Two reasons to love Zach Britton

[Frobby]

1. Four batters, four ground ball outs, one save.

2. Melewski: "What did you think of facing Alex Rodriguez with 2 outs in the 9th!"

Britton: "Well, he took forever to get in the batter's box."

Yeah, no kidding! But Zach didn't screw around, he just took care of it.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Yeah, nice to see him not look intimidated by Aroid. You could almost sense he wasn't.

[Crazysilver03]

First 4 out save of his career.

[Aristotelian]

First 4 out save of his career.

Increased confidence in Zach...or lack of confidence in anybody else? You would think Gausman should be able to get through that inning on his own.

[Il BuonO]

How about his answer on ARoid? Nonplussed.

Q: What did you think when Alex Rodriguez came up?

A: Well, he took forever getting into the box....

Yes, I love Zach Britton.

[Nevermore]

How about his answer on ARoid? Nonplussed.

Q: What did you think when Alex Rodriguez came up?

A: Well, he took forever getting into the box....

Yes, I love Zach Britton.

I think that Aroid took forever to get into the box because the O's fans were booing him so loudly he almost ran back into the dugout.

I also love Zach Britton. :hearts:

[El Gordo]

Gonzo the cold killer,

Zach the undertaker.

[Redskins Rick]

1. Four batters, four ground ball outs, one save.

2. Melewski: "What did you think of facing Alex Rodriguez with 2 outs in the 9th!"

Britton: "Well, he took forever to get in the batter's box."

Yeah, no kidding! But Zach didn't screw around, he just took care of it.

Nice post.

Would like to add number 3.

3. Anytime you turn off the lights on the Yankees, you are our Hero!

[FanSince88]

Right now Zach is carrying the bullpen on his back. A few other guys have to step up their game. Matusz has performed admirably but I have doubts that he can sustain his performance over the entire year. Gausman and Hunter look awful.

Look for Buck to push his starters to go deeper into games if the middle and long relief doesn't improve.

[Redskins Rick]

Right now Zach is carrying the bullpen on his back. A few other guys have to step up their game. Matusz has performed admirably but I have doubts that he can sustain his performance over the entire year. Gausman and Hunter look awful.

Look for Buck to push his starters to go deeper into games if the middle and long relief doesn't improve.

At least for now, he is still being Buck and trying to go to the bullpen in the 6th.

Buck tried to pull Gonzo in the 6th after 94 pitches and Gonzo talked him out of it and got another inning.

[bobmc]

One more

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>@BaltimoreOrioles pitcher Zach Britton visited the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center’s pediatric oncology unit today <a href="http://t.co/hR2PJYrDLv">pic.twitter.com/hR2PJYrDLv</a></p>— JohnsHopkinsMedicine (@HopkinsMedicine) <a href="

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[O's_first]

The biggest problem with Zach is that he is almost too good at times. These balls are hit so softly they become problems for the infield. That inning could have gone very differently without 2 great infield plays.

[Redskins Rick]

The biggest problem with Zach is that he is almost too good at times. These balls are hit so softly they become problems for the infield. That inning could have gone very differently without 2 great infield plays.

Bottom line they were outs.

Would you rather see him, hit hard, and make the outfielders go out onto the warning track for them?

[Aristotelian]

The biggest problem with Zach is that he is almost too good at times. These balls are hit so softly they become problems for the infield. That inning could have gone very differently without 2 great infield plays.

I agree to an extent. Puts more pressure on the defense. For some reason I find infield singles to be more frustrating psychologically than a hit or a walk. Still, I would rather have Zach than any other guy in our bullpen and most other MLB closers for that matter.

[Nevermore]

Zach is a sinker ball pitcher. So there will be more groundouts. His sinker is devastating, which is what makes him so effective.