We are in 4th place now...

[Natty]

We were on top in April and early May. It sure was nice. 

Now we are 1 game over .500 and in 4th place in our division. 

It was a collapse of monumental proportions.

Worst team ERA in the American League. Good hitting shells our starters and our bullpen. Good pitching just shuts our bats down.

Anyone have anything good to say? There must be something positive...

 

 

 

[Frobby]

I saved a lot of money on car insurance by switching to GEICO.

[Natty]

24 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I saved a lot of money on car insurance by switching to GEICO.

Well that's good news. 

In other good news, we are not last place in our division. We have a one game lead over Toronto. 

[MDK02]

I won't have to spend a good amount of money on postseason tickets... I guess that's a positive. 

[MDtransplant757]

You know. Threads like these are why I don't frequent this site as much. To much negativity, even when it's justified it just feels so over the top and ridiculous

[wildcard]

1 hour ago, Natty said:

We were on top in April and early May. It sure was nice. 

Now we are 1 game over .500 and in 4th place in our division. 

It was a collapse of monumental proportions.

Worst team ERA in the American League. Good hitting shells our starters and our bullpen. Good pitching just shuts our bats down.

Anyone have anything good to say? There must be something positive...

 

 

 

Schedule gets easier.   O's found a left fielder in Mancini.  Bundy still looks good.  Manny probably stays off the DL.  Miley still performing better than his career avg.   Castillo is back and should hit better than Joesph.  Smith has  been a pleasant surprise to me.  I want to see more of Tejada.  He may beat out Flaherty and even see quite a bit on time at SS. Asher so far belongs on the team.  Maybe as a reliever instead on the starter.  Ubaldo is gone after this season while frees up salary. Schoop has a 853 OPS and a 332 OBP which in high for him.  Britton is getting closer to returning. Brach has a  0.89 WHIP and batters are only hitting .163 off him. Bleier has been good out of the pen  with a 1.93 ERA. Givens in 6-0 with a 2.61 ERA and he is striking out more than a batter per inning.  Mullins and Long both look like  they belong in an O's uniform some time in the near future.

[allquixotic]

Positive takeaway: it's hard to get much worse than we are. Sure, we could fall down to becoming the worst team in baseball, but it wouldn't really surprise anyone at this point. 

[esmd]

As bad as things have been, they're still a game over .500.  I doubt we'll be a playoff team this year, but they're not far away from being a really good team if the right moves are made.  And no matter what, we're infinitely better off than we were from 1998 through 2011.  There is still plenty of talent on this team.

[SteveA]

7 hours ago, Natty said:

We were on top in April and early May. It sure was nice. 

Now we are 1 game over .500 and in 4th place in our division. 

It was a collapse of monumental proportions.

Worst team ERA in the American League. Good hitting shells our starters and our bullpen. Good pitching just shuts our bats down.

Anyone have anything good to say? There must be something positive...

 

 

 

One of the top 4 home records in baseball?

Still a good record vs the AL East.

Still just a half game out of a wild card spot.

Gausman doesn't appear to have any physically wrong, so he is a good candidate for "positive regression".

Mancini is fun to watch.

Schoop is fun to watch.

That's all I got right now.   But I'll be watching tonight.

[OriolesMagic83]

9 hours ago, Natty said:

We were on top in April and early May. It sure was nice. 

Now we are 1 game over .500 and in 4th place in our division. 

It was a collapse of monumental proportions.

Worst team ERA in the American League. Good hitting shells our starters and our bullpen. Good pitching just shuts our bats down.

Anyone have anything good to say? There must be something positive...

 

 

 

Dan won't sell one or more of our top prospects for a marginal upgrade if the O's are under .500 at the trading deadline. 

[25 Nuggets]

The Orioles have lost 13 of 14 games on the road.  They're still playing well at home.

[ORIOLE33]

I'm a Sixer fan. Lets tank. We'll be better in the long run.

[OFFNY]

o

The Orioles are in 4th place again.

7 and-a-half games behind the Red Sox.

o

[Cumberbundy]

Let's sell and win it all ?

[weams]

Toronto lost by 18.