Yardball85
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1 hour ago, glenn__davis said:
Really positive development with Wells. If he can be a solid rotation piece that does wonders to help make the transition to a contending team.
Assuming health, a competing rotation of Grayson, Hall, Means, Wells, Kremer/FA sounds good to me.
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12 hours ago, Sports Guy said:
What they do at the deadline and how the young guys they bring up adjust to the majors will probably tell the story.
If I had to guess, I would set the O/U at 70.5…and I think the right bet is to take the under but I do think 70-75 wins is possible.
Yep. Hopefully they can find some value for Santander, Mancini, and Lopez. Get Stowers up playing regularly, give Diaz a chance, and hopefully see a debut of one or more of Vavra, Westburg, and Henderson.
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8 hours ago, nevadaO said:
Yes that part about 2008 is true.
And in fact, that game was also against Texas. An Orioles win against Vicente Padilla.
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10 hours ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:
Against a lefty!
Every time I see a highlight of Gunnar, it's him homering or doing something special off a lefty. The kid is special. And so young.
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7 hours ago, jamalshw said:
I know this isn't analytical or numbers supported, but right now, I feel the best about our chances when I see Wells is pitching. Of course, that was the case with Zimmermann the first month of the season. Still, so far this year, Wells is the only one I'd want to be back in the rotation next year. (We will see where we are with Kremer in a couple months).
Wells and Kramer for me. SSS of course. I used to feel best about Lyles lol.
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9 minutes ago, SteveA said:
Kevin Smith is 25 and pitching at AAA, and even though we have Voth and Watkins in our rotation, not a single person on here is clamoring to see Smith come up to Baltimore, and it doesn't appear the team is considering it either. Yet you think we could possibly get something for him in trade?
Smith has been disappointing. The jury is still out on Vavra and to a lesser extent, Nevin.
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9 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
Bautista threw 11 pitches last night. 9 for strikes and he missed SEVEN bats! The other relievers combined to miss 6 bats.
His swingstr% is high and it’s above average but his K rate is surprisingly not as good as you might think. It’s still good but it really needs to be 11+ to really develop into a dominant reliever.
Since he is missing bats, that should help but he despite an ok BB rate, his Str% is 1.5% below average. If he can just throw more strikes and keep missing bats, the Os may have a real dominant reliever on their hands.
Hopefully the long time closer if/when Lopez is traded next month.
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5 hours ago, Etch said:
I just got done watching the O's highlights from last night's game. Melanie Newman is downright awful. I could cite several examples but just one will suffice. Mountcastle a drive out to right...this one is...out of the bullpen. What?? Out of the bullpen? And to think we had the GOAT Jon Miller for all those years. Sigh.
And yes, she's just as bad at home games.
Roch is very bad in the booth. It's not his fault--he isn't a former player and doesn't have the insight that Palmer, Ben, and even Johnson have. Can't wait till Ben is back, he and Palmer are by far the best.
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Newman is cool, and I like her and think she should absolutely work in sports. She is knowledgeable for sure. That said, she is AWFUL at doing play by play. I am convinced that most people on this board would do a better job than her. I know I could.
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1 hour ago, InsideCoroner said:
Urgh, I was just looking back on that 2018 season, even though my browser warned me, "The following page may trigger PTSD. Are you sure you wish to continue?" What a train wreck. The season when fourth OF Craig Gentry put up a higher WAR than AJ and Trumbo combined, and Chris Davis with 529 PAs and a .539 OPS / 48 OPS+. I need to wash my eyes out with bleach.
Gentry had a higher WAR than AJ and Trumbo? WOW, what a stat. I did not know that. I guess my mind has been kind to me and allowed me to forget.
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3 hours ago, TommyPickles said:
The O's are 13-12.
I feel like if you zoom out a bit, this season is going surprisingly well. A few things to consider:
-The O's have the lowest payroll in MLB this year. Roughly $30 million.
-The O's have one of the toughest schedules in baseball. The AL East towers over every other division at the moment.
-The O's lost their best pitcher, Means, and their best pitching prospect, Rodriquez, to season ending injuries.
Yet, despite all this, the O's have a .429 Win%. We have a better record than 7 other franchises. We have better attendance than 7 other franchises.
Mountcastle and Hays are ascending. Rutschman and Stowers have made it to the bigs. We've found a closer. (Hopefully) Means, Rodriquez, and Hall will all be in the rotation next season...
The playoffs have been expanded so that FORTY PERCENT of teams make it!? We won't have to play nearly as many division games next year.
We're not that far off. Go O's.
Good post. Maybe it's because I love watching baseball, but most games have been fun to watch this year. With that said, the Orioles should definitely be looking to trade Mancini, Santander and Lopez, who I think could fetch a good package, at the deadline and get more at bats for Stowers and possibly even Diaz if healthy. Things are definitely headed in the right direction. Thanks for posting.
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He has been struggling, no doubt. But there is no reason not to let him figure it out up here, with the MLB coaches. Keep working with him and reevaluate at the end of the season. Barring injury, he should start every fifth day or so through September.
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6 minutes ago, eddie83 said:
Makes sense.
I think when they call the kid up you play him at one spot and leave him alone.
Right, keep him in left field.
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8 minutes ago, eddie83 said:
It’s real simple. Have to have at bats for him. So you have to be willing to bench the Big 5 one game a week to make it worthwhile.
McKenna is not blocking Stowers. Their prospect status does not matter.
Sure, I have no problem benching one of the "Big 5" once a week. Nothing wrong with each of them getting an off day once a week, depending on matchups, etc. Put him in left and Hays in CF when Mullins is off. Put him in left/right when Hays/Santander is off. Put Santander at DH and Mancini/MC at first when the other is off. Easy Peasy.
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5 minutes ago, eddie83 said:
Why do so many people think Stowers stays?
I don't THINK he stays. I just think that he should stay. Hays can back up centerfield, so McKenna is not needed for that. And Stowers is a better prospect than McKenna, he's 24, and he should get his chance to show what he can do.
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1 minute ago, waroriole said:
I’m not a downgrade from Nevin defensively
hahaha. Touche.
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Just now, waroriole said:
Apparently Martin has never played 3B. Not sure why he wouldn’t have got the chance the last couple years, especially if Elias is so big on positional diversity.
Right. Could he really be a downgrade to Nevin defensively?
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4 minutes ago, waroriole said:
Batting after Nevin
As a surprising new addition to the Richie Martin fan club (didn't see this coming), I was disappointed to see he is out of the lineup. I guess he can't play third?
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Stowers should start every game this series, no excuse for him not to. Then, as SG said in another thread, keep him up and let him play.
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32 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
Martin is fine as a utility guy though he's going to have to tighten up his defense and base running. He seems to have finally added a little strength and can drive the ball a little more now at the plate. Saying that, utility guys can't be unreliable in the field or on the base baths with dumb errors.
Agreed on all points. He definitely looks bigger to me.
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29 minutes ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:
I and RZNJ have discussed this in multiple threads. Go Richie Martin!!! It amazes me how few watch games on milb.tv.
Haha, I follow the Norfolk box scores, but with my wife not being a baseball fan, I am lucky I can watch most of the Orioles MLB games
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32 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
Unfortunately his new fielding stance needs some work.
This is true. In the Kremer thread, I lamented about how that throw cost Kremer an ER and likely precluded Kremer from finishing 6 innings.
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Kremer was meh at first, but seemed to get stronger as the game went on. Honestly, he could have pitched six shutout innings if Martin had made a clean throw on that double play grounder from Perez. I think it's safe to assume Hyde would have left him in for at least one or two more batters if they turned that DP. Tough break, but overall, he looked solid. I take him over Watkins every day of the week.
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Tuesday, July 5: Orioles begin 2nd half of season and try to take series from Rangers
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Mateo was safe. That's BS. Carry on.