Malike

Try this. Understand that the Orioles are not going to run the table the rest of the season and they are, in fact, going to lose some games. It makes watching the games much more enjoyable when you have reasonable expectations that they aren't going to be perfect every night.

Strider's pitch efficiency is super impressive.

Beyond the Boxscore did a nice piece on this. There is a lot of data and you're welcome to look at the entire entry here How Long Does It Take for Top Prospects to Succeed in the Majors? - Beyond the Box Score The data they used was top prospects 1-40. Conclusions Prospects usually make you wait. They rarely have even league average seasons right away. Although it is unclear how much of this is because they are not yet average talent players, or because they are not given the opportunity to show how good they are over a full season of regular playing time. Most top prospects (58.6%) blossom in their second or third major league season. But for any prospect, there’s a significant chance that he’ll blossom anywhere from his first to fifth season. Top pitching prospects have their first league average MLB season a little earlier than position player prospects. On average, you have to wait until a position player’s third season, after about 120 games and 440 PA for his first league average season. On average, you have to wait until a pitcher’s second or third season, after about 33 games, 19 starts and 130 IP for his first league average season. Age at first MLB call up is not a meaningful variable in how long it takes a top prospect to succeed in the majors. Better prospects (by BA rank) succeed a little more quickly than lesser prospects, but the difference is not great.

Well, we see what happens when the Braves play a good team.

Bautista hasn't looked right in his last 4 or 5 outings.

He has the same amount of AB's as Mateo. I didn't realize they were both bench players.

Hyde smiling like he made the right choice in Bautista lol.

Thanks Tony Balogna for listening to me!

Tony Balogna needs to get his ish together and be the guy he was last year. Dongs!

Agreed. The sun shines on a dog's ass every now and then.

Godly Rutchmann with the sac fly!

That AB by Nevin was pivotal. Sealed the fate of the Tigers.

They are going to be welcome additions, but calling the pen weak as constructed is disingenuous and wrong.

Frazier with the laser! (that's what the box score will say tomorrow)

We're gonna win now, phew.

If Nevin beats you, this game isn't in the cards.

Make sense. His English has been great, yeah, he's answering without even thinking of the words to say now.

I'm confused why they keep giving Ramon a translator, I've never even heard the translator say a single word lol.

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop on Cano (I'm not rooting against him) and he keeps impressing me. I hope he can sustain the success, what a huge weapon.

Oh, I got the reference, I was being sarcastic

Fly ball, Tony. Preferably 600 feet, but a fly ball here, please!

My bad, my bad..

If Bautista can't regain a feel for his split he's no slam dunk in the 9th (if the O's hold the lead).

Mullins rarely delegates anything in the outfield, even to the detriment of the team.

The date on this thread had me second-guessing my sanity lol.