Enjoy Terror

https://www.milb.com/bowie/team/aa-show Just curious if anyone had been watching this. Guests: May 7 - Ryan Ripken May 9 - Michael Baumann May 15 - Brad Komminsk (former Oriole, Tides hitting coach) May 19 - Val Majewski (former Oriole) May 19 - Rich Douglas (groundskeeper for Bowie) May 26 - Joe Gunkel May 28 - Rick Short (was in Bowie '00) May 28 - Ken Arnold (was in Bowie '94-'95) Jun 2 - Corban & Caleb Josephs Jun 4 - Jonathan Tucker (Orioles 2004 draft pick, played through 2010 in minors) Jun 19 - Calvin Pickering Jun 19 - Steve Melewski Jun 19 - Austin Wynns Jun 23 - Gary Kendall Jun 23 - Steven Klimek Jun 29 - Brandon Waring Jul 2 - Chris Petrini (UFA signed 2010, played in minors through 2014) Jul 9 - Glynn Davis Jul 9 - Brian Shallcross (Baysox GM) Jul 15 - Ashur Tolliver Jul 21 - Eugene Kingsale (former Oriole) Jul 23 - Dave Collins (Baysox Radio Announcer) Jul 23 - Larry Bigbie Jul 29 - Scott Rice (former Met and Oriole farmhand) Aug 1 - Steve Bumbry (Al Bumbry's son and former Oriole minor leaguer)

ESPN said we were the 30th best team, and they're never wrong.

That was kind of my point with the Pirates. They were expected to be bad and are bad. Certainly the Orioles situation is worth more than that.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/First-Giants-cuts-Chris-Shaw-Jandel-Gustave-15-15111149.php

He was not invited to Summer Camp and was not on the Giants 60-man.

I’m surprised that John Means went from Dead Arm to two ticks higher on his fastball within in two weeks.

Haha, I actually think they’d agree.

Anecdotally, I clicked on it to look.

I threw them a bone

This is where you defend that the 2-7 Pirates are better than the Orioles.

I'm hopeful that this is a short enough sprint into a really wide playoff net that the marathon of a normal baseball season won't be able to pick out the flukes quickly enough. After that point, you just need to be hot at the right time.

It’s not 15% of the way through the season, I know that much. I don’t think there’s a magic number but I do think that they are playing above their head right now. I also don’t think Lil Yaz is the best player in baseball.

I mean, he’s been in their system for five years and he’s not in their top 40 prospects that FanGraphs threw together. Dunno about this one.

Didn’t have another thread to post this in and didn’t want to start one... BUT I’m surprised that the Astros are promoting this guy Humberto Castellanos directly to the Major Leagues, sight unseen. Was not previously in their Summer Camp working out, has never pitched in the majors, 22 years old out of Mexico. I just find that very interesting.

I hadn’t watched many of the games so far, and hadn’t looked at any stats either. I was surprised to see how poorly Hays is doing. I wouldn’t have guessed that was the case at all based on the commentary on this board alone.

A little bit late, but I've tallied the votes and the results are in! We had 22 entrants and we were all surprisingly close! Everyone even got FOUR EXTRA PLAYERS to count towards the pool, since Opening Days had a thirty-man expanded roster. Keep in mind; guys on the 10 and 45 day injury lists didn't count! Let's see how we did: 21 correct: @Aristotelian @SteveA 20 correct: @luismatos4prez @tntoriole @Chuck A @ChipTait @Eric-OH @weams @Number5 @Tony-OH 19 correct: @TommyPickles @sportsfan8703 @wildcard @Enjoy Terror @AnythingO's @eddie83 @RZNJ @section18 @Yardball85 18 correct: @interloper @ScGO's 17 correct (consolation prize): @Philip Great job everyone! No prize this year, but I'll take donations toward a friendly pool next year...

The offense so far this year is 15th overall by WAR. Middling at best. 10th in wRC+, which is cool. It's early. K% is surprisingly low; fourth best in the league. 16th best for BB%. On the bright side, the bullpen is actually fourth, if you can believe it. The bullpen ERA is extremely inflated, though, I think it will normalize. BUT, early returns have been okay. Top five in K/9, which is great. The starting pitching is bottom five. Too many homeruns. That's really the telling story about this club. Without starting pitching you have nothing. No shot in the playoffs, if you can get there at all. This team is probably better than I'd imagined, but I'd be impressed if they had a .500 season.

Elias doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who lacks sense. He saw someone he liked. It may not pan out at the end but I doubt this was done without a bit of research. It’s certainly not financially motivated.

I’m sure Hyde will say something about how hopping mad he is about it in the presser.

Is that the argument for every extra inning now?

I love Olly Drake!

Uh ohh ...

Isan Diaz.

They’re terrified. I’m sure of it.