Is Johnson the new Captain Chaos?

[bmoreosfan]

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.

Actually, Johnson has pitched poorly even when he gets the save. During many of his saves, Johnson has not looked good and has struggled to get outs.

[RussellStSports]

He definitely earned that loss. If you walk the leadoff batter in two save situations in a row, chances are it'll hurt you. This loss was definitely tough to swallow, but he'll turn it around. He did after the 4 in a row last time, but let's hope he doesn't repeat that.

[gallden]

I told a friend he didn't have a proper warm up tonight. He looked very rushed.

[Orioles2012]

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

If you want to close, you need to get the first guy out. If you cant do that, you should be a middle reliever.

[eddie83]

Actually, Johnson has pitched poorly even when he gets the save. During many of his saves, Johnson has not looked good and has struggled to get outs.

Not lately he has. Last night he wasn't good. He had allowed 12 baserunners in his last 13 plus innings.

[bpilktree]

Actually, Johnson has pitched poorly even when he gets the save. During many of his saves, Johnson has not looked good and has struggled to get outs.

I am guessing you haven't looked at the stats when you make a comment like that. Since May 27th he has given up 1 run and had a whip of .92 .

[OriolesFaithful]

This is on Buck bc JJ should have never been in the game. He pitched close to a combined 50 pitches in back-to-back outings; in fact looking tired last night.

What does Buck do? Puts him in a third straight night. He had nothing in the tank.

This is on Buck folks

[Mizerooskie]

The Orioles are now tied for the league lead in blown saves, with 15. That's not gonna cut it, whoever screws up. That'll be the ticket out of the playoffs if they don't clean it up.

[WalkingDead]

The Orioles are now tied for the league lead in blown saves, with 15. That's not gonna cut it, whoever screws up. That'll be the ticket out of the playoffs if they don't clean it up.

I can add 110 HR from our pitchers.

[eddie83]

This is on Buck bc JJ should have never been in the game. He pitched close to a combined 50 pitches in back-to-back outings; in fact looking tired last night.

What does Buck do? Puts him in a third straight night. He had nothing in the tank.

This is on Buck folks

He had 5 days off prior to that. He isn't overworked.

[Lawlbringer]

Imagine, even if just 1/3 of those aren't blown we'd be in first place.

2-6 and with an ERA over 4. That ain't pretty, and neither are the results in the standings...

[WalkingDead]

Jim Johnson has a 6.87 k/9 that is awful for a closer.

[Jonesy10]

Johnson has 6 losses (2 more than any other closer), 5 blown saves (most in the MLB), and an ERA above 4. Right now he's one of, if not the worst closer in the MLB. The Orioles can not afford to keep giving away games in the AL East. The blown saves against SD, TB, TOR, and tonight were all bad. He lost us each of those games. Against TB and TOR he gave up 6 and 4 runs, against SD we were winning 2-1 only for him to allow them to take the lead, and tonight we were winning 3-2 and the Indians scored the same amount of runs in the 9th as they did the first 8 innings. The difference between 47-32 and 43-36, is the difference between having the best record in the AL and being 3.5 games back of first place. It is also the difference between having a competent closer and a bad closer.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Jim Johnson has a 6.87 k/9 that is awful for a closer.

His K rate is significantly higher than the past two years when he was considered dominant.

[bpilktree]

Johnson has 6 losses (2 more than any other closer), 5 blown saves (most in the MLB), and an ERA above 4. Right now he's one of, if not the worst closer in the MLB. The Orioles can not afford to keep giving away games in the AL East. The blown saves against SD, TB, TOR, and tonight were all bad. He lost us each of those games. Against TB and TOR he gave up 6 and 4 runs, against SD we were winning 2-1 only for him to allow them to take the lead, and tonight we were winning 3-2 and the Indians scored the same amount of runs in the 9th as they did the first 8 innings. The difference between 47-32 and 43-36, is the difference between having the best record in the AL and being 3.5 games back of first place. It is also the difference between having a competent closer and a bad closer.

You forgot leads the majors in saves as well. If you are gonna put in bad stats dont forget the good.