I don't think there is any evidence that saving an inning here or there makes any difference.
If you are scared to let your guys pitch, shut em down and put them in bubble wrap for the playoffs.
I don't think having Eflin throw 87 pitches in August helps prepare him to throw 100+ in October.
It's not the decline of the starting pitcher, it's the natural evolution of the game.
I don't understand the blowback about making teams making the most effect choice.
I guess we are seeing the same thing in Basketball to an extent.
I'll argue it Ken.
I couldn't care less if the Starting pitcher goes deep.
If going through the order twice and handing the ball off gets the Orioles more wins, I'm for it.
I 100% agree that it was a bad move. Clearly an unforced error.
But biggest blunder?
Did it actually do Mountcastle or the team any harm?
I guess his defense at first would have been steadier in 2020-2021 but those were lost seasons anyway. I don't think Elias would have handled his service time any differently.
He's played in 111 of 122 games and is over 2 rWAR. He's fifth on the team in games played, and fourth in at bats. That's despite his minor knee issue back in April.
I think it's doing them plenty of good.
If they were healthy and throwing 93 they'd be in A ball.
You'd need to get all the pitchers, and all the hitters, to scale back what they are doing.
Never going to happen.
He made 4K a day when he was in the majors, I think he can pay for a hotel room.
He chose to let the apartment go, he could have, I don't know, offered it to one of the other players in Norfolk to use?
Player polls are always fun to talk about since on one hand, they are professionals in the sport, they know the game. On the other hand a lot of them probably don't watch much baseball outside of the games they participate in.
How much weight is given to that one game three years ago when player X laid down that perfect bunt to win the game or when player Y threw a bullet to home to get the runner?