TT: BATTLE FOR THE LAST BULLPEN SPOT

[Bradysburns]

Jumping in here late, but I was going to suggest Aquino for the long reliever spot. It'd be nice to have a lefty long reliever, IMO, and he's been dominant this spring.

Gotta give DD some credit for making this such an interesting conversation! We have a lot of options - and the depth looks reasonably deep. I'm actually really excited to see what this group can do.

We know the offense is going to mash. We also know it's likely to be a little streaky. We know the bullpen is likely going to be strong. If the starters can hold their own, this team could be really FUN to watch this summer. 

[ChuckS]

Most of the guys Drake is competing against are long relievers without swing and miss stuff.  Do we really need two long reliever types in the bullpen?  Drake can come in and get you a couple strikeouts and can also pitch multiple innings.  So maybe he isn't destined for waivers like we all think he is.  I'm not down in Sarasota so I'm not sure what his stuff has looked like this Spring.   

Nuno and Wilson will get the sixth and seventh spots if I had to guess, but I'm not counting Drake out. 

[ChuckS]

15 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Another question.   Is Nuno really a long man?   Last year, he thew 58 innings in only 55 appearances.   He hasn't gone longer than 2 innings his spring.    If the answer is no, Drake has no chance and someone like Wilson would need to be on the roster.

Well, he started a game last year and started ten in 2015.  He could certainly be used as a long man.  They may like him as another matchup lefty.  

[sportsfan8703]

Drake may have saved his job today.  I think the fact that he has no options helps him make the team initially.  DD always likes to keep guys.  At the very least Drake gets the first crack to eat some innings.  If he struggles, he's gone.  

Drake catches a lot of flack on here but he was lights out late in the year last year when the pen was falling apart.  Over the last month or so of the season he pitched in 12.1 IP, 1.46 ERA, 15/2 K/BB, .424 OPS.  

I don't see how two of Nuno, Ynoa, Verret, Wright, Wilson etc... have struggled worse than him.  Nobody has been lights out.  

He might not have won the job, but nobody beat him out.  He gets first crack.  

[Aristotelian]

I am going to go on record and predict it won't be Jefri Hernandez or Brian Moran. 1 IP, 12 runs allowed combined. You don't see that kind of line every day. 

[Rene88]

4 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I am going to go on record and predict it won't be Jefri Hernandez or Brian Moran. 1 IP, 12 runs allowed combined. You don't see that kind of line every day. 

I commented on Roch's blog: who the heck is Jefri Hernandez anyways?? Lol

[OFFNY]

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I have included Verrett's statistics in his 2-inning stint in the game against the Dominican Republic ....... a game that Major League Baseball and the Orioles do not include in its/their overall Spring Training statistics.

Verrett recorded 12 Strikeouts and 5 Walks over 15.33 Innings Pitched for the 2017 Spring Training season.

 

3 OUTS: o 1 1 Groundout (Including 1 Double Play), 1 Flyout 

SCOTT LOGAN VERRETT )))))) (vs. TIGERS, 3/30) )) [ [Spring Training] 

IP:;)..l) 1 ))

H:))))l  4 ) ll(4 Singles)

R:ll)lll) 2

BB:olll)0 o 

SO:l))l 0

Pitches: l) (Unavailable, Because I Suck) 0

2017 ERA: l)  7.05 ) (Spring Training)

2017 WHIP: l)  1.957 ) (Spring Training)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .379 ) (Spring Training)

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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(Unavailable, Because I Suck) 0

 

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[OFFNY]

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Thank you, Weams. ) 

 

 

 

 

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[OFFNY]

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Orioles Have Tough Decisions to Make with Pitching Additions Looming

(By Dillon Atkinson)

http://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2017/04/dillon-atkinson-orioles-have-tough-decisions-to-make-with-pitching-additions-looming.html

 

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[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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Orioles Have Tough Decisions to Make with Pitching Additions Looming

(By Dillon Atkinson)

http://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2017/04/dillon-atkinson-orioles-have-tough-decisions-to-make-with-pitching-additions-looming.html

 

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I would send down Nuno. I like having a lefty to match up with all our RH starters also but the Sox and Jays are RH dominant. It would be a good time to send him down.  

[sportsfan8703]

4 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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Orioles Have Tough Decisions to Make with Pitching Additions Looming

(By Dillon Atkinson)

http://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2017/04/dillon-atkinson-orioles-have-tough-decisions-to-make-with-pitching-additions-looming.html

 

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I'd guess Mancini goes for Miley on 4/9. Wilson starts 4/15 vs the RH heavy blue jays, if not he goes down for Ynoa. Gotta be a RHP to start on 4/15. 

[eddie83]

6 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I'd guess Mancini goes for Miley on 4/9. Wilson starts 4/15 vs the RH heavy blue jays, if not he goes down for Ynoa. Gotta be a RHP to start on 4/15. 

Why send down Mancini before they probably face 2 LHP in Boston and maybe Liriano in Toronto before they need a 5th starter? 

I agree definitely a RHP vs Jays. I think Ynoa has a good chance. 

[wildcard]

I think Buck wants to win games.  They will send Drake down for the 9th.  i would not be surprised if he has already been through waivers.

[OFFNY]

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In Drake's first outing of the 2017 season, he pitched in parts of 2 different innings. 

He recorded 3 outs overall, ceding a single and a walk, while inducing 3 ground ball outs.

 

3 OUTS: o 3 Groundouts 

OLIVER GARDNER DRAKEo)o (vs. YANKEES, 4/07) )) [ 

IP:;)..l) 1

H:))))l  1 ) ll(1 Single)

R:ll)lll) 0

BB:olll)1 o 

SO:l))l 0

Pitches: l) 25 l(16 Strikes, l9 Balls) 0

2017 ERA: l)  0.00 0

2017 WHIP: l)  2.000  0

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .250 0

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PITCHES BY INNING

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(Unavailable, Because I Suck) 0

 

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[OFFNY]

2 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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In Drake's first outing of the 2017 season, he pitched in parts of 2 different innings. 

He recorded 3 outs overall, ceding a single and a walk, while inducing 3 ground ball outs.

 

3 OUTS: o 3 Groundouts 

OLIVER GARDNER DRAKEo)o (vs. YANKEES, 4/07) )) [ 

IP:;)..l) 1

H:))))l  1 ) ll(1 Single)

R:ll)lll) 0

BB:olll)1 o 

SO:l))l 0

Pitches: l) 25 l(16 Strikes, l9 Balls) 0

2017 ERA: l)  0.00 0

2017 WHIP: l)  2.000  0

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .250 0

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PITCHES BY INNING

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(Unavailable, Because I Suck) 0

 

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Drake followed that up the very next afternoon with another effective outing.

He threw 1.33 shutout innings to keep the Orioles in the game after inheriting a man on 1st base with 2 outs in the top of the 5th inning.

23 Pitches (12 Strikes, 11 Balls), 1 Walk, 1 Wild Pitch, and 1 Strikeout ........ it wasn't pretty, but he manged to get it done.

 

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