Orioles win; Yankees lose

[Sports Guy]

This site regularly acts like the season is over..some wondering if we are even a playoff team and yet they are a half game out of first.

[winston24]

We are going to gradually get our guys healthy, win the division, and make a postseason run.  Need the big 3 - Burnes, Adler, Gunnar - to get hot and I think they will.  Let's go.

[Jagwar]

18 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

This site regularly acts like the season is over..some wondering if we are even a playoff team and yet they are a half game out of first.

It's insane.

[banks703]

14 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

It's insane.

To be fair, they are 26-28 since July 1, good for the 20th best record in MLB. That doesn’t exactly scream “good baseball team”.

The injuries caught up to them. That’s evident to everyone who pays more than passing attention. It doesn’t mean that the fan base can’t be frustrated by the performance. My Yankee friend and me were texting earlier and I made the comment earlier that if the O’s had suffered even half of the injuries they’ve had to play through this year, they’re running away with the division. I think that’s a reasonable statement/claim but they have played not awesome for two straight months. The sky hasn’t fallen but it’s been fall’ing’ for a while. 

[glenn__davis]

1 hour ago, banks703 said:

To be fair, they are 26-28 since July 1, good for the 20th best record in MLB. That doesn’t exactly scream “good baseball team”.

The injuries caught up to them. That’s evident to everyone who pays more than passing attention. It doesn’t mean that the fan base can’t be frustrated by the performance. My Yankee friend and me were texting earlier and I made the comment earlier that if the O’s had suffered even half of the injuries they’ve had to play through this year, they’re running away with the division. I think that’s a reasonable statement/claim but they have played not awesome for two straight months. The sky hasn’t fallen but it’s been fall’ing’ for a while. 

The injuries certainly have been an issue but I think a large source of frustration has been the guys that have stayed healthy just haven't performed particularly well.  Adley, Gunnar, Burnes - those are probably your top 3 players on paper and all have performed poorly to some degree over the past few months.  Even with the injuries, if those guys perform just to their means then we're probably a few games up right now instead of a half a game back.

[Jagwar]

10 hours ago, banks703 said:

To be fair, they are 26-28 since July 1, good for the 20th best record in MLB. That doesn’t exactly scream “good baseball team”.

The injuries caught up to them. That’s evident to everyone who pays more than passing attention. It doesn’t mean that the fan base can’t be frustrated by the performance. My Yankee friend and me were texting earlier and I made the comment earlier that if the O’s had suffered even half of the injuries they’ve had to play through this year, they’re running away with the division. I think that’s a reasonable statement/claim but they have played not awesome for two straight months. The sky hasn’t fallen but it’s been fall’ing’ for a while. 

When I said "It's Insane" I was referring to the fact that the O's somehow have managed to be only a half game out of first place. Just when you think injuries can't further weaken the team, someone else goes down. 

Heck, it's so bad I'm afraid I might have to go on the IL

[banks703]

11 hours ago, glenn__davis said:

The injuries certainly have been an issue but I think a large source of frustration has been the guys that have stayed healthy just haven't performed particularly well.  Adley, Gunnar, Burnes - those are probably your top 3 players on paper and all have performed poorly to some degree over the past few months.  Even with the injuries, if those guys perform just to their means then we're probably a few games up right now instead of a half a game back.

All fair. I’ve long suspected that Adley has something physical that’s nagging him. He’s gained weight and isn’t moving well behind the plate or in the batter’s box. I suspect something lower back or possibly lower half. He just hasn’t looked right for a while. Gunnar, I think is more of hitting that second year wall of playing 1000 mph at SS for the first time. It’s not excuses for either player of course, just what I am seeing.

Burnes, maybe it’s the newborns. Who knows..? I can’t say that I can sympathize with having two brand new babies at home but have to think that it’s a factor. Again, not an excuse. They’re professionals and are paid for the ability to stay focused through these things.  

[ShoelesJoe]

Hoooorah. 

[Orioles Jim]

Walkoff grand slam for the Rangers and we’ve got sole possession of first place once more!

[Filmstudy]

Grand Slam on a 5-1 count to win for the Rangers.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Walk off Grand Slam by Wyatt Langford. LOL. Back in first. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Just now, Filmstudy said:

Grand Slam on a 5-1 count to win for the Rangers.

I saw the game cast on those 2 pitches. WTF

[SteveA]

Woohoo!   Back on top!   Wyatt Langford walkoff slam!

[bpilktree67]

Clay Holmes is the Orioles best player.   He makes Kimbrel look great. 

[Filmstudy]

All of the first 5 pitches were balls, but 2 were called strikes.  Fouled off the 3-2 pitch, then Holmes grooved one to Langford for the GW grand slam.