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The AL East has been bizarre. Seems like teams go on a nice winning streak and then give it back. Yankees are up and down. Blue Jays are also up and down. Tampa has been the most consistent of all the teams but seem to be going into a tailspin. Do the Orioles also go into a losing streak? No AL East team has sustained anything this year. I guess the team that plays the most consistent will win it. Right now,it looks like no one wants to stay in first place.

Okay the Yankees lost two so we're still in first place.

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The Rangers are one of the easier opponents too.

They are kicking our butts.

Man, I don't care what anyone says, love me Josh Hamilton, would have loved to see him in Orange & Black.

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Everybody in baseball is an easy opponent until you face them, then they're not. That's baseball.

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I had the pleasure of witnessing last nights Norris homerun derby. Reminded me of opening day when Toronto crushed everything Norris threw them. I believe they said three of the HRs were on changeups and one was on a curveball. They knew what was coming. Tonight it appears the same thing happened. Were the HR's on off speed pitches? Are Norris and Gonzalez tipping their pitches?

Makes you wonder doesn't it?

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I had the pleasure of witnessing last nights Norris homerun derby. Reminded me of opening day when Toronto crushed everything Norris threw them. I believe they said three of the HRs were on changeups and one was on a curveball. They knew what was coming. Tonight it appears the same thing happened. Were the HR's on off speed pitches? Are Norris and Gonzalez tipping their pitches?

It would be nice if the solution was just stop tipping your pitches and all was well. But I think it's more that they didn't pitch well, they left too many hittable pitches in the middle of the plate, the Rangers didn't miss many of the mistakes, and the Orioles sequenced their pitches poorly.

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Chen is our best pitcher and if Gausman is going to nail down a rotation spot he can force Buck's hand by pitching well on Thursday. That could mean the end of the Bud era.

Buck has alluded to this in pressers.

I hope he pitches lights out. That's the only way I see them even considering keeping Gausman in the rotation at this point.

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Gonzo has had one very bad start (maybe another 1 earlier in the season, I can't remember). Norris has had maybe 1 good start. I wonder who will lose his spot in the rotation?

Well the one with options of course.

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Makes you wonder doesn't it?

Not even a little bit. All the homers off Norris and Gonzalez were on pitches right down the middle of the plate, belt high. No tip-offs necessary when you pitch like that. The homer off Roe last night was on a decent pitch, and was about a cheap a homer as you'll see.

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It would be nice if the solution was just stop tipping your pitches and all was well. But I think it's more that they didn't pitch well, they left too many hittable pitches in the middle of the plate, the Rangers didn't miss many of the mistakes, and the Orioles sequenced their pitches poorly.

Actually, tipping their pitches may have had a different effect - could you imagine Gonzo and Weiters yelling back and forth.. "Fastball!" "What?" "Fastball! F-A-S-T-B-A-L-L" .... "ok, got it Matt" The batters would assume that the location would not be up and in the middle. :)

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