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Just to expound on the inconsistencies of CERA or winning percentage depending on who the battery is @Frobby, Severino has caught Means a total of 13 times including yesterday’s game. Wynns? Three times. Pretty sure catching the guy almost everyone agrees is their best pitcher more than not is going to skew the numbers for Severino.

Not a drawback. https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/413684-you-must-be-this-tall-to-dominate-mlb-the-12-best-pitchers-ever-u.amp.html Number one on this list is Pedro Martinez. Colon was listed at 5’11” and doesn’t make the list, but I’d take his career.

Man, go back to the first page of this thread and there was some hope. That slash line is ridiculous. Don’t feel confident that he’s the stopper, especially vs the Rays.

Idk, Frobby is stressing me out about Severino. Or, is it Hyde? ?

That was a roundabout way of telling me how CERA and catcher winning percentage are relevant. What’s the sample of who’s catching who? Are you telling me you’d rather have Severino catch as often as possible? Come on. Are you saying that if they both had equal time with the same pitchers you’d prefer Severino? I know Hyde’s options there are bad and worse, but Severino is a bat first catcher who didn’t hit for the first half of the season. He’s in the lower percentile of framing and passed balls and wild pitches. Wynns can’t hit and I never argued he could, but at least he’s good against the running game and keeps the ball in front of him. And you want....oh, never mind. You’re right about next year. At least we won’t be having this disagreement.

Pffft, he gave up two runs. Number one pitching prospect, huh?

Well, I suppose I’ve put off commenting on this long enough. Hyde has always been a place holder to me. Of course, he doesn’t have a lot to work with, but he doesn’t do much with what’s there. Tonight was another example. Wells is their best reliever. Why work him in only closing situations on a team which is rarely in a situation to win at the end of games. I’ve never liked the idea of assigned roles out of the pen, but on a bad team it’s even worse. Hyde isn’t good with in game decisions. Another example was vs the Angels in SoCal when he didn’t walk a hitter (I think it was Walsh or Gosselin) to get to Luis Rengifo, a .180 hitter, on deck. The guy he didn’t walk got the game winning hit. Mainly, it’s his bull pen usage. Catching is another area where I think he’s hurt them. Severino has been hot with the bat lately, but he's a hot mess behind the plate. For a former catcher, you’d think Hyde would give more credence to defense. A good catcher can make it easier on a young staff. Wynns isn’t great, but Severino is awful. Hyde makes out the line up card.

He wouldn’t have been my choice tonight, but my next post is in the Hyde thread. Don’t like a lot of his decisions. I like Tate‘s stuff, but he has some work to be a next level reliever. Wells is the best guy they have in the pen and in a high leverage situation that’s who I want. There should NOT be a designated closer on a team that wins maybe one to two games per week.

Looked real good early on and was a bit unlucky in the 7th with a bouncing ball up the middle and a double that hit chalk. 6.1 IP 2 ER 5 H 0 BB 5 SO 3.46 ERA

He looks good.

Means with real good FB command to start.

Gutierrez has a cannon.

Get back in the box, meat!

The good thing about Matusz was I rarely had to hear him speak.

So, there’s a chance?

One of the Orioles announcer’s image is memorialized forever.

What’s the projected arb salary? I appreciate everything you’ve said here, but I don’t think there’s much of a trade market for Mancini.

First time I’ve seen Jones range to make a play. He’s looked good so far.

Scott really has no idea where it’s going tonight.

Sure am glad Harvey didn’t come out for the 7th. Are they protecting his arm for the future?

Ah, Scott brought gasoline to the bonfire. What a relief.

Blind squirrel....

I just laugh now at how nonchalant Severino is at not catching the ball.

Need to capitalize here.

Horrible call for strike three.