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    • Also I'll say this regarding this offense, and maybe it's just me... I feel like we've faced some really, really good pitching.  I don't have the time to research the teams we've faced and where they rank on the pitching spectrum, but I feel like we've seen some teams dealing really well against us.
    • Expectation is everything. If you dropped this exact team into 2021 the board would be saying this was their favorite team ever.
    • Fortunately, we now have xBA, which eliminates having to guess in babip is due to bad luck. His xBA is .199
    • I think it's one of those things where the sum is currently greater than the parts, and because of that it's hard to see how we continue winning at this pace given all the struggles in the lineup at the moment.  IF (and I realize it's a big if) but IF Urias, Cowser, Hays, Mullins, McCann, and Santander to an extent, heck and even Henderson lately,  don't start hitting better it's hard to see us continuing on that incredible 107 win pace.  That's quite a few holes, or semi-holes, in the lineup to overcome.  We can't count on a Westburg hit followed by an Adley homerun in the 9th every night to win games when the offense is comatose for 8 innings.  Now clearly if the starting pitching keeps performing the way they are then we will need to score fewer runs overall as we will be giving up fewer.  But I'm not sure that will happen.  Just as we are hoping some of the hitters get back to their career norms, it's also possible some of the pitchers revert back to more normal levels, and not the incredible pitchers they have been.  Combine that with all the injuries (Well, Grayson) and recovering injuries (Means, Bradish) I'd be a lot more comfortable if the offense was clicking on all, or at least more, cylinders.   I'm super jacked about the record, and the pace we are winning at.  I've been HUGELY enjoying watching Westburg become this budding star, seeing Adley hit so well, and have loved being wrong about my expectations for O'Hearn, Mountcastle and yes, even Mateo to this point.  But we DO have some real issues that need addressed, or else I'm afraid we are going to fade seriously in the next 3/4s of the season.
    • Just going by the eye test, I haven’t seen him get “unlucky” on hardly anything he’s put in play, let’s put it that way. He’s been horrid. 
    • Yeah it’s basically a recap of the first month of the season that includes interviews with some of the TV/radio guys and a few players. Westburg featured prominently on that front, with a little McCann and Cowser mixed in as well. Also Grayson. Nothing groundbreaking but a worthwhile watch, especially on an off day. 
    • I enjoyed it though I have to admit I don't remember much of the first one.  I just finished the second.  Lots of small little interviews and thoughts from different guys as they run down the season up until the 2nd game of the Yankees series.  See some behind the scenes stuff like Cowser and Jackson going behind the monster to sign it.  If you've got 40 minutes to kill, it's fun as a big O's fan.  
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