Darren O'Day this Year.

[HoustonOrioleFan]

their #3 and clean-up hitters too...!!!

[Palmoripken]

O'Day, before tonight, has a career ERA+ of 183 and a career WHIP of 1.083. In other words, he is turning into one of the BEST relief pitchers of his generation.

We claimed him off waivers from Texas didn't we? Oopsie Rangers.

[El Gordo]

Darren O'Day is a wizard.

[Aristotelian]

.169 vs righties, .187 vs lefties this year. LHBs have dropped about 120 points from last year. On top of his numbers he is also just plain fun to watch. Incredible year he is having. Has a setup guy every gotten the Cy Young?

[luismatos4prez]

O'Day, before tonight, has a career ERA+ of 183 and a career WHIP of 1.083. In other words, he is turning into one of the BEST relief pitchers of his generation.

Of guys who have qualified as relievers for the past 3 years, Kimbrel and Koji are the only ones with lower ERAs.

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>O'Day on why <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> better on road: "I don't know. Maybe it?s the early wake-up call at home. Maybe it?s our wives. Just kidding!"</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">August 21, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[OFFNY]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>O'Day on why <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> better on road: "I don't know. Maybe it?s the early wake-up call at home. Maybe it?s our wives. Just kidding!"</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">August 21, 2014</a></blockquote>

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The Orioles are playing well at home now, also.

In their last 27 home games, they have gone 18-9 (.667 winning percentage.)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2014-schedule-scores.shtml

These are their splits to-date, this year:

HOME:O 34-26

ROAD:O 39-26

[OFFNY]

o

(vs. TWINS, 8/30)

3 up, 3 down.

10 pitches, 7 for strikes.

2014 ERA:O 0.91

2014 WHIPO 0.871

[backwardsk]

o

(vs. TWINS, 8/30)

3 up, 3 down.

10 pitches, 7 for strikes.

2014 ERA:O 0.91

2014 WHIPO 0.871

He needs to be more efficient

[kelsey59]

Should I worry or was tonight just an aberration?

[ExileAngelos]

Should I worry or was tonight just an aberration?

Not worried about him or Miller in the least.

[OFFNY]

o

Miller and O'Day have struggled recently, but Hunter and Britton have both been solid.

That is the advantage of having a DEEEEEEEP, bullpen.

If one or even 2 of your usually reliable pitchers struggle, there is a good chance that a couple of other hurlers can pick them up.

Deep depth.

[OFFNY]

o

(SEPTEMBER 10th)

After a couple of bad outings, O'Day has bounced back nicely in his 2 most recent (albeit very brief) outings:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/29081/darren-oday

[OFFNY]

o

(SEPTEMBER 10th)

After a couple of bad outings, O'Day has bounced back nicely in his 2 most recent (albeit very brief) outings:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/29081/darren-oday

(SEPTEMBER 12th, vs. YANKEES)

3 consecutive good outings for O'Day, now.

He appears to be back.

[OFFNY]

o

(SEPTEMBER 10th)

After a couple of bad outings, O'Day has bounced back nicely in his 2 most recent (albeit very brief) outings:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/29081/darren-oday

(SEPTEMBER 12th, vs. YANKEES)

3 consecutive good outings for O'Day, now.

He appears to be back.

(SEPTEMBER 14th, vs. YANKEES)

Darren gave up a solo home run tonight in a tie game, but he hung in there to minimize the damage without giving up any more.

He also seemed to be getting squeezed by the umpire, BUT ...... I do think that the Yankees' pitchers had a tight strike zone tonight, also.