Mike Wright's chance is coming

[TouchemAll]

43 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I've always liked Wright better in relief. His biggest issue has always been consistently, sometimes from inning to inning. He has plus stuff when he's letting it loose out of the pen. The only issue is can he be counted on in close games because of his penchant to be inconsistent? 

I also think he has a better makeup for the pen. Keep him busy, don't make him prepare for starts, just put him out in the pen and let him know he could be used on any night. He was 96-98 last night and he change has always been a good pitch. 

I'm done with him as a starter. 

Agree this is where Wright has a chance to be real MLB material.

[wildcard]

13 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

As bad as Asher was last game, I would run him out there for five starts or so and see what we have. Tillman is going nowhere unless he's hurt. We all have to hope he's still shaking off rust but he is concerning.

I know that Wright has been the best of the starters in AAA, and he's probably the best in house current option after Asher, but I'd rather see if he can be the reliever we hope he can be. 

This problem really highlights the amount crapping the bed the likes of Ynoa, Lee, Verrett, Aquino, and Wilson have done in AAA. 

 

Agree.   I also think that if the O's had a good 6th starter Tillman would be put on the DL for shoulder weakness.  Since the O's don't have anyone better Tillman will be allowed to try ini improve in the rotation instead on the DL.

[wildcard]

3 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Ok, when I have time after work, I'll do it.  But remember, you're asking me who we could get that's better than Wright - who has a 1.42 WHIP in the minors this season and 1.48 career WHIP - in the minors - at age 27.  That's a REALLY low bar.  If I can't come up with at least a couple dozen names, then shame on me.  

That is not the point.  What we need in pitcher with a better chance to winning in the majors than Wright.  His stats at AAA only show that he struggled to start the season.  In the last five game he is 3-1,  2.97 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, averaging  6 innings a start.  Now if you can find pitchers better than that that you think the O's can get then we have something.

Check out Wright's May splits.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=t568&player_id=605541#/splits/R/pitching/2017/MINORS

[Pheasants]

1 hour ago, Ruzious said:

Ok, when I have time after work, I'll do it.  But remember, you're asking me who we could get that's better than Wright - who has a 1.42 WHIP in the minors this season and 1.48 career WHIP - in the minors - at age 27.  That's a REALLY low bar.  If I can't come up with at least a couple dozen names, then shame on me.  

Just remember that you'll be setting yourself up as the goat for whomever you'd have to trade to get him will undoubtedly be a better pitcher than the one you pick up---ala Hadar, Miranda, etc., etc  You'll have a dozen posters jumping on you for trading next year's star for a journeyman.  But maybe we can trade Pedro for Cueto--I hear the Giants  might be listening to offers.

[Ruzious]

1 hour ago, wildcard said:

That is not the point.  What we need in pitcher with a better chance to winning in the majors than Wright.  His stats at AAA only show that he struggled to start the season.  In the last five game he is 3-1,  2.97 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, averaging  6 innings a start.  Now if you can find pitchers better than that that you think the O's can get then we have something.

Check out Wright's May splits.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=t568&player_id=605541#/splits/R/pitching/2017/MINORS

So we ignore his entire minor league career except for his last few starts.  To me, that makes no sense.  Even if it did make sense, the 1.22 WHIP in only okay.  If you're using that as a reason that he's turned things around, I don't buy it.  We're just going to have to completely disagree on this one.  The good thing there is I don't have to make a list of 25 people, because we're coming from completely different beliefs on Wright.       

[sportsfan8703]

He gave up 3 runs tonight but I don't think that's a true indicator of his performance.  Buck could have pulled him after a successful inning and let him keep building momentum.  Instead he pitched his 3rd inning in 2 days and his FB was 94 instead of 98.  Hart threw a rocket ship to Bradley.  Wright showed 3 pitches again and looked good.  Just a tough single by Vazquez on a good breaking ball, then Hart comes in and serves up a dinger.  

When was the last time Wright pitched on b2b days?

I think he should stay up.  If we need a fresh arm for tomorrow then I would look for Bleier to go out.  But I think we're good for now.  

[SteveA]

25 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

He gave up 3 runs tonight but I don't think that's a true indicator of his performance.  Buck could have pulled him after a successful inning and let him keep building momentum.  Instead he pitched his 3rd inning in 2 days and his FB was 94 instead of 98.  Hart threw a rocket ship to Bradley.  Wright showed 3 pitches again and looked good.  Just a tough single by Vazquez on a good breaking ball, then Hart comes in and serves up a dinger.  

When was the last time Wright pitched on b2b days?

I think he should stay up.  If we need a fresh arm for tomorrow then I would look for Bleier to go out.  But I think we're good for now.  

Agree on all.

We don't need a fresh arm for tomorrow.

We have Ash-baldo to cover at least 5 innings.   Brach, O'Day, Bleier, and GIvens are all rested.  Hart didn't go much so he is probably available too.

[Norfolk orioles]

Wright will go down tomorrow because it's Buck's world but I agree, he shouldn't go anywhere.

 

He looked excellent and it should be a role he could really excel at if given a legitimate chance.

 

He looked terrific tonight but was probably pushed a little too far on back to back days because of the big lead.

 

Hart really scares me, I do not trust him AT ALL right now.

[LookitsPuck]

1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

He gave up 3 runs tonight but I don't think that's a true indicator of his performance.  Buck could have pulled him after a successful inning and let him keep building momentum.  Instead he pitched his 3rd inning in 2 days and his FB was 94 instead of 98.  Hart threw a rocket ship to Bradley.  Wright showed 3 pitches again and looked good.  Just a tough single by Vazquez on a good breaking ball, then Hart comes in and serves up a dinger.  

When was the last time Wright pitched on b2b days?

I think he should stay up.  If we need a fresh arm for tomorrow then I would look for Bleier to go out.  But I think we're good for now.  

Mike Wright has been used as a starter exclusively this year. No relief appearances. As a matter of fact, in his minor league career he's starter 118 games out of the 123 he's pitched in. So 96% of the time, he's starting. 

You have to go back to August 25th and August 26th of last year for the last time he made appearances in back to back days.

• 8/25 - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER
• 8/26 - 3 IP, 4H, 2 ER

Prior to that? Hasn't been done in the majors. And in the minors I can't imagine it's happened in 7 years considering he's only made 5 relief appearances.

So I have no idea what Buck was thinking there. My only guess is he didn't want to utilize any of his A squad pitchers...which really doesn't make much sense because Ubaldo/Asher are pitching tomorrow...and is there anybody on Earth that thinks either of those guys are going to the leave the game with a lead...let alone a close game?

[SteveA]

17 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

Mike Wright has been used as a starter exclusively this year. No relief appearances. As a matter of fact, in his minor league career he's starter 118 games out of the 123 he's pitched in. So 96% of the time, he's starting. 

You have to go back to August 25th and August 26th of last year for the last time he made appearances in back to back days.

• 8/25 - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER
• 8/26 - 3 IP, 4H, 2 ER

Prior to that? Hasn't been done in the majors. And in the minors I can't imagine it's happened in 7 years considering he's only made 5 relief appearances.

So I have no idea what Buck was thinking there. My only guess is he didn't want to utilize any of his A squad pitchers...which really doesn't make much sense because Ubaldo/Asher are pitching tomorrow...and is there anybody on Earth that thinks either of those guys are going to the leave the game with a lead...let alone a close game?

In tomorrow night's matchup, the Oriole starter has a lower season ERA than the Boston starter.

In Asher's 3 starts as an Oriole, he has 2 quality starts.  (Porcello has 6 quality starts out of 11).

Porcello has given up 40 hits in his last 4 starts.

So yes, I think it is very possible that Asher leaves the game with a lead.

 

[MDtransplant757]

Wright in a BP role like we've seen the past few nights is amazing. Let's keep him here and use him and his good stuff. 

[InsideCoroner]

7 hours ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Wright in a BP role like we've seen the past few nights is amazing. Let's keep him here and use him and his good stuff. 

I like him much better in a 30-pitch role than in a 100-pitch role.  

[Frobby]

8 hours ago, LookitsPuck said:

So I have no idea what Buck was thinking there. My only guess is he didn't want to utilize any of his A squad pitchers...which really doesn't make much sense because Ubaldo/Asher are pitching tomorrow...and is there anybody on Earth that thinks either of those guys are going to the leave the game with a lead...let alone a close game?

I assume Buck was thinking, "let's see what Mike Wright is capable of doing," in a situation where it was unlikely to hurt the team.    It made sense to me, though I was a little surprised he sent Wright out for a second inning.   

[Camden_yardbird]

I know he have up some runs but I felt alright with it.  He didn't pitch as bad as his line.

[Frobby]

16 minutes ago, Camden_yardbird said:

I know he have up some runs but I felt alright with it.  He didn't pitch as bad as his line.

I'd agree.   He dominated the 8th inning.   In the 9th, he wore down a little.   The pitch Vazquez hit for an RBI single was a good, tight slider that was off the plate.    Just a good swing by Vazquez.   And then Hart allowed the two inherited runners to score.   Overall, I liked the fact that he worked ahead in the count and didn't fool around.