Per Connolly: O's intensifying interest in Morales (Roch says he's hearing no)
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After a really disappointing April that saw his ERA balloon to 7.78, Alex Pham has found his bearings in May, allowing 3 ER in 14.1 IP, allowing 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out 17. Yesterday Pham allowed a run on 2 hits and a walk in 4.2 innings, striking out 7. 53 of 72 pitches were strikes. The sole run charged to Pham scored when reliever Kyle Virbitsky allowed a 2-out double to the first batter he faced after relieving Pham in the fifth. Due to the poor start, Pham’s ERA still rests at an unimpressive 5.29, but he’s definitely been headed in the right direction. Also, he’s struck out 40 batters in 34 innings. -
I can’t emphasize enough how stupid that rain delay was. No rain at all for 45 minutes, then two hours of light mist, the kind that teams play through all the time. I was standing near the kids play area during most of the delay and believe me, that rain didn’t deter any kids from using the playground equipment for two hours. Then, 15 minutes before the game is going to start, the grounds crew is watering the infield. What? The game itself was not worth the wait, needless to say. But what annoys me most is the complete lack of communication during these delays. How about letting the fans who are there know what the thinking is about how long the delay will be? How about an update every 30 minutes or so. Nope, nothing. Just a generic message on the scoreboard saying that the start of the game will be delayed to to the “threat” of inclement weather. My phone was showing .05” of rain expected in the next six hours. Some threat! On the bright side, the team did announce that ticket holders would be given vouchers that could be used for a Monday - Thursday game. That was the least they could do.
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19,286 for that rain-delayed mess of a game. I’d say about 2/3 of those stuck through the 3 hour delay and were in their seats at game time.
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And paid Scherzer, and Zimmerman, and Corbin, and Werth. They didn’t all work out, but nobody could say the Nats didn’t spend to put a winning team on the field during their run. The run basically ended because Stras II and Corbin blew up in their face. But there’s always 2019.
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I can’t believe that 8 hours after Grayson stepped off the mound, I’m the first person to update his thread. After a 19-day IL stint and without a rehab stint, Grayson threw 6 innings of one-hit shutout ball last night. The one hit was an infield squibber hit 59.5 mph off the bat. His command was a tad shaky at times, as he walked three and hit a batter, but he still breezed through 6 innings on 82 pitches, 50 for strikes. If it hadn’t been his first outing in three weeks, he certainly could have pitched the 7th inning. Unfortunately, the bullpen blew it for him. Fastball topped out at 98.4 and he was still hitting 97 in his final inning.
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I think half of Fangraphs’ staff over the years came from Lookout Landing. I rarely read other teams’ sites, but I agree Pinstripe Alley is one of the best Yankee sites.
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For one thing, they don’t have Bautista shutting things down in the 9th inning or extra innings. Second, 30-16 just doesn’t happen every year. I’m actually pretty encouraged that the O’s have played .650 baseball without winning a disproportionate number of close games.
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