Is Johnson the new Captain Chaos?

[O-The-Memories]

Jim Johnson is rumored to be starring in an adult film called "Jimmy Blows Another One".

[UpstateNYfan]

My opinion is that JJ should trust his stuff more and challenge hitters. For whatever reason he is nibbling more this year.

Nibbling? He doesn't have a clue from pitch to pitch where he is throwing the ball. He does have movement, the problem is too much movement. Overall he does have success, but he certainly isn't a shutdown closer.

[Majopa]

Coaches that continue to go against matchups because of the closer role infuriate me to no end.

[glenn__davis]

I'm not going to act like I knew he was going to blow the game tonight, because I did not. But it was just one of those games where I had a real bad feeling going into the 9th, to the point that I turned the game off before the inning started. Checked back and saw that we had indeed lost.

Tough one to take.

[tntoriole]

Five games and counting that Johnson has lost. We aren't going to win the division with him regressing so much this year, but nothing can be done now, we are stuck.

[Hank Scorpio]

When you walk the lead off guy on four pitches as a closer, you should automatically be yanked. He was terrible. Everything was up and crappy.

He earned that loss.

[Spy Fox]

Johnson is still a long way from being replaced, and I still trust him in the 9th for the long term of this season, but what he's doing is showing us why you don't pay big $$$ for closers.

[Orioles2012]

Knew he was going to blow it from literally the first pitch. Every single time he has thrown a up and away fastball to the first batter, he has blown the save or made it close. That is when you know he doesn't have it, when you see that up and away fastball that slips out of his hands.

So frustrating.

[Tx Oriole]

Coaches that continue to go against matchups because of the closer role infuriate me to no end.

I don't get that upset over a loss. Lot of ball to play.

[eddie83]

He allowed 1 run in his last 13.1 innings and 12 saves in a row before tonight. People act like he has sucked lately.

[LookitsPuck]

Was he rushed in tonight?

[WalkingDead]

When you cant Strikeout people out this is what happens.

[bpilktree]

He was terrible tonight. Looks either gassed or injured.

He was ok after the first 5 pitches. He got two ground balls that were hit to slow to turn two. He has had some trouble with the first guy for some reason though.

[eddie83]

When you walk the lead off guy on four pitches as a closer, you should automatically be yanked. He was terrible. Everything was up and crappy.

He earned that loss.

He got the ball down for 2 groundouts. Giambi was sitting fastball and got it.

[Norfolk orioles]

He was terrible tonight. Looks either gassed or injured.

I don't know if he's injured, but he might have arm fatigue.

Whatever it is, he absolutely under no circumstances should be pitching 3 nights in a row. Especially when he looked completely gassed the night before.

Just accept that it was a terrible managerial decision and move on.

Letting casilla play last night and tonight were both great moves by Buck. Bringing in Johnson was a terrible move.

It happens, call it what it is and move on.