Can Means become the Orioles’ version of Kuechel?

[foxfield]

42 minutes ago, weams said:

Have triumphantly returned. Huzzah. 

Long Live the Weams!!

[weams]

22 minutes ago, foxfield said:

Long Live the Weams!!

Had to be back for the draft! All hands on deck!

[Moose Milligan]

7 ks, no walks last night.  Pretty damn awesome.

[Curse of the Bamdino]

Tangential, but for the life of me, I can't stop occasionally referring to/thinking of John Means as Doug Johns. I'm guessing it's the Oriole/lefty/avid changeup user connection, but still. I'm kind of annoyed at myself. 

(Means isn't also a Wahoo, is he? [I know; Google's my friend.] That'd just be too much!)

[DrungoHazewood]

12 minutes ago, Curse of the Bamdino said:

Tangential, but for the life of me, I can't stop occasionally referring to/thinking of John Means as Doug Johns. I'm guessing it's the Oriole/lefty/avid changeup user connection, but still. I'm kind of annoyed at myself. 

(Means isn't also a Wahoo, is he? [I know; Google's my friend.] That'd just be too much!)

Orioles-Wahoos: Doug "Arrested for Weed " Johns, Branden "5.17 ERA" Kline, Tyler "5.02 ERA" Wilson, and legally blind strikeout king Mark Reynolds

Orioles-Hokies: Playoff hero Joe Saunders, all-time good guy Johnny Oates, and Leo ".917 OPS as an Oriole" Burke.

Win for the Hokies.

[Il BuonO]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

7 ks, no walks last night.  Pretty damn awesome.

But, but he doesn’t throw hard. 

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Il BuonO said:

But, but he doesn’t throw hard. 

Velo is everything!  Ain't that right, @Can_of_corn?

[Bubble Buddy]

Good little write up on fangraphs. I feel like it just puts some numbers to what we've been seeing. Means may be able to be a #4/5 if no further improvement is made. If he can add an effective breaking ball, perhaps this is just the beginning. 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/john-means-changeup-means-business/

[Il BuonO]

5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Velo is everything!  Ain't that right, @Can_of_corn?

MacGregor couldn’t play today.

Hyun-jin Ryu, Zach Davies and Kyle Hendricks all say hello.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

5 hours ago, scOtt said:

This was like his WORST outing of the year. Isn't he already Kuechel?

I want know where the Altuve, Springer and Correa of the rebuild are coming from. 

[orioles119]

7 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I want know where the Altuve, Springer and Correa of the rebuild are coming from. 

The DL?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, orioles119 said:

The DL?

The healthy versions, lol. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Cy Bundy said:

Mountcastle, Adley & Torkelson. 

I’m going to be letdown if Adley isn’t the first pick now. #TrustTheProcess 

[Il BuonO]

12 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I want know where the Altuve, Springer and Correa of the rebuild are coming from. 

Hold on while I put on my orange colored glasses.

Hall

Hays

Grenier

 

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Il BuonO said:

MacGregor couldn’t play today.

Hyun-jin Ryu, Zach Davies and Kyle Hendricks all say hello.

You can be a successful MLB pitcher with an 89 mph fastball.  Just like you can drive 75 mph on the interstate with a 64 ounce Big Gulp between your legs and a double Whopper in your left hand.