The Silver Lining Report: Game 14/162 (O's lose 6-4)

[interloper]

Good.

Vibes.

ONLY.

 

• David Hess: Mr. Reliable went out and did it again, pitching into the 6th inning and only giving up 3. Did not give up a walk. You have to be pretty pleased with his work so far, especially considering the state of the pitching staff. It's also just nice to see a homegrown guy just be solid. Forget developing an ace for a second, even this level of solid pitching is welcome from an Orioles pitching prospect.
   
• Renato Núñez: Dang! That was a BOMB. Renato hits a deeeeep 2-run shot, his second of the year. Seriously, check out the highlight: https://www.mlb.com/video/renato-nunez-homers-2-on-a-fly-ball-to-left-center-field-trey-mancini-scores
   
• Dwight Smith Jr.: Pesky pole! A 2-run shot, his second. He's got a respectable .748 OPS for a guy that was dumped on waivers, especially considering he's good defensively and can swipe a base now and then. Speaking of defense, he had a nice catch against the wall: https://www.mlb.com/video/smith-jr-s-catch-at-the-wall
   
• Hanser Alberto: Need to break up a no-hitter? Hanser's the answer. 
   
• Chris Davis: Hit a ball that should be a hit almost 100% of the time (.970 XBA). 
   
• Trey Mancini: Just wanted to call out his walk and double and the continued solid play. He's now seeing 4.08 pitches per PA in the early going and sporting a .383 OBP.
   
• Another Comeback: Didn't get many hits but they did make them count and for the second game in a row managed to force a save situation in the 9th. That's pretty much the definition of a silver lining.
   

Let me know what I missed! 

And remember, if you're here to be objectively critical about what they should have done better, this ain't it chief!

Have a great Saturday, y'all. 

[LTO's]

Also a great night for some of our prospects. Akin was good. Grayrod's start to the season pretty much could not have gone any better. Hunter Harvey's arm is still intact. Dj Stewart was 3-3 with a long HR through the wind and a BB. Diaz went 2-5 and is OPSing .844. Adam Hall, the sleeper in our system, went 3-4 and is now batting .321. Elias will fill this system out with some high end talent but the previous administration left some intriguing pieces. For the big league team Dwight Smith Jr, Renato,  and Hess are all relatively young and holding their own. Getting in on the ground floor of this rebuild is extremely exciting to me.

[interloper]

9 minutes ago, LTO's said:

Also a great night for some of our prospects. Akin was good. Grayrod's start to the season pretty much could not have gone any better. Hunter Harvey's arm is still intact. Dj Stewart was 3-3 with a long HR through the wind and a BB. Diaz went 2-5 and is OPSing .844. Adam Hall, the sleeper in our system, went 3-4 and is now batting .321. Elias will fill this system out with some high end talent but the previous administration left some intriguing pieces. For the big league team Dwight Smith Jr, Renato,  and Hess are all relatively young and holding their own. Getting in on the ground floor of this rebuild is extremely exciting to me.

Heck yeah! Thanks for the prospect run down.

[Going Underground]

Still tied for third in the AL East. 

[bobmc]

3 hours ago, interloper said:

Good.

Vibes.

ONLY.

 

• David Hess: Mr. Reliable went out and did it again, pitching into the 6th inning and only giving up 3. Did not give up a walk. You have to be pretty pleased with his work so far, especially considering the state of the pitching staff. It's also just nice to see a homegrown guy just be solid. Forget developing an ace for a second, even this level of solid pitching is welcome from an Orioles pitching prospect.
   
• Renato Núñez: Dang! That was a BOMB. Renato hits a deeeeep 2-run shot, his second of the year. Seriously, check out the highlight: https://www.mlb.com/video/renato-nunez-homers-2-on-a-fly-ball-to-left-center-field-trey-mancini-scores
   
• Dwight Smith Jr.: Pesky pole! A 2-run shot, his second. He's got a respectable .748 OPS for a guy that was dumped on waivers, especially considering he's good defensively and can swipe a base now and then. Speaking of defense, he had a nice catch against the wall: https://www.mlb.com/video/smith-jr-s-catch-at-the-wall
   
• Hanser Alberto: Need to break up a no-hitter? Hanser's the answer. 
   
• Chris Davis: Hit a ball that should be a hit almost 100% of the time (.970 XBA). 
   
• Trey Mancini: Just wanted to call out his walk and double and the continued solid play. He's now seeing 4.08 pitches per PA in the early going and sporting a .383 OBP.
   
• Another Comeback: Didn't get many hits but they did make them count and for the second game in a row managed to force a save situation in the 9th. That's pretty much the definition of a silver lining.
   

Let me know what I missed! 

And remember, if you're here to be objectively critical about what they should have done better, this ain't it chief!

Have a great Saturday, y'all. 

No errors is always a silver lining and JBJ had to time his leap perfectly to haul in Joey (freakin') Rickard's ambush to straight away CF.  That was a :game-defining" moment IMO and Gary's .

Intriguing game to watch and Paul Fry came up big again until Philips surrendered his baserunner.

[Mayor McCheese]

Mike Wright Jr. with another SCORELESS outing.

[amdcpus]

 

8 minutes ago, Mayor McCheese said:

Mike Wright Jr. with another SCORELESS outing.

I'd say that's unfortunate as it buys him more time when he clearly does not belong on this team....

[jerios55]

Well, since I'm reading this as CD gets a hit, I just have to add it now!  Way to break the streak.

I know it's the wrong game, still silver lining.

[interloper]

3 hours ago, Mayor McCheese said:

Mike Wright Jr. with another SCORELESS outing.

Haha. Just a third of an inning but technically you are correct. That's excellent silver lining-ing.