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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)
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ESPN said we were the 30th best team, and they're never wrong.
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5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:
I always thought power rankings partly had to do with the perception if you're for real or not. It doesn't surprise me that the Orioles are ranked last, but that's because no one's taking them seriously. It's a nice start but ultimately it's...exactly that. If they're as bad as we've expected them to be from here on out, well, what'd anyone expect?
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.
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Somewhat surprisingly, hard-throwing Jandel Gustave was among the cuts. Gustave, who posted a 2.96 ERA in 23 games for the Giants last season, was believed to be a bullpen candidate.
In three spring training appearances (two innings), Gustave gave up three runs and two homers and issued two walks.
“For Gustave to be a guy for us, we really need to see a secondary pitch that he can depend on,” Kapler said, “and continue to show consistency with his strike zone.”
from Spring training cuts
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13 minutes ago, wildcard said:
He was on the Giants 30 man roster in 2020. Was on the 40 and 60 man rosters.
He was not invited to Summer Camp and was not on the Giants 60-man.
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I’m surprised that John Means went from Dead Arm to two ticks higher on his fastball within in two weeks.
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Just now, Can_of_corn said:
I'm guessing if you were a Pirates fan and they were 30th you would also have clicked.
Haha, I actually think they’d agree.
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Anecdotally, I clicked on it to look.
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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:
Pirates? How about the Marlins who folks had ranked 29th and now have half a roster.
I threw them a bone
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2 minutes ago, Jagwar said:
Could it be because the O's are not a good team, and ESPN is not fooled by an 8-game stretch?
This is where you defend that the 2-7 Pirates are better than the Orioles.
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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.
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37 minutes ago, eddie83 said:
I can’t believe I am asking this but at what point would we consider them a contender?
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.
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1 hour ago, Philip said:
The Astros don’t do anything without a reason. This guy must be good.
on the other hand, the Astros ARE pretty deep in need of good pitching.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:
Im guessing Elias did ok here..if he didn’t, the trade just makes no sense at all and I’m not one who thinks Bleier is that good.
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.
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I’m sure Hyde will say something about how hopping mad he is about it in the presser.
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1 minute ago, SteveA said:
They aren't walking him???
I don't get it. Why not set up the DP?
Is that the argument for every extra inning now?
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I love Olly Drake!
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On 7/30/2020 at 1:52 PM, Philip said:
Holaday Is a good catcher on defense, but unfortunately you can’t really call him up.
Uh ohh ...
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Isan Diaz.
Piss 'Em Off, and Go For 4 (vs. MARLINS, 8/04)
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Let’s check that ESPN power ranking again...