Any concern over the pen?

[LAOSfan]

Just putting it out there as it seems to me that over the past few weeks, our pen has looked, well, human. Britton has not looked nearly as sharp IMO, O'day was touched up the other night, Miller was touched up against Cleveland, Brach was hit around last night. So is anyone concerned that these guys are coming back down to earth a bit?

With our lead and with expanded rosters, I would be looking to get these guys some rest. But I understand it's a fine line between rest and getting these guys regular work to keep them sharp.

[waroriole]

No. Get it out of their system.

[Redskins Rick]

I would like to see more of the Unused Four: TJ, Saunders, Webb, and Meek.

Wasn't TJ sent to Aberdeen to make room on the roster for Webb and Clevenger.

[Aglets]

Nope. Not worried at all. If some of the guys start to consistently struggle........maybe. But that hasn't happened yet.

[fearthenoodle]

Britton has given up 3 hits and 1 walk in his last 9 appearances (8.2 IP) since mid-August. If that qualifies as "not-as-sharp", we are in good shape.

[Il BuonO]

No. Get it out of their system.

Yep, everybody has bad outings. Better for the team that they have them now rather then later, say in October when it's for all the marbles.

We only have so many marbles, you know?

[gmelson26]

Britton has pitched among the most innings in baseball for a reliever. I'd like to see him rested a bit more. I obviously don't want us to lose games; so I guess I hope we start winning our games by more than 3 for a bit of what's left of the year. I get that we're playing for home field at this point, but I wish we'd use some of rested bullpen/Ubaldo.

[Redskins Rick]

Ideally, you want everybody well rested.

But, the dang catch 22 is, some pitcher require regular work to stay sharp, and having a larger pen can be both good and bad.

It's late in the season, I wonder if some of the guys are just going through the dead arm period, that the starters typically hit a bit earlier in the season.

[Il BuonO]

Britton has pitched among the most innings in baseball for a reliever. I'd like to see him rested a bit more. I obviously don't want us to lose games; so I guess I hope we start winning our games by more than 3 for a bit of what's left of the year. I get that we're playing for home field at this point, but I wish we'd use some of rested bullpen/Ubaldo.

It wasn't exactly mop up time last night but I thought Ubaldo could have been used instead of Brach in the 7th.

#quickhook

[oriole]

It wasn't exactly mop up time last night but I thought Ubaldo could have been used instead of Brach in the 7th.

#quickhook

I'd rather just see the man shut down for the year at this point. He serves no real purpose.

[OFFNY]

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The Orioles' bullpen has deep depth.

If several otherwise very reliable pitchers start struggling (Brach, Miller), there will be a couple of other very reliable pitchers that will remain solid, and pick them up (Hunter, Britton.)

Like Hunter and Britton, Darren O'Day has also been very solid lately, with the exception of the one horrible outing against the Reds on Wednesday.

[Tx Oriole]

Just putting it out there as it seems to me that over the past few weeks, our pen has looked, well, human. Britton has not looked nearly as sharp IMO, O'day was touched up the other night, Miller was touched up against Cleveland, Brach was hit around last night. So is anyone concerned that these guys are coming back down to earth a bit?

With our lead and with expanded rosters, I would be looking to get these guys some rest. But I understand it's a fine line between rest and getting these guys regular work to keep them sharp.

Well no not really.

[Il BuonO]

I'd rather just see the man shut down for the year at this point. He serves no real purpose.

That won't happen.

[LookitsPuck]

They've been really bad as of late.

And Buck is to blame partly. USE YOUR EXPANDED ROSTER. Yesterday was the perfect game for it. I swear, it's the same guys w/ Buck. Classic overuse.

[Redskins Rick]

They've been really bad as of late.

And Buck is to blame partly. USE YOUR EXPANDED ROSTER. Yesterday was the perfect game for it. I swear, it's the same guys w/ Buck. Classic overuse.

Of course, no credit can be given to the other guys, they are not getting paid to play and don't expect to keep trying to do something.