Can Means become the Orioles’ version of Kuechel?

[sevastras]

Means added to the Family Emergency List.  No info on what is going on.  Tayler Scott back up.

[OFFNY]

14 minutes ago, sevastras said:

Means added to the Family Emergency List. No info on what is going on. Tayler Scott back up.

 

o

 

Good info.

Thanks. 

 

Means Removed from Active Roster 

(By Roch Kubatko)

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/08/means-removed-from-active-roster-plus-orioles-lineup.html

 

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[Ohfan67]

Great to see Means have a good game. Hope his personal situation is ok. 

[OFFNY]

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For the second consecutive game, Means had an outstanding Strikes-to-Balls ratio ........ )74 Pitches ) (51 )Strikes, )23 )Balls.) 

67% of the outs that Means recorded (14 out of 21) were in the air.

 

 

21 OUTS: ) 7 Flyouts, 4 Strikeouts, 4 Lineouts, 3 Groundouts, 3 Foulouts

 

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. ROYALS, 8/30)

IP:ll7

H:llll 5 )l (1 Home Run, 2 Doubles, 2 Singles)   

R:lllll 2

BB:ll0 

SO:ll4

Pitches: )l 74) (51 )Strikes, )23 )Balls) 

2019 ERA: ))3.55  ))  124.33 IP  (49 ER) 

2019 WHIP: ))1.158  ))  124.33 IP  (144 H/BB)

2019 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )).235 ) (112 for 476) 

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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81 ll(71 llStrikes, lll1 lllBalls)

15 ll(81 lllStrikes, lll7 lllBalls)

81 ll(71 llStrikes, lll1 lllBalls)

12 ll(91 llStrikes, lll3 lllBalls)

91 ll(71 llStrikes, lll2 lllBalls)

11 ll(61 lllStrikes, llll5 lllBalls)

11 lll(71 llStrikes, llll4 lllBalls)

 

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[Ohfan67]

What an unexpectedly delightful season from Means. Sure hope he pitches well  next year. 

[LA2]

Means' 10th victory makes him the first Oriole to get back into double-digits since Bundy (13-9) and Gausman (11-12) in 2017.

[eddie83]

Means father has pancreatic cancer. 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-john-means-kansas-city-20190831-ypgg2e4ifjbijf5y5hpdiqm5vy-story.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

Goes without saying all the best to their family. 

[TonySoprano]

 

[OFFNY]

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(SEPTEMBER 5th)

 

John Alan Means appears to have gradually bounced back since the outing just prior to his minor injury last month.

 

He had a bad outing in his final game prior to the injury against the Diamondbacks, and another bad one in his first game back against the Yankees after coming off of the IL.

In the outing after that (also against the Yankees), he showed sings of dominance in the first 3 innings before the New Yorkers smacked him around in the 4th.

Then he pitched reasonably well (not great, not bad) against the Royals.

Then he had what was arguably his best outing of the season against the Rays, throwing 7 Innings of 1-Run Ball.

Then he followed that up with another solid outing in his most recent game, throwing 7 Innings of 2-Run Ball against the Royals.

 

In his last 3 outings combined, he has a 2.37 ERA and an 0.842 WHIP with 2 Walks and 15 Strikeouts over 19 Innings Pitched.

 

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[Moose Milligan]

4 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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(SEPTEMBER 5th)

 

John Alan Means appears to have gradually bounced back since the outing just prior to his minor injury last month.

 

He had a bad outing in his final game prior to the injury against the Diamondbacks, and another bad one in his first game back against the Yankees after coming off of the IL.

In the outing after that (also against the Yankees), he showed sings of dominance in the first 3 innings before the New Yorkers smacked him around in the 4th.

Then he pitched reasonably well (not great, not bad) against the Royals.

Then he had what was arguably his best outing of the season against the Rays, throwing 7 Innings of 1-Run Ball.

Then he followed that up with another solid outing in his most recent game, throwing 7 Innings of 2-Run Ball against the Royals.

 

In his last 3 outings combined, he has a 2.37 ERA and an 0.842 WHIP with 2 Walks and 15 Strikeouts over 19 Innings Pitched.

 

o

Starting to think he's for real.  Obviously, he needs to repeat his performance next year.  Can't be a one year wonder.

He's bounced back.  I think we were all a bit worried that the other shoe was dropping for him after the all-star break where he wasn't that sharp.

He's improved over the last three starts.  Not sure what that's attributed to, either he's fixed any mechanical flaws or he's made adjustments to the hitters.  Or both.  It's good to see.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

17 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Starting to think he's for real.  Obviously, he needs to repeat his performance next year.  Can't be a one year wonder.

He's bounced back.  I think we were all a bit worried that the other shoe was dropping for him after the all-star break where he wasn't that sharp.

He's improved over the last three starts.  Not sure what that's attributed to, either he's fixed any mechanical flaws or he's made adjustments to the hitters.  Or both.  It's good to see.

I really thought it was over for Means after his post all star break struggles. At the very least the Orioles can pencil in Means and Bundy into the starting rotation for 2020. 

Players like Means, Alberto and others have made this year more enjoyable than I expected. 

[OFFNY]

8 hours ago, OFFNY said:

o

 

(SEPTEMBER 5th)

 

John Alan Means appears to have gradually bounced back since the outing just prior to his minor injury last month.

 

He had a bad outing in his final game prior to the injury against the Diamondbacks, and another bad one in his first game back against the Yankees after coming off of the IL.

In the outing after that (also against the Yankees), he showed sings of dominance in the first 3 innings before the New Yorkers smacked him around in the 4th.

Then he pitched reasonably well (not great, not bad) against the Royals.

Then he had what was arguably his best outing of the season against the Rays, throwing 7 Innings of 1-Run Ball.

Then he followed that up with another solid outing in his most recent game, throwing 7 Innings of 2-Run Ball against the Royals.

 

In his last 3 outings combined, he has a 2.37 ERA and an 0.842 WHIP with 2 Walks and 15 Strikeouts over 19 Innings Pitched.

 

o

 

 

3 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

 

I'm starting to think that he's for real. Obviously, he needs to repeat his performance next year. Can't be a one-year-wonder.

He's bounced back. I think that we were all a bit worried that the other shoe was dropping for him after the all-star break where he wasn't that sharp.

He's improved over the last three starts. Not sure what that's attributed to, either he's fixed any mechanical flaws or he's made adjustments to the hitters. Or both. It's good to see.

 

o

 

It could very well have been due to the minor injury that landed him on the 10-Day IL.

The progression of his starts since then (the one right before the IL stint up until his most recent start) seem to bear that out as a real possibility, as I asserted in my previous post.

 

o

[OFFNY]

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In the first 6 innings, Means retired 18 out of the 19 batters that he faced ........ and the only batter that reached safely in that span was on an infield single.

In his last 4 outings combined, he has a 2.45 ERA and an 0.779 WHIP with 2 Walks and 19 Strikeouts over 25.67 Innings Pitched.

 

 

20 OUTS: ) 8 Flyouts, 5 Groundouts, 4 Strikeouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Popout

 

JOHN ALAN MEANS )))))) (vs. RANGERS, 9/05)

IP:ll6.67

H:lll. 4 )l (1 Home Run, 3 Singles)   

R:llll. 2

BB:ll0 

SO:ll4

Pitches: )l 90) (59 )Strikes, )31 )Balls) 

2019 ERA: ))3.50  ))  131.00 IP  (51 ER) 

2019 WHIP: ))1.130  ))  131.00 IP  (148 H/BB)

2019 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )).232 ) (116 for 500) 

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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12 ll(81 llStrikes, ll4 lllBalls)

15 ll(91 lllStrikes, ll6 lllBalls)

16 ll(11 llStrikes, ll5 lllBalls)

10 ll(51 llStrikes, lll5 lllBalls)

10 ll(81 llStrikes, lll2 lllBalls)

14 ll(11 lllStrikes, llll3 lllBalls)

13 ll(71 lllStrikes, llll6 lllBalls) ) *

 

* )) Means recorded 2 outs before departing in the 7th inning.

 

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[sportsfan8703]

Another solid outing by Means. He was in control the whole game. He had hitters off balance and he was working fast. I’m glad that he’s bounced back from the injury. He just continues to fly under the radar. He’s got the makeup to where I could see him coming back next year with an improved breaking ball, or even a new one. 

[Curse of the Bamdino]

Nice to see him put together strong back-to-back starts after that little hiccup coming out of the ASB. He's not going to be an ace or TORer for anyone, but I believe he can certainly be a serviceable starter in this league/division.