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isestrex Hangout Grand Counsel

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Have lost 5 of 7.

It's been fun, guys. Thanks for the tease.

If this were any other team in baseball, I would respond with the logical answer that the team is simply hitting a lull right now (as all teams do) and will probably get hot again after going through a poor stretch.

However, given that this is Baltimore Orioles, the quoted above is a perfectly justifiable conclusion. Hopefully this isn't the same team we've been watching the last decade+

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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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Anyone else think it's time to slide Wieters down one spot in the lineup and move Davis up to the 5 hole' date=' at least until Matt breaks out of his slump?

How long does he have to keep putting up 0 for's until we take a little of the pressure off of him at the plate?[/quote']

No, lineup position has little meaning.

Pretty sure Wieters isn't so mentally weak that hitting 5 instead of 6 is too much pressure.

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Let's see what happens Three teams no one expected got off to really good starts last year. Pirates,Diamondbacks and Indians. Pirates had a horrible end of year. They were lead by an overachiving pitching staff and a really good centerfielder. I know a team like that.:) Indians finished around .500 and are having another good year. Diamondbacks won the NL West. We shall see what happens to the O's..

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Let's see what happens Three teams no one expected got off to really good starts last year. Pirates,Diamondbacks and Indians. Pirates had a horrible end of year. They were lead by an overachiving pitching staff and a really good centerfielder. I know a team like that.:) Indians finished around .500 and are having another good year. Diamondbacks won the NL West. We shall see what happens to the O's..
I don't think our pitching staff is overachieving. Maybe the pen a little, but we have depth there. I think the SP is about right, with Hammel and Chen a bit above expectations but Arrieta, Hunter, and Matusz well below collectively. I think our SP is capable of improvement overall, especially with Britton returning
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Everyone knew this was coming (a tough stretch). It's a question now of how they are going to respond. I don't see a downward spiral as in previous seasons. Not under Buck S. and the hungry young players on this team.

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It will be interesting to see what their floor is.

I don't know, but if Markakis is out for an extended period of time, Arrieta is going to keep on his inconsistent ways, and the defense continues to be atrocious, we may have not seen anything yet.

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Question:

Those cute little posts that say things like "Of all the teams in the past 25 years that have had a winning record by such-and-such a date, 95% finish above .500..." or whatever...

Does anyone take a look at the 5% that don't make it and delve into why they didn't?

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