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Why Mike Wright Has Closer Potential (Update: To Start for Baltimore 5/17)

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Yea for pitching wins colouring rational thought!

The poster misinterpreted what Buck said. No need to get hard on Buck for it. ANd Wright very well may be sent down at this point. It's not a yoyo when you just pitched your first game. After just being added to the 40 man roster last year.

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I wonder if the board consensus, including myself, regarding him being a future closer wasn't a bit premature. I like his varying speeds with the FB which seems to allow him the ability to dial up added velocity when he needs it in certain counts. His secondaries look to be effective enough to work off the FB if not plus pitches, but he throws strikes with them.

Yes, it's one start, but is anyone pining for more Bud after that?

He was hitting 97 after 7 innings of work.. I think we should give him the chance to start. Like Gausman, I don't get wanting to anoint untested pitchers as a closer until we know for sure they are failed starters.

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He was hitting 97 after 7 innings of work.. I think we should give him the chance to start. Like Gausman, I don't get wanting to anoint untested pitchers as a closer until we know for sure they are failed starters.

Mike Wright showed why he gets to fail as a starter today.

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The poster misinterpreted what Buck said. No need to get hard on Buck for it. ANd Wright very well may be sent down at this point. It's not a yoyo when you just pitched your first game. After just being added to the 40 man roster last year.

I'm fine with Wright getting sent down. I am not fine with Norris' win total from last season being the reason.

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Get traded to the Padres or the Mariners. Norris was never a bullpen arm. He could absolutely request a move if he is not being used there.

With Norris gone at the end of the year and probably not receiving a QO, I hope he comes back, makes a few very good starts and we flip him. We have enough starters that we should try to shop him if he returns and does well.

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I'm fine with Wright getting sent down. I am not fine with Norris' win total from last season being the reason.

I am NOT fine with Wright being sent down. You don't get sent down after a performance like this. He earned the right for one more start. If this guy is for real, he may have just saved the Orioles' season.

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I'm fine with Wright getting sent down. I am not fine with Norris' win total from last season being the reason.

Even if Buck spoke it as wins, I think you might agree that the totality of his year last year gives him currency with Buck. And rightly so.

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I am NOT fine with Wright being sent down. You don't get sent down after a performance like this. He earned the right for one more start. If this guy is for real, he may have just saved the Orioles' season.

He's got options, something you can't say for a lot of the pitching staff. I would prefer if Norris went on the DL and Wright got another shot.

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