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Why not just walk Judge and set up Perez vs. Rizzo?

No hits since Westburg singled and ran himself into an out.

Santander didn't see one strike in that at bat.

If I'm a Yankees fan, I'm not sure how we don't have seven runs by now, but as an Orioles fan I'll take it.

Since Westburg's blunder, seven straight retired on what seems like eight pitches. Puke.

Look, if even Tampa Bay can't figure out their bullpen this year, what chance does anyone else have? Finding half a dozen random guys each year to throw 50 innings of 99 mph fastballs with insane sliders before their arms explode is their whole thing.

The bullpen has, to this point, lacked a long man. Someone who can go 3 innings a couple of times a week. There are guys who maybe fit this profile like Akin or Baumann, but Hyde and Elias seem to want to make them high leverage guys, which has kinda worked for Akin, not so much for Baumann. As I said in the Kimbrel thread, in the ten days between April 15-24, Kimbrel was used five times and earned four saves and a win. Those four saves were for games in which the O's had leads of 7-2, 7-0, 4-0, and 6-0. The Orioles do not have anyone they can hand the ball in the sixth inning and say, we're up six, we trust you to go 3 and 1/3 innings and not give up six runs. Now, maybe Suarez becomes that guy. Maybe Wells when he comes back. Maybe Irvin.

He certainly should not be wasted on any 3-run save opportunities, which he's already done a couple of times.

So, do I have it right that the last eight hitters Kimbrel has faced, going back to the Angels' Jo Adell walking and then caught stealing, have all reached? Five walks and three XBH? Of course, four of Kimbrel's last five appearances prior to Friday were to protect ninth inning leads in games the Orioles at one time led 7-2, 7-0, 4-0, and 6-0. As the African proverb says, "it takes a village to overwork a closer."

You had this same rant in the game thread. No team is pitching around anybody with a runner at first and two out. You're not putting the winning run in scoring position on purpose. This is just like the "why don't we intentionally walk Randy Arozarena every single at bat" threads we have to deal with every time he gets a hit.

I mean, you weren't going to walk him and put a runner in scoring position. Webb made a terrible pitch. As did every reliever tonight except Akin.

I still think they should have pinch run Mateo and given him a shot at swiping third. Might have scored on the weak grounder.

You have to run Mateo for Westburg, swipe third, and maybe try a suicide squeeze. That's the only shot.

This is a true team loss.

Will this Spence guy be available at the deadline? He's absolutely clowning us.

Well, Mason Miller will definitely be unavailable tomorrow, and maybe Sunday, so that's cool.

Home run Joey Ortiz! First of his career, I think

It's hard to take a lineup seriously when Tyler Nevin is one of the better hitters in it, but their pitching is legitimate and the back end of their bullpen is scary.

But when Santander gets hot or Adley goes on a power run someone else might start slumping. Cowser is not going to have a 1.139 OPS forever, nor will Mountcastle likely end the year with a .385 OBP. I think this offense is about as good as anyone could have hoped for.

I don't know, with two outs I think it's worth the risk. Staying on first means counting on Rengifo to deliver an XBH or Rengifo and Neto to both get hits, neither of which are very likely against Kimbrel.

He should have come right after Adell. No way was he touching Kimbrel's fastball in the upper part of the zone.

What did Kremer do to piss off the bullpen? First Cano blows the save after his gem in Pittsburgh, then they turn Kremer's 1-0 game into a blowout in KC, now they do their best to blow a 6-1 lead.

Who's Cole Irwin?

No shutout!!! You did it, guys!!!

Unlike the rest of us, he doesn't have the option of walking away and going to sleep. He has to describe this turd for the next two hours so I don't really have an issue with whatever he wants to babble about.