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NashLumber Hangout Grand Counsel

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Baby, sweet things that you promised me babe

Seemed to go up in smoke

Yeah, vanish like a dream

I wonder why you do these things to me

Cause I'm worried

I just can't seem to find my way, baby

Ooh, the nights I spent just waiting on the sun

Just like your burned out cigarette

You threw away my love

Why did you do that baby

I wonder why, why you do these things to me

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bobmc Hangout Grand Counsel

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You should have been concerned before Spring Training. Spring training is only confirming what we mostly knew coming into ST. Why did people assume that Wieters would be 100% when he never was 100% last year? Why did people expect Miguel Gonzalez to be good when he was banged up and bad last year? Why would you be concerned about the offense when it's the same as always, lot's of power, little speed, and poor on base capabilities? Did someone expect different? Sure, no one expected the O's to lose virtually every spring game but what you see on the field as far as performance shouldn't be a surprise. This is a 150M 81 win team. It could be a 90 win team if the starters stay healthy and perform to their best. It could be a low 70's team if the starting pitching falls apart. The offense will be average at scoring runs. Whoopeee! We'll hit over 200 homers again!

Is it a surprise after trading Rodriguez and Davies that we have little pitching depth in the system? It shouldn't be.

So does this make you worried and should the record be noted? :D

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joeyc Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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I gotta admit. I'm worried now. This pitching looks the same as it did last March and April. I kind of don't understand how the O's Front Office thought it would be much different. If the pitching is as bad as last year, we may have a losing season. I think the offense will come around, at times, but not consistent enough to carry the team through terrible pitching.

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Wilson can easily do a decent Gonzo impression. Gonzo's velocity and overall stuff has completely tanked. He's absolutely playing himself off the roster.

Wilson makes Gonzo look like a strikeout pitcher. There is a reason his Zips projection has his ERA over 5.

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Wilson can easily do a decent Gonzo impression. Gonzo's velocity and overall stuff has completely tanked. He's absolutely playing himself off the roster.

Meh, it's too soon to say that. Two more bad spring starts and I'll start worrying about him.

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I gotta admit. I'm worried now. This pitching looks the same as it did last March and April. I kind of don't understand how the O's Front Office thought it would be much different. If the pitching is as bad as last year, we may have a losing season. I think the offense will come around, at times, but not consistent enough to carry the team through terrible pitching.

It is absolutely possible.

I get no prize for being right if I say the team stinks and it does. No one congratulates me, or shows me respect.

If I say the team is possibly good, and it is, I get the playoffs.

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I didn't want Gonzo in the rotation... or Wieters at all. Other than depth, those two don't worry me.

This is exactly how I felt at the end of last year. But they allocated almost 20 M to these guys. That is incredible. It was obvious Gonzo was done last year.

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Normally, I'd agree. I just happen to think his time as an effective ML SP is basically up. Stranger things have happened and maybe he bounces back. I love Gonzo, so I hope so. We can't really afford to find out, though. Dan is already talking about continuing to add to the starting rotation as recently as 40 minutes ago on 105.7. So. To me, it looks like Gonzo's time is just about up. No one else in the rotation is a candidate to get replaced.

If Dan can pull off a legitimate trade more power to him, just don't know what pieces we have teams want.

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