vs. RED SOX, 4/13

[scOtt]

2 minutes ago, Beef Supreme said:

Janis Joplin song?

You mean Bobby McGee? Kris Kristofferson wrote that.

[OldNewGuy]

1 minute ago, 24fps said:

Do you think re-signing Tillman was Duquette's idea?  I don't, I think at best is was a price he agreed to pay in order to sign two decent FA pitchers.

I don't think anybody here knows who was responsible for the decision to resign him. We have at least a 5 headed colossus making personnel selections. Who was it? Please raise your hand so we could know who to congratulate or blame.

[Beef Supreme]

Just now, eddie83 said:

It’s sucks for him but he made $3M this year. The Orioles owe him nothing. 

I have nothing but respect for the man but this is a business.  

I think they technically do owe him something...for five more months.

[MongoBoy]

It's bad enough to watch, but when you see hilites on other games...

[webbrick2010]

What does this say about the ML coaches and manager.

They watched all last year, they watched him all spring, and apparently they told the FO to offer him a ML contract and decided he could pitch in the rotation.

How don't heads roll?

[Dark Helmet]

Gary seems to be enjoying himself

[Chavez Ravine]

This game is zipping along.

[Aristotelian]

9 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

What happened to Caleb?

Oh, nice opposite field line drive right to Mookie who was playing shallow.

[TINSTAAPP]

Just now, eddie83 said:

At this point why not?

Really, the only thing they can do at this point is use off-days to skip the fifth starter and use a spot starter the rest of the time. There are no solutions to this problem.

[eddie83]

Hate wasting 6 innings of pitching. Maybe Sunday and Monday get rained out. 

We will see Vielma tonight. Maybe he will pitch.  

[allquixotic]

15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He was top 75 when the season started.  Do you think he was top 75 when he was traded?  I'd say some luster had faded from that rose during the season.

Are you saying he would have remained bad if he stayed in the Orioles organization?

If so, how do you reconcile that with the fact that he's at least a competitive ML pitcher for the Red Sox?

Might that outcome, combined with the mounting pile of failed pitchers in our organization throughout the decade, be an indictment of our inept coaching staff? When does the evidence become too much to ignore?

[tntoriole]

4 minutes ago, 24fps said:

Do you think re-signing Tillman was Duquette's idea?  I don't, I think at best is was a price he agreed to pay in order to sign two decent FA pitchers.

You could be right, but the GM gets the blame in my book anyway.  Dan’s name is still on the GM door.  Until he comes out  and says “You know what, I didn’t have anything to do with that”, then he gets tagged with it.  If he is going to stay in a job where he doesn’t make any significant decisions just for the money, then he gets the blame too.   Package deal. 

[Morgan423]

Nice pitch, rookie.  

[scOtt]

1 minute ago, Dark Helmet said:

Gary seems to be enjoying himself

Opening night in a hopping city. Close enough to his hotel to take a taxi.

[Aristotelian]

14 minutes ago, Beef Supreme said:

Hard to name many fifth starters who were good. Atlanta in the 90's...

Clevenger on the Indians and Godley on the D-Backs. Both would be #2 at least on our staff.