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    ALDS Game 2 - Revenge of the O's

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    1 minute ago, MDK02 said:

    I think we can all see why a lot of people didn’t believe in this team. This is what a lot of people expected the team to look like. 

    Scored 2 runs with a clutch hit in the first. One of the best pitchers in the second half had a crap outing. What’s your point.

    My 2023 second half and full regular season report card

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    11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

    No.  He had a total of 1.8 fWAR for the entire year.  He was at 1.6 in the first half.  That’s 0.2 in the second half.  You must not be reading the correct line on Fangraphs.  I actually gave him too much credit.  I said 0.3, it was really 0.2.  

    Absolutely was not reading the right line.

    Ok, back to my original thought—that’s a crazy difference between the two!

    AL East Champs!!!

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    51 minutes ago, SteveA said:

    I'm going to be pissed off if the Orioles win tomorrow night.

    They have EARNED  this celebration, if they aren't so hungover they can barely see the ball straight tomorrow, they ain't doing it right.

     

    Remember what it was like to be 23-26? You didn’t get hung over. You just got up and did it again.

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    Orioles win; Yankees lose

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    6 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

    It was nice to see them finish well short of the playoffs, but I was hoping for a sub .500 finish.  Nowhere near the many terrible seasons the O's have had over the last 30 years since the Yankees last finished under .500. 

    They’ve still got 3 against Toronto and 3 against the Royals who are on a 6 game win streak. Don’t give up hope yet!!

    This team is visibly gassed

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    12 minutes ago, Sanfran327 said:

    I don’t think there’s much more to it. I don’t think they’re choking, I don’t think they have the yips, and I don’t think they’re cursed. This is what happens when you have to play the final 23 of 162 in 24 days. 

    If I’m Hyde, I’d consider manufacturing an off day. Tampa plays before us today, and if they lose, I’d manage tonight like a playoff game to try to get double credit on the magic number. Then I’d rest all of our frontline players and plan to have position players pitch 4+ innings on Sunday and just punt that one to get our guys “2 days of rest” with the off day on Monday. Then we get to start fresh at home for our final 6 against 2 bad teams and let the magic number dwindle. 

    Perhaps a little unorthodox, but these guys are dragging in the field and the bullpen arms have absolutely nothing to give right now. 

    You can’t just decide to pitch position players. I think it’s a dumb rule, but it is a rule.

    Grayson Rodriguez 2023

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    30 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

    The experts say we don’t have the starting pitching to go to World Series but I would take GRod and Bradish against any other teams 1-2 in the American League. 

    The experts? What about the cognoscenti of the OH the last couple days.

    I'm kind of glad this is happening now.

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    34 minutes ago, vab said:

    All the complaining about the lineup and various ideas on the board for how to fix this and that - forget it. This is just a slump. It's a terrible time for it but it's here and every team goes through it over the course of a season. But the good thing is they're getting it out of the way now. This is not going to last another two plus weeks so this club should be on the upswing by the time the playoffs get here. Now it will probably cost the division but that's not that big of a deal. The playoffs are a crap shoot so you just get in and try to get hot. Another 2 or 3 games in the wild card round is not going to make or break anything. I may just be whistling past the graveyard but I really think this may work out in the long run. 

    I wouldn’t assume the division isn’t a possibility just because of these 2 games. Win 1/2 and we stay ahead of them.

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    Rays series

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    36 minutes ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

    McCann

    Frazier

    Mateo

    O Hearn

    Urias

    Hicks

    Vavra

    McKenna

     

    To name a few.  None of these guys are impact difference makers.  O Hearn perhaps this year is playing above average but other than that???

    You listed 2 guys that aren’t on the team,  and a collection of guys that are splitting time in the starting lineup or are full on backups. Would it be nice to have an all star at every position? Sure. Has this team, with all of its non “difference makers” had the best season in the AL so far?

    Rays series

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    12 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

    Hyde needs to sit AR or move him down the order. If he's back in the same spot tomorrow, that tells me that Hyde is tone deaf. A big part of the job of a manager is to shake things up when the team is slumping.

    Is the team slumping? I’m counting 6.4 runs per game over the last 10. Seems pretty good to me.

    I’d say a big part of the managers job is to not give in to knee-jerk reactions and instead provide a steady hand throughout the year.

    Rays series

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    24 minutes ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

    The bottom line is we are playing 5 guys in our lineup every night who were discarded by other teams and who would  not start on the other major contenders.

     

    You can't win  a WS that way, especially with average pitching.  People can talk about our farm system all they want to but there are really only 2 players making a difference.....and that is GH and maybeeeeeeeeeeeeee AR.  Who has sucked lately.   I mean.....this is the 2014 team all over again.   Farm system?  We aren't using it.  And we probably shouldn't.  It is too early.

    What are you talking about? Who are the 5 guys that were “discarded?” Why does it matter if some other team gave up on a player if they are performing well here and now? 

    ESPN: Angels Open to Trout Trade

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    7 hours ago, Frobby said:

    I wonder if Mookie Betts could eventually pass Trout in career WAR.   He’s a year younger, seemingly a lot healthier.  He has some serious catching up to do but he’s piling up some good numbers.  

    rWAR: Trout 85.1 (2.7 this year), Betts 64.2 (8.0)
    fWAR: Trout 85.1 (3.0 this year), Betts 58.2 (7.9 this year).

    I guess closing the fWAR gap is almost impossible.  rWAR a lot more feasible though very difficult.  

    Trout is starting to feel a lot like the Ken Griffey of his day (though he already has more rWAR than Griffey in about 55% of the PA).   The injuries won’t quite let him do what he used to do.
     

    Maybe a bit of a funny fluke but interesting nonetheless that Trouts rWAR and fWAR are identical for his career.

    So we gave up 23 runs.

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    6 hours ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

    He's terrible.  When the O's braintrust and players came out to talk to him I believe in the 4th?  Everyone was talking except the for pitcher.  He looked down and then walked away.

     

    Get rid of the guy.  Bad mojo.

    This happens with literally every starter after a short start. 

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