Machado13

As long as there is no salary cap, it will never end. Other teams can’t just overpay and stash their mistakes on the bench or in the minors. Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox and Cubs use this to their advantage and are in the playoffs more often than not...and then you have the Dodgers $100 million bench vs. minor league call ups or rag tag bench veterans for the Brewers. People outside those cities just aren’t interested in the same old, same old. MLB needs a salary cap, just like all the other North American professional leagues. They also need a pitch clock.

Should have taken 2 out of 3 but it's ok, kind of evens out with the game that Tampa blew on Thursday. On to Boston, hopefully Tillman and Britton are close to return.

Great start so far but really need to fix this Gausman situation. They will need him; good thing Bundy and Miley are pitching extremely well.

Every time they look like they are about to be put in their coffin, they pull something lol. Still in a very, very precarious situation. The Boston sweep means they have to sweep Arizona now AND steal 2 more games than what they would normally need next week on the road. It's going to be tough. Maybe the Yankees are out by then and are 100% focused on vacation planning. It's going to be very tough, that's the unfortunate part of the Boston sweep. It's not so much the division, they just needed 2 games from that series to maintain standing as WC favorite

Hahaha that's hilarious!

Huge, huge win tonight. Makes up for yesterday IMO. Now get the next 2, boys!

This one makes up for Oakland debacle. Having said that, it sure looks like the home dominance has to continue and road play has to continue to improve. Houston and Detroit will have easier paths towards wild card spot(s)

Forgot to say, Os have amazing heart and character. IMO, that's their biggest strength.

Not many teams can do what the Orioles did today. I would say their opponent today is one of the few that can.

Big win! Every time it looks bleak, they find a way. 1 more W in this series and not only would it be impressive but it would save road trip. A sweep (which would be miraculous IMO) and Oakland debacle won't even be remembered

Sedlock for sure. Before getting Miley and inserting Bundy, it was looking like Sedlock might be in an Orioles uniform by September!

Interesting and good stats, but I just don't see the W total getting there this season. You have too many head to head in a 3 horse race. In the past it's generally been a 1 horse or 2 horse race if I'm remembering correctly.

I think the way to look at it is to get to or beat a target number. Does 93 win division? Let's say it does. Just get to that win total and it doesn't matter what other teams do

Grind. It's what the Orioles do! But please let's get one more solid SP

Boston goes down again. Unexpected but thank you twins!!

When Boston took over 1st place, ESPN was so embarrassing. Sportcenter felt like the Red Sox post game show. I just changed channel. Heard their ratings are low, wonder why! Maybe stop shoving Red Sox to the country.

I was curious too According to wiki, his last attempts were in independent league in 2009. I completely forgot the Orioles traded him to the rangers in 2005!

Matt Riley could come out of retirement, pitch right handed while drunk and still be better than Ubaldo.

Great win tonight. To be able to come back from a couple of runs down and pull it out late is beautiful. Keep grinding!

Need to win today and get some breathing room!

1-6 against a mediocre Mariners team is so frustrating!

No doubt! I watch a lot of baseball and I appreciate the buck Orioles so much because there is no quit. All heart, character and ability to grind games especially through adversity. Most teams don't have the fight of the buck Orioles. Flawed? For sure, but every team is.

Man! After the disaster in Seattle, can't believe they ended up 4-5 on trip! Great heart on display again and disaster averted. Now please get some starting pitching help!!

https://twitter.com/richardjustice/status/747236994338590720

Really impressed with doubleheader sweep. Better get this next one before heading out to face the vaunted Padres offense Baseball is funny. SD was historically bad on offense to begin the year, now they hit like an AL East team.