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Good point! They threw basically the same number of innings. I guess I will be hoping for some less stressful situations with Burnes than Gibson. We should have some decent leads when Burnes exits vs Gibson. That might take some pressure off the pen. If Bradish and GROD keep it going too, maybe we won’t play as many close games this year. Again that will provide less stress on the pen.

Does Burnes help the bullpen out too? He pitched at least six innings in 63 of his 93 starts the last three years. The entire staff (maybe Means is on a pitch count) should be stronger which should take some pressure off the pen. Burnes is a workhorse! Great to have a guy who is a Top 5 pitcher who will give you 30 starts and pitch relatively deep into games. How is our defense and catching compared to what he had in Milwaukee?

What does it feel like?

King Felix seems like a proven closer.

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Just facts my friend

We need to step back from the ledge! Let’s look at the big picture. There will be ups and downs all season long. The bullpen will be fine. Did we think Bautista was going to have a sub 1 era all season? Again big picture: on August 10th he has 31 saves, 1.66 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 6-2 record, and 104ks in 54 innings! That is ELITE. After Bautista we have lots of depth long term. Cano, Baumann, Fuji, Perez, Webb, Coulombe, Irvin, Baker, Krehbel, Hall, Means, Wells, and maybe GROD or Kremer in the playoffs. We have played 115 games and have the best record in the AL by three games in the loss column. Things are GREAT!! Let’s focus on some positives!

Grayson was up to 97 pitches and just walked two guys. You definitely take him out there. If he stayed in and Springer hit a three run homer, then it would be complaints saying he was gassed - what was Hyde thinking. i was hoping for him to get Belt and then come back out for the 7th. It is a learning experience for him. He should have challenged Belt. He treated Belt like he was Aaron Judge. Belt has nine homers on the season and he was extremely careful to him.

I agree. Less than 1% it happens. But I would do it. I am not worried about Fangraphs percentages. The percentages have been off about the Orioles for the past year. Where do you see those five prospects impacting the Orioles in the next few years? Or do you think we trade some of them for other pieces?

Would getting Ohtani make us a Top 3 WS favorite? I think so. How many of those five prospects do you actually believe will play for the Orioles? Ortiz and Norby seem blocked. Maybe Ortiz will be a super utility guy. Stowers will not be playing for us. Hall cannot stay healthy and is a bullpen piece. Beavers is doing ok at Aberdeen. It is a tempting offer. Maybe Ohtani likes being in the playoffs, maybe he likes that the team will be competing for a WS for awhile, maybe he likes playing with the young guys, etc. We offer 10 years for 500-550 million. Would you play 25-30 million for a middle of the order bat? Would you pay 25-30 million for an ACE? He is both. I know it’s a pipe dream but those five prospects would not scare me away from that deal. We will continue to building slowly but Ohtani would give us a Big Bat plus an Ace! The problem would be how do you eventually fit Adley, Gunnar, Holliday, etc in the overall team salary when their numbers start to sky rocket! Attendance would definitely go up and plenty of money would be coming in!

They have ONE building block right now in Greene. Torkelson is looking more and more like Mountcastle. EROD is going to opt out. They might be “only” six games out of the Central but they are a long ways away from the talent of the Twins, WhiteSox, and Guardians.

Well you never know until you ask. The Tigers are going nowhere in the next few years so if they can add two or three good young pieces they might go for it.

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Instead of EROD what would it take for Tarik Skubal coming back from an injury.

What would it take to get Carlos Hernandez of the Royals?