Hess to start game 1

[eddie83]

My only concern is his health. 

I don’t think the Orioles age going to judge him too harshly if he struggles. They put him into this spot. 

The fact that they called him up at all tells me Tillman’s spot is his. 

[Barnaby Graves]

Hopefully he gets demoted and then recalled at some point so I can make a "the Hess Truck's back and it's better than ever" joke in the game thread.

[wildcard]

27 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

My only concern is his health. 

I don’t think the Orioles age going to judge him too harshly if he struggles. They put him into this spot. 

The fact that they called him up at all tells me Tillman’s spot is his. 

The O's need to replace two pitchers on their staff - Tillman and Wright.  Both need to be able to pitch 4 or more innings effectively.   There is room for Hess and Melville.   Its just weird to have Hess as a young AAA pitcher being made to pitch on 3 days rest.  Isn't making the jump to the majors hard enough without making it more difficult.

[weams]

https://twitter.com/baseballpanora/status/992402628956082178

[eddie83]

Just now, wildcard said:

The O's need to replace two pitchers on their staff - Tillman and Wright.  Both need to be able to pitch 4 or more innings effectively.   There is room for Hess and Melville.   Its just weird to have Hess as a young AAA pitcher being made to pitch on 3 days rest.  Isn't making the jump to the majors hard enough without making it more difficult.

I don’t want Wright around here but I think I know the person that does.  Maybe they are going to try him in some 1 inning higher leverage spots once/if Brach and others are traded.  

I would not mind Melville. 

[wildcard]

28 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

I don’t want Wright around here but I think I know the person that does.  Maybe they are going to try him in some 1 inning higher leverage spots once/if Brach and others are traded.  

I would not mind Melville. 

I don't know how Hess or Melville will do but I think they both deserve a chance.

[sportsfan8703]

12 hours ago, wildcard said:

So they changed his routine to get him his first major league start.   That probably does not help is confidence or his control.  I wish him the best.  I will be rooting for him.

Doesn’t short rest lead to better control?  Just less strength. The adrenaline will be going. He will be fine. 

[wildcard]

14 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Doesn’t short rest lead to better control?  Just less strength. The adrenaline will be going. He will be fine. 

Or a sore arm if the pitcher in not used to it.

[Il BuonO]

I agree with Luke about Hess compared to Melville, but I think the Orioles are stupid not to either DFA Tillman or move Vielma to the 60 day to enable Melville to pitch for this game today. 

Then, they could have used Hess to either start in place of Tillman for his next start or use him in the BP and start Castro. 

That said, for one game it’s not that big of a deal.

[NashLumber]

I feel better with the ball in Hess’ hand than Yacabonis. I was at the Monday Tides game, thinking I’d be escaping from the doldrums of the O’s and he loaded the bases in the first and gave up a grand slam before I had barely made a dent in my first beer. Was a familiar first inning scenario as the week rolled on. 

[Tx Oriole]

1 hour ago, wildcard said:

I don't know how Hess or Melville will do but I think they both deserve a chance.

Yes they do. 

[weams]

1 hour ago, wildcard said:

Or a sore arm if the pitcher in not used to it.

Is "used to it" the same as built-up arm strength and endurance?

Because all the pitchers I talked with or read about always suggested that throwing hard, throwing sliders, and throwing split-finger pitches is what hurts. And going in cold without stretching and throwing. 

[Rene88]

Rough start. Bummer. The first two hits were seeing-eye singles too. Frustrating. Let's hope he settles in. Big Hess fan, let's see if we see improvement.

[Keygans]

Just unlucky.    Liked that he throws strikes. 

[Rene88]

He is bouncing back strong! 5 pitch inning!