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Throwing 91 in the 5th, 6K's 2BB and Dalbec with a broken bat single for the night. He's at 80P. Through 5 at 86P 5IP, 1H, 2BB, 6K's. Hit 92 on his 85th pitch of the night. Changeup is 79-81.

Yeah thanks, just looked it up. Makes sense now why everyone passed on him. That and he's been on the IL twice this year.

There are a lot of teams that were being cheap, then. That is a lot of money to pay for a handful of starts.

I dunno, they are paying Gibson 10M. I think they would have gone in on him, especially for the price for next season, he's a big upgrade over Gibson at around the same cost.

That makes sense, then. There is 0 chance he would have cleared all 30 teams.

I don't disagree, I just don't get why people are avoiding him. Is he hurt? He's only started 18 games.

I too find it odd no one claimed Clevinger. The MLB went through thousands of texts and emails between him and the alleged victim, spoke to dozens of people they both know and from what it seems, did a very thorough investigation and claimed there was no merit to it and cleared him to play. He's not facing any criminal charges, and in the US at least, you are innocent until proven guilty. It appears no criminal charges suggest that there is not enough evidence to push forward. Not sure what type of teammate he is, or what type of distraction it would bring to a team. His ERA+ is 134 and he's out performing his FIP by about a run but he keeps the ball in the yard and doesn't strike a ton of guys out. Statcast data is good not great.

Awful call. The ump is not making it easy for them to get back in this game.

Westburg needs to back the heck off when the OF is calling him off, ffs.

They played 1 game in March and .786 in April. Then .586, .630, .333, and .667. They have a difficult September.

I wouldn't. They've been way overused all year.

Hopefully, Gunnar doesn't roll one to 2B like he's oft to do when he's pressing.

Tampa is playing .667 in August. They've never had a month of playing .800 ball.

They are trying to win, what suggests they aren't?

Probably because with a 6 man rotation and a shorter bullpen, they need innings from the starter. Contrary to popular belief, this isn't the most important game of the year and it's certainly not "must win". The reality is, we're going to lose a dozen or so more games this season, some against bad teams too.

Wouldn't be the 2023 Orioles if they didn't have to come back in a game.

Dylan Cease has an ERA over 5 now.

Exactly, with McCann setting up almost in the opposing side batters box.

Now the balls are being called strikes for Cease.

I mean, he is missing his spots up, you can clearly see where McCann is setting up and where the ball is going.

He pitched 8 innings of 3 run ball last start. I'd take that every day from our starters if that is struggling.

In fairness, if balls at the bottom of the zone are called balls when they are in fact strikes, you have to bring the ball up. Now, his command up hasn't been great, but he's been hosed on low strikes.

You are, but, I will say it happens enough that it seems like it's every time.

Ball might be jumping today. We shall see.

Yeah, Robert has a great arm, Frazier took that out of the equation and the run scored. It would have been nice to still be in the inning, but worse things have happened.