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McCann in two big spots today is not ideal.

In 2022, Cleveland only drew 30,000 and 34,000 for the wild card series. The Mets also did not sell out all of their three games that year either. Granted, attendances should be better in 2024. I wouldn't take much out of it.

They're Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 4pm games. Doubt many O's fans are traveling from very far to go to these games, and I doubt many Royals fans are either. Meanwhile first home game of the divisional series looks sold out and the second game is close to sold out. I'm guessing people bought these tickets ahead of time thinking that the O's had a good shot at winning the division. Their money is now tied up in those tickets.

They've upped the prices back to $77. They've also opened up a lot more sections for purchase. I found this very frustrating when I went to a game a few weeks ago. Many sections appeared sold out and then they added seats for purchase a couple of weeks before the game. Perhaps it has to do with season ticket holders deciding to not go to the game and then the tickets become available?

Nah. Won’t be watching. Need a break from a now 162+ game season.

On the bright side, Cole is up to 68 pitchers through 4.1 innings. Not bad considering one base runner.

Smooth double play

Think it’s more about getting Adley rest ahead of the playoffs.

Burnes is dealing.

The games are also during the week, and people might prefer waiting/hoping to go to a Divisional game instead. Game 1 just has LF upper deck seats remaining at $111 a pop. Ain’t cheap.

I found this forum pretty unbearable for the past few weeks. To the point where I had to stop coming around. Not because of the team’s poor performance, but the content on here.

I don’t know why we wouldn’t expect Hyde to platoon O’Hearn with whoever.

O’s finally have their depth back. 1-9 you have league average or better hitters. They can now platoon the likes of O’Hearn, Kjerstad, Holliday. Defense is much more athletic. This is going to be a 90 win team. Going into the season, the over/under was right around 90 wins if I recall. No Bradish, Means, Wells, Bautista. Rodriguez out for the playoffs. Lengthy injuries to Westburg, Urias, Mateo, Mountcastle. Underperforming Adley and zero production out of any of their hyped up young prospects. We might not get the long playoff run that we are hoping for, but this is still solidly a playoff team while others like the Rangers are not and the Braves may not be. The one last thing I’d like to see here is Adley getting a whole lot of rest this week.

The last time we thought that he came back and had one of his best runs of the season. But I agree with the rest, I'll take Kremer.

Kremer is solidly an MLB level starting pitcher. I don't know if I'd have higher or lower expectations then that. But I'm comfortable knowing that he's in the rotation. My thoughts on him haven't changed since the start of the season.