OriolesMagic83

Why Kimbrel on back to back days. That's how Kimbrel got in the situation he was in.

Cano only threw 3 pitches yesterday I believe.

Sorry I guess I responded to someone you quoted.

I'm a big fan of Kevin and I'll take Roy's vote of support that he is one of the top young broadcasters over the opinions of us amateurs.

Is Suarez warming? I know Hyde loves to use the bullpen. A little worried that Means could lose energy quickly in 1st start back.

Mateo will look like an All Star in May!

Have you considered anxiety meds?

MASN might be the worst cable channel outside of O's games. Are O's games chosen for these rain delays by throwing darts at a board?

At least Santander and Mullins aren't hitting back to back. How is Santander moving up in the order? Is this like batting Chris Davis leadoff? I'm sure Santander will eventually bust out but give the man a day off.

Gunnar and Gunna are pushing P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-705T4FioZE&list=RD-705T4FioZE&start_radio=1

Cal was in his prime then. If Cal played from 1960-1980, do you think Weaver would have never rested him. I don't think Weaver was one to ask a player if he needed a day off or if he needed to come out of a game, i.e. stories of Palmer arguing w/ Weaver about coming out of a game. Anyway I have hella respect for Cal being able to play all those years as an elite athlete w/o missing a game. I was proud of myself when I went 1 year of work w/o missing a day d/t injury or illness. lol

I hope that Hyde doesn't think Suarez is a reliever now, he can only throw 2 innings max. Even though he has been throwing 5-6 innings.

And injuries do happen as we see with Means, Bradish and Wells already hitting the IL this year. If Povich continues to pitch anything like he has (say low 3 ERA rsst of way), I wouldn't be surprised if he has a spot on the opening day rotation.

There's a big difference between having an ERA below 2 in low A vs AAA. Let's cool the jets on De Leon until he proves something at a higher level.

If he get thru 5 innings I'll be more than happy, especially if he doesn't give up more than 3 runs. 4 innings is more likely.

No. Our best SP prospect who we will need in the rotation next year with Burnes and Means gone.

I think Cal's record was able to happen because of a time in O's history when there was no strong manager. I doubt Cal's streak would have made it to one season if he had played his whole season under Weaver. Weaver was way ahead of his time on matchups, platoons and resting players. The bigger thing about Cal's streak, imo was that it was allowed to happen, where it took on a life of it's own, dwarfing the team. I'm not diminishing the feat, but there's rarely a player that plays 162 games in a year now. It's just recognized that people wear down and need rest. I want to say to that probably the 5 players behind Cal on the streak list did things to basically cheat and prolong their streak especially Gehrig, where he would hit once and then not play the rest of the game.

I'm thinking that Suarez can be that extra high leverage arm the O's need. Someone who can take some of the closing pressure off Kimbrel. No, Hyde, the closer doesn't have to get every save. I hate when Hyde uses every high leverage arm in a single game then the next game you just have the B squad.

Would have been nice for his campaign if he had been allowed to go 8 or even go for the shutout.

Mateo has been giving us what we need out of a utility player. Westburg is playing a great 3B. Urias is at least fielding great. Mountcastle and O'Hearn aren't going anywhere with the way they have been hitting. The O's have been playing great and I don't see now as the time to make changes.

Ok i was wrong. Kimbrel looks like he's back. Maybe he needs a 4 day break every 5 weeks or so to recover from Hyde overuse.

I have to say this. Irvin has earned his spot in the rotation. I don't think Means gets an automatic spot. I guess he gets a start because Gray Rod went on the IL.

This is so Hyde, managing by book.

Kimbrel has to face 3 batters. Just have to hope the last batter isn't a HR w/ 2 base runners.