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Scrat1 Hangout Grand Counsel

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One thing I like about this team, which has been true for most of the DD era teams, is that we have few superstars, just lots of solid contributors. This is mostly true for the position players and the bullpen, a little less so for the starters.

Paredes, Snider, Reimold, Pearce, Parmalee, Flaherty, Roe, Brach, TJ, etc. etc. the Orioles win because of both the quality and quantity of their depth.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles">@Orioles</a> win 4 of 6 without Adam Jones this week. Won 7 of 8 with 24-man roster during Matuz suspension. Resourceful.</p>— Mark Viviano (@MarkWJZ) <a href="

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Big win but I always take a cautious approach. We've had our best stretch of the year with our starting pitching, seeming to me, like its been the worst. Big 7 run inning in Toronto and Tillman gives it right back. Today a big 6 run inning and Gonzalez gives most of it right back. Starters going 5 and 6 innings. Very few really nice starts over the last 2-3 weeks. The offense, with the plug and play approach, is looking good. The bullpen, with the emergence of Roe looks strong. Things can turn around quickly. Big week taking 2 or 3 in Toronto and 2 of 3 in Boston though. So does T.J. go down when Chen comes back? Who goes when Schoop comes back?

The fact that we couldn't just sit back and coast through a stress-free game in those two games you mentioned was very frustrating. Just glad we won them. Clearly, our starting pitchers need to step it up a bit. The bats and bullpen have been brilliant in June, but they can't do this forever.

The team is now 10-1 when Matt Wieters starts at catcher.

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Lockdown bullpen! Britton has just been tremendous. The offense has been very good lately too. Starters need to go longer but I don't suddenly expect that to happen. I expect Buck and DD to continue to cobble the innings together via the Norfolk express all season.

If we stay healthy, we're going to be in it until the end. We turned it on around the same time last year. Let's go!!

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Lockdown bullpen! Britton has just been tremendous. The offense has been very good lately too. Starters need to go longer but I don't suddenly expect that to happen. I expect Buck and DD to continue to cobble the innings together via the Norfolk express all season.

Has there ever been a GM/Manager tandem this adept at massaging a roster day by day? I think the O's have been true innovators in this regard.

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Has there ever been a GM/Manager tandem this adept at massaging a roster day by day? I think the O's have been true innovators in this regard.

Agree 100%. That's why you see a lot of these guys sign minor league deals with us. They know we aren't just a 25 man team, we are an organizational team and everyone they bring into our organization knows this. They know the deal with the options, they understand that if they do their job and preform than they will get a shot. I think Parmalee was the one who mentioned it as a big reason why he signed with us this off season.

I love this aspect of our club and FO.

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Has there ever been a GM/Manager tandem this adept at massaging a roster day by day? I think the O's have been true innovators in this regard.

I love it. It's so amazing how they manipulate the roster day to day. I love how we get buried by guys like Chris Russo for sending down Chen. He's about to blow a gasket, and I'm like, uuugh, he doesn't understand. It also has worked well in our outfield. Missing and matching all over. It gives us a chance to play whoever is hot, never stuck riding a cold bat for weeks with all the options. It's a treat to watch. We use every tool in our tool box and it makes guys in the minors know they have a real shot to come help.

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Big win but I always take a cautious approach. We've had our best stretch of the year with our starting pitching, seeming to me, like its been the worst. Big 7 run inning in Toronto and Tillman gives it right back. Today a big 6 run inning and Gonzalez gives most of it right back. Starters going 5 and 6 innings. Very few really nice starts over the last 2-3 weeks. The offense, with the plug and play approach, is looking good. The bullpen, with the emergence of Roe looks strong. Things can turn around quickly. Big week taking 2 or 3 in Toronto and 2 of 3 in Boston though. So does T.J. go down when Chen comes back? Who goes when Schoop comes back?

"The worst" SP is an exaggeration, but to me the point is that right now this team is doing what it needs to do to win 2/3 (or more) of its games, and it's doing those things whether or not it gets a strong start and whether or not it hits HRs. Things turn around quickly in this game, but right now this team looks like it's more than capable of winning the division. Because it's getting contributions from so many sources, this team is also about as well fortified against injuries as it's possible for a good MLB team to be.

I don't see any question that, barring an injury, Delmon should be the next position player to go, whether or not we can get anything for him.

I repeat what I said last week (I think it was last week): I expect this team to be in first place by the Fourth of July.

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Big win but I always take a cautious approach. We've had our best stretch of the year with our starting pitching, seeming to me, like its been the worst. Big 7 run inning in Toronto and Tillman gives it right back. Today a big 6 run inning and Gonzalez gives most of it right back. Starters going 5 and 6 innings. Very few really nice starts over the last 2-3 weeks. The offense, with the plug and play approach, is looking good. The bullpen, with the emergence of Roe looks strong. Things can turn around quickly. Big week taking 2 or 3 in Toronto and 2 of 3 in Boston though. So does T.J. go down when Chen comes back? Who goes when Schoop comes back?

Yeah, we're doing this in spite of the SP. Norris needs to be gone and/or Tillman needs to be DL'd. Might as well send TJ down. He pitched 2 innings today. Who's eligible to come up now?

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