Dick Bleier, your new favorite reliever

[Rene88]

What a performance!

I don’t think Buck should have left him out for the 3rd inning but I have said it several times before, he could be our 5th starter. 

[atomic]

I would give him a shot at fifth starter.  He was a starter in the minors.  He can't be as bad as Tillman and Wright.

[OFFNY]

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(vs. YANKEES, 4/08)

 

For the 2nd time in 3 days, the Orioles are involved an extra-inning marathon with the Yankees.

And for the 2nd time in 2 games, Richard Bleier has pitched very well out of the bullpen.

 

PLUS ........ Bleier threw 0.67 shutout innings yesterday also, in between these two  marathon games.

 

In all 3 games combined against the Yankees (April 6th, 7th, and 8th), Bleier threw 5.67 shutout innings while throwing )72 Pitches )(43 )Strikes, )29 )Balls.)

 

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[Moose Milligan]

Fun article.  Yes, too many relievers, impossible to keep track of them all.  Bleier tops the list.

If you have a second, watch Makita's video.  Dude throws slow, slower and slowerer.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23095176/your-new-favorite-reliever-power-rankings-eight-guys-love-never-heard-of

 

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1. Dick Bleier is your new favorite reliever.

Technically, he goes by Richard, but he's so dead ball era that it's impossible not to call him by a dead ball first name. Dick Bleier, an Oriole, a left-hander, with an 89 mph sinker, struck out 26 batters in an entire major league season last year -- last year, 2017, when the league set yet another strikeout record. He pitched 63 innings and stuck out as many batters as A.J. Minter (remember him? From right up there?) did after his Aug. 23 call-up. That's 3.7 K/9, which would have been the league average in 1949, when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour and the population of Las Vegas was 24,000.

In any season there's bound to be some pitcher who can't strike anybody out, but Bleier is actually really good. He had a 1.99 ERA last year (and 1.96 the year before), and after six outings he's at 1.04 this year. Wait, this fun fact has potential: OK, Bleier has -- yes! -- the best ERA+ in major league history, minimum 95 innings! (He has thrown 95 innings.)

Look, I'm a realist: It will take me seven years of this to believe Richard Bleier is good. But I'm also a cynic, and it will only take me 95 innings to believe there's something wrong with all of Major League Baseball for failing to see Richard Bleier is obviously good and everybody just missed it. That's why I like watching Richard Bleier. That's why I like relievers: They can mean almost anything you want them to mean.

 

[Barnaby Graves]

Great attitude, great numbers.  Not a FIP MASTER due to his low K's but does his job without any BS.  He's like a Jamie Walker that gets paid in leftover breakroom snacks.  Hope he sticks around and keeps pitching as such.

[Can_of_corn]

[Barnaby Graves]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Alright alright I give up, tell me.

But I promise if it's clever I'll give rep.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Barnaby Graves said:

Alright alright I give up, tell me.

But I promise if it's clever I'll give rep.

David Copperfield.

I was calling Bleier a magician.

 

[Barnaby Graves]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

David Copperfield.

I was calling Bleier a magician.

 

...alright I'll give it to you.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Barnaby Graves said:

...alright I'll give it to you.

You don't have to if you aren't feeling it.  It isn't my best work. 

[OFFNY]

On 4/8/2018 at 5:43 PM, OFFNY said:

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(vs. YANKEES, 4/08)

 

For the 2nd time in 3 days, the Orioles are involved an extra-inning marathon with the Yankees.

And for the 2nd time in 2 games, Richard Bleier has pitched very well out of the bullpen.

 

PLUS ........ Bleier threw 0.67 shutout innings yesterday also, in between these two  marathon games.

 

In all 3 games combined against the Yankees (April 6th, 7th, and 8th), Bleier threw 5.67 shutout innings while throwing )72 Pitches )(43 )Strikes, )29 )Balls.)

 

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(3 DAYS LATER)

 

Bleier had a quick, 1-2-3 inning for the Orioles tonight, against the Blue Jays.

He only threw 12 pitches in the process, and he was pitching to the top of the Blue Jays' order (Curtis Granderson, Justin Smoak, and Yangervis Solarte.)

 

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[Barnaby Graves]

8 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

You don't have to if you aren't feeling it.  It isn't my best work. 

It's a good comp but it's sort of a backhanded compliment isn't it.  "I have no idea how this guy survives the drowning tank without drowning."

[Moose Milligan]

That low K rate, I wonder if it's sustainable.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, Barnaby Graves said:

It's a good comp but it's sort of a backhanded compliment isn't it.  "I have no idea how this guy survives the drowning tank without drowning."

But it's an accurate description of my thought process when he pitches.

 

[Mendoza Line]

15 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

That low K rate, I wonder if it's sustainable.

Sustained for 60+ innings last year