losing some steam in September.

Who do you swap him for then?

Suarez had a 6.20 ERA in Sept. Kremer 2.25. They are riding the hot hands going into a 3 game series. Suarez has shown his stuff doesn't play up out of the pen, he actually threw softer than when he was starting. More than half of his homers this year were in the past 30 days. He will help the team if they move on to the next round.

If this series goes 3 games and the Orioles happen to win it, Suarez will start game 1 in NY. This is not some slight against him.

He's obviously a better hitter than that, I suspect something is bothering him and we'll find out after the season. Lobbing the SB on Rutschman is a bit disingenuous, our pitchers are basically letting the runner get halfway to 2B before they even start the windup. I'll be happy when the ABS system goes in, because an umpire who is supposed to be watching the ball and not the catcher's glove, framing shouldn't even be a thing.

I too would have preferred Detroit. Ultimately, it's meaningless, they just need to beat the team they are playing.

Ragans 186IP, 146H, 15HR, 67BB and 223K's. Skubal 192IP, 142H, 15HR, 35BB, 228K's. Pick your poison, both should do the job about equally.

I don't agree. Burnes has 14 IP with 0 ER and 15K's against the Tigers, that neutralizes Skubal and if this team is as good as everyone hopes and the big scary Tigers are too, we'll get to see Skubal more than once.

We won that series 4-2 but it took a lot of heroics to do so. If you think Ragans isn't capable of shutting down any team, I don't know what to tell you.

KC actually has more than 1 guy who can shut you down.

People are hoping we don't play the big scary Tigers because they beat our B team 2-4 in the past 10 days. They want KC. Hence, be careful what you wish for.

Why is this on the Orioles Talk board? There is an MLB forum for this type of post.

I said it last year and I'll say it again. Be careful what you wish for in praying for KC. Everyone wanted TEX last year. Who cares who they play, just win. They can beat any team, everyone here is terrified of DET.

How much different? They sat Judge yesterday, they threw their playoff starters for 5+ innings yesterday and today. They are also playing for the best record in the AL. They aren't mailing it in.

Seems crazy to me that if we swept the Yankees, we'd still be in the hunt for the division.

That would be pretty cool. Just do me a favor and please don't start the magic number thread in June next season.