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I feel the same about Kremer in the bullpen, but what is the likelihood the Orioles use him out of the 'pen in anything that resembles a medium leverage situation? I don't know if I see them using Gibson, Flaherty or Kremer in anything of real significance out of the bullpen.
I'm not planning the Game 4 starter off of who I might want to have available of the bullpen in Games 4 or 5.
But yeah, I don't see them announcing the Game 4 starter for a while in case they have to use one of these guys in long relief for Games 1-3.
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20 hours ago, tntoriole said:
Looks like Tuesday afternoon sellout in Minnesota
It wasn't a sellout, but it was close.
Tropicana has an official capacity of 25,000 but it can hold 42,000. It's just sad to see such a low attendance.
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5 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:
Sometimes the free agent ends up being a bust, and the waiver claims don't end up panning out and bullpens end up sucking.
And sometimes it's the opposite. The opposite seems to be one of Elias' strengths when building a team.
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That and Nate McLouth scoring the first run of the Orioles 2012 playoffs are most memorable for me from that 2012-2016 run.
Who will be this year's Delmon Young?
Of course it will be Frazier. Some way, somehow
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1 hour ago, DirtyBird said:
Being that Urias has a .650 OPS vs LHP, his damage never came
Urias' lack of power is most of that. While that's disappointing, there's no reason to think Mateo is any better. He's hit 1 HR since the end of April and had a .303 slugging in September.
Urias still got on base at a okay enough clip against lefties - .315.
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21 minutes ago, Birdland in NC said:
I think Ramon at 3rd and Gunnar at SS every game. I don't think Hyde is going to change the lineup much at all during the playoffs, only a little shuffling at 1st and 2nd
I think Hyde will be aggressive using his bench, but I agree that I don't think the lineup will change much during the playoffs. I could see any of Urias/Frazier/Westburg subbing a start for one another, but I don't think Mateo fits that bill. He's a guy they're going to want to pick and choose his spots more carefully. But I could see them using Mateo earlier in games on the basepaths and not just at the end in the highest leverage situations.
Starting a guy like Mateo against LHP in favor of Mullins like someone suggested is just nuts to me.
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18 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:
If you don't have a reliable bullpen, you are going to lose winnable games. Take Hall and Wells out of our pen right now - how confident are you in the pen going into the playoffs?
Now think about that for an entire season.
Bullpens have to get reworked every offseason. Some guys will fade and they'll have new guys that contribute out of nowhere.
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2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:
It’s also playoff week. There’s nothing better to discuss?
Not really! O's were so good this year that we get a week off.
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I don't know why people take such pride in being hardcore fans anyways. Like why wouldn't we welcome anyone on the Orioles bandwagon at any time? Who cares?
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I get that for the regular season, 162 games is a long season and a major commitment daily. I probably don't watch most games, but a good percentage of them. Honestly, if it's a lopsided game either way I probably change the channel. I'd like to watch competitive baseball, otherwise I'd rather be doing other things.
But it also depends on the year. I didn't watch much of anything from 2019-2021. I'm also out of market so I have to pay for MLB.tv to watch. No way I'm doing that if the team isn't halfway competitive.
No way I'm not watching these games live and in full during the playoffs though.
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5 minutes ago, Frobby said:
I understand the case for Adley underachieving. What’s the case that Gunnar underachieved? He’s been pretty much exactly what I expected offensively, and a bit better defensively. Now, I will expect a bit more from him next year, just based on his trajectory over this season.
Underachieved is the wrong word. He's just developing. But between his slow start to the season (.700 OPS through end of May), him moving around defensively between SS and 3B (seems better at short), it took him a while to find his groove.
Basically, I think a full season of Gunnar today is considerably better than 2023 Gunnar as a whole. And that's without any further development.
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59 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:
Absolutely the hotel did do that.
If they wanted to do a major renovation and tear down the left field upper deck and turn that area into a party deck, they could put a giant scoreboard up there, I just don't see how you are going to fit a bigger scoreboard where the current one is without messing with the aesthetics.
Hmm, not a terrible idea with the upper deck. Oriole park is the 9th largest ballpark in terms of capacity. Going smaller is a trend - could make sense for Baltimore to do the same. They would lose a decent amount of revenue for the big games against the likes of the Yankees, but there's probably financial reasons to do it as well.
They actually could take a page out of Petco park with left field.
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Combine the ads to the left and right of the jumbotron and make that the size of the new one. I don't think that whole Baltimore Sun contraption needs to be bigger, but it needs to be redone.
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I find Gunnar's fWAR to be more realistic than his bWAR.
I do think Gunnar is the better prospect, and at this point probably the better player. But I think we forget how not good he was to start this season.
I'm going Adley because of his consistency, the culture, and even his representing the Orioles in the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby. I guess it depends on how you define value.
But Adley passing Gunnar in fWAR over the past handful of games is enough for me to still choose Adley. I also think it's reasonable to think that both players somewhat underachieved as a whole this year. Maybe that's the wrong word to use as well, but expectations are likely higher for both next season.
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25 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:
Mateo has a roster spot in the playoff secured due to his speed, but his defense has been a little shaky lately so I no longer think he is a defensive upgrade in the late innings.
I don't think he should be on the roster next year. There are enough options at short and it doesn't make sense to pay arbitration prices for a backup shortstop and a pinch runner.
The only way I see (maybe hope) he gets playoff time is for pinch running or as a defensive sub only when they’re out of options when Hyde subs them a lot of guys to pinch hit.
I assume both he and Frazier are gone next year, naturally opening up more playing time for Westburg and giving Ortiz room to start the season on the MLB roster and get some playing time.
When it’s time to call up Holliday, the O’s will have seen enough out of Westburg, Ortiz and Urias to make a decision on who stays and who gets flipped.
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What is Grayson's slot in the ALDS playoff rotation? #2 is an obvious choice. But #1 could be considered. Could John Means find his way as the #2 with him being a lefty and being able to pitch at Camden?
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When the season started I predicted that Aaron Hicks would be batting cleanup in a game that may clinch the division.
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20 hours ago, CTFan said:
Too much risk for the player, the team, and the team's reputation. Maybe he can't do more damage, but who can say for certain. And when he pitches, it will be in a high leverage postseason game, and he'll be rusty. It's also bad for the Orioles to risk, or perceive to risk, the future of the best Closer in MLB. We're the darlings of baseball, we're the good guys -- let's not ruin that.
What is the risk for his future at this point?
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1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:
He's paid to be a homer though. He's here for us.
It will be interesting to see how he does with future national broadcasts and outside of the Orioles organization in general.
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20 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:
They seem to really like Gary Thorne. We were top 6 in all their previous rankings with Thorne.
As for the Nats broadcast... I have always found them completely unwatchable (unlistenable?).
I think it's almost entirely based on fan voting. Fan approval ratings. They also noted that they only received around 10,000 votes total compared to 60,000 the last time they did this. So, small sample size.
It would be interesting if the Hangout did similar approval ratings of Orioles commentary on a yearly basis.
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4 minutes ago, Frobby said:
I gave ten seconds of thought to watching the Nats crew announce last night’s game, then thought better of it. And as the OP says, after 5 more games we’ll be watching other announcers for as long as the O’s last in the postseason.
I didn't watch yesterday's game. I'll have to take a quick listen to see how they are. Awful Announcing had them ranked 3rd to last in the commentary rankings - https://awfulannouncing.com/orig/2023-mlb-local-broadcaster-rankings.html
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1 hour ago, waroriole said:
You almost forget Stowers exists. He really faded quickly. He could be next year’s OHearn.
I just feel bad for Stowers. I hope he gets out of this system, for his sake.
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16 straight games just taxed the bullpen. I'm not overly concerned about their performance going forward. The O's bullpen is in far better shape than most.
The rotation and bullpen should be set up nicely heading into the Division series.
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I might be the only one, but I listen to the away broadcasts for maybe around half of the games.
Not because Brown, Ben and Palmer aren't tremendous home team commentators. They are. I just like to break things up and keep things a bit fresh. I'm also interested in how the rest of the league perceives the Orioles. While other teams commentators can be brutal to listen to with the home team sometimes, I find most of their opinions on the Orioles to be pretty objective or even favor the O's a bit too much.
And sometimes you really do miss out on other great broadcasters by doing so. I love Kevin Brown, but there are a few other play-by-play guys that I love even more. Guys like Dan Schulman for the Blue Jays or Gary Cohen of the Mets or Jason Benetti of the White Sox.
I will say that I find there to be a big drop off in quality after Brown, Ben and Palmer. More than normal. I think Brett Hollander does a good job and I like it when he subs in. Almost anybody else for play by play or color and I'm going to the away broadcasts. At least Jim Hunter isn't a thing anymore, though.
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Dunning Worries Me If He Is The Game One Starter
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Rangers fans are probably even more worried about Dunning. He's never been good against lefties, at all. O's are gonna throw a bunch of lefties against him. I think the O's are set up pretty well Game 1.