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This one stings. Was looking forward to him being a mid-rotation guy and stabilizing one of the five spots. Fingers crossed the offseason fixes what ails him.

Mayo looks to be in a class almost by himself. Impressive.

I'm in favor. Does anyone know the reason why it hasn't been possible? Any actual reasons that would make sense?

Nice

Wander Franco would have been worth 6.86 rWar with same number of plate appearances of Randy Rice-a-Rena? Damn, that's a helluva season. (Just in case there are any Sox or Yanks fans reading, Arroz is rice in Spanish.) Jose Mesa - Joe Table Pedro Feliz - Pete Happy Jorge Posada - George Past

Not trying to be contrarian or contradict you, but i remember my Dad in 80's saying the exact same thing. He had a whole litany of "it ain't like it used to be, these kids today, when i was a kid....." We just happen to love chess and it is currently a checkers world. I absolutely do NOT want an MLB game to become like a NBA / NHL experience, which is more dance club than athletic endeavor. That being said, I completely agree with you that MLB is freakin' horrible at promoting itself. And the time zone thing, that is tricky. I'm on the West Coast, fan of an East Coast team, 4-7pm is a perfect window for me. But young kids on the East Coast? How many get to see an entire game, even on TV? A very small sample size, but this is what happened in Oxnard, CA when I was a kid. After school, we would go to the local high school and play baseball on the practice / JV field. Then one day, a kid broke his leg, parents sued, and we were not allowed on school grounds any longer unless it was a school event. The shutdown was district wide, and with no place to play baseball, we all started playing basketball instead. Logistics, space, and equipment wise, baseball is the most difficult sport for kids, which doesn't help. I sincerely hope the game we love doesn't die out as you predict, but finds a way to recapture our imagination with its simple beauty, complex grace, and a gawd darned competitive O's team.

These occasions are the only time I will seek out New York news sources. G. Cole only goes 2 innings? Rule 5 pick from the Yankees closes it out for Boston? Oh, moderately priced wine never tasted so sweet. Now, I want to start rooting FOR a team in the playoffs! Make it so, Mike.

I would be a very, very happy O's fan. Makes we want to break out Strat-o-Matic on the Windows machine and run some scenarios. However, need some pitching.... GRod as DeGrom, DL Hall as Kershaw? That should make things interesting!

Numbers wise, this may have even been worse than 30-3 shellacking at the hands of the Rangers in 9 innings. The Blue Jays scored 33 runs in only 7 innings..... 11 in the last inning of the previous game and 22 through the first 6 innings of this abomination. That is a pace for 42 runs in 9 innings. In the esteemed words of Col. Kurtz..... The horror...... The horror.......

HAAAAAA, omg. Doh! Good talk.

Tyler Wells warming up for the 3 inning save? If so..... hope it's a sign they're stretching him out a bit, for a shot in the rotation next year. Of course, just idiot fan speculation.

Not to be contrarian, as you did qualify with "if he'd concentrated solely on baseball", but if i was ever going to bet AGAINST someone in the arena of athletic excellence, that person would NOT be Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson.

That would be an incredibly advanced approach for a young hitter facing the best pitching of his life. However, if it's proven true, wow.

Or Tim Beckham, who went on a 12-game hitting streak to begin his career with the O's, slashing .531/.549/.939 with seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, nine RBIs and 14 runs scored. Personally, love watching Mateo, he's an exciting player, and would love for him to seize the SS job in 2022.

The Delmarva juggernaut keeps rolling with 17 runs. 10 walks in the game for Shorebird batters, 10 strikeouts. So now that is 30 walks vs 22 K's since the 2021 kids were promoted from Florida. Early next week I'll be floating on a catamaran in the Agean sea, and won't be thinking about such things, but for today, it feels good, especially after watching Herr Fried render our major league team neutered, and now I have to stop this run on sentence.

As I said, I don't know what this means.... However, even if it's against flustered, noob competition, I like to see it. Have no idea if it matters, just caught my eye. The oppo pitches last night have combined for about 130 innings so far, milb.com doesn't break down levels, so can't tell (without extra effort) if that includes FCL, etc.

8 more walks and 5 k's for Delmarva yesterday, so 20 walks and 12 strikeouts in the 3 games since the 2021 draftees arrived. Have no idea what this means, but I like it.

6 walks last night for Delmarva batters, 6 strikeouts. That is 12 walks, 7 strikeouts in the two games since the new draftees arrived. My goodness I must be bored.

Just for fun, looked up the box score. Fredericksburg is a Nats affiliate. They used 5 pitchers against the Shorebirds, and only struck out one batter, walking 6. Looking at the combined stats of their pitchers, they have 190 K's in 189 innings. Not reading anything into this, but when a team's batters walk 6 times more than they K, I'm impressed. PS: One of the pitchers is named Trey Turner.

Not sure if you mean yesterday's game.... But I checked the boxscore and saw Delmarva batters walked 6 times and K'd 1. That is eyepopping in the modern game.

"The Ballad of Will Cunnane" (Had to look this up on Baseball Reference to confirm my memory) Will Cunnane was a Rule 5 player on the Padres in 1997. Going into May 16 of that year, he was sporting a 2.63 ERA through his first 10 games spanning 13 2/3 innings. I was watching the game on TV. The Cubs quickly jumped all over Padres starter Tim Worrell on a windy day, not ideal, as their bullpen was gassed. In comes poor Will Cunnane, who they left in for 3.2 brutal innings in which he got bashed for 10 runs on 11 hits and a walk. Threw 76 pitches. After every batter, I remember Will looking into the dugout with a "you can come get me now" look. And Bruce Bochy would be tying his shoes, looking at the scorecard, opening a piece of gum, completely avoiding him. Cunnane left that game with a 7.27 ERA. Didn't seem to affect him too badly, he only allowed two runs in his next 14 innings. I can only imagine Orlando Fulgencio looking over...... PS: As I'm writing this, I'm watching Austin Wynns pitch in 16-2 game through 8 innings. Time to get my Rum on.

Would love to have been a fly on the wall for the decision making discussions.

This scratches my head. Confounds the senses. Can't sniff a callup on team with a pitching staff just that side of disaster-ville, but is good enough to be called up to the first place Rays? There must be factors in play that are not obvious......

Beckham? Broxton? Also, Jimmy Santiago Paredes comes to mind. This guy could be entertaining to watch.

Alexa! Tell the O's Hangout to stop being silly!