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21 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Isn't that the third candidate to get lit up?

Yup. Wright, Ynoa and Lee all l lit up.  Today Aquino and tomorrow Asher get their chance.  So far it looks like Wilson has the best chance for the 15th.  Have to wait a couple of days and see how it plays out.

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Just now, wildcard said:

Yup. Wright, Ynoa and Lee all l lit up.  Today Aquino and tomorrow Asher get their chance.  So far it looks like Wilson has the best chance for the 15th.  Have to wait a couple of days and see how it plays out.

Wilson is not currently a starter. 

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5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

And people don't understand why Ubaldo has a long leash.    This is why!

I am not going to get down on all the pitchers at AAA just because they have a bad outing.  They may not be the right starter for the 15th but that doesn't mean they can't help this year.   Did you see what John Means did?

Besides there are 13.5 million reasons why Ubaldo has a long leash.

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4 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I am not going to get down on all the pitchers at AAA just because they have a bad outing.  They may not be the right starter for the 15th but that doesn't mean they can't help this year.   Did you see what John Means did?

Besides there are 13.5 million reasons why Ubaldo has a long leash.

If the O's had a starter in the minors who was obviously better than Ubaldo, he'd be up in Baltimore.    They don't.   It's that simple.   

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3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

If the O's had a starter in the minors who was obviously better than Ubaldo, he'd be up in Baltimore.    They don't.   It's that simple.   

Ubaldo would be claimed if you DFA'd him.

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21 minutes ago, Frobby said:

If the O's had a starter in the minors who was obviously better than Ubaldo, he'd be up in Baltimore.    They don't.   It's that simple.   

I agree with that right now.  I don't know if it will hold for the whole season.  Ubaldo doesn't set the bar real high sometimes.  Just have to wait and see.  I hope he has a good year.

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I agree that the current candidates had bad starts in their first games at Norfolk.  However, that does not make me a "give Ubaldo a longer leash" fan.   Let's reexamine this thread if Ubaldo goes through a similar April and May to what he had last year with 7 straight starts of not getting out of the 4th inning and an ERA of 10.    Being able to pitch in the past in the big leagues only takes you so far as Jeremy Guthrie found out yesterday.  

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