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1. Mayo’s defense at 3B has improved. Not saying it’s even average but maybe. 2. Mullins slumps are scary and even if he rebounds he’s not here long term. 3. Mateo (I know! I know!) is impersonating a ML hitter, with GG caliber defense and game changing speed. -
I think there are some similarities. In this day and age, cops can pretty much lateral to any dept in the country due to shortages everywhere. The guys you work with can be stand-up dudes, it's command staff that usually makes the job suck for its officers, and much like a clubhouse you can have a bad squad. Burnes won't have 30 options during the offseason, I suspect. He probably has 5 or 6 teams who would possibly pay what he's asking for. -
You mentioned people have nothing to base it on besides a different last name. That's not really correct. If you look at recent history among all sports - when there is an ownership change, the new owners more often then not make significant investments in the team. -
The O’s travel to St. Louis to face off in three games against the Cardinals, who are 20-26 but have won 5 of their last 7, winning series against the Angels and Red Sox in the process. The Cards are 8-12 at home this year, while the Orioles are 12-5 on the road. The pitching matchups are: Dean Kremer (3-3, 3.72 ERA) vs. Sonny Gray (5-2, 3.05 ERA) Kyle Bradish (0-0, 2.63) vs. Lance Lynn (1-2, 4.17) John Means (2-0, 3.06) vs. Kyle Gibson (3-2, 4.09) As always seems to be the case lately, we’re getting the best-performing part of the Cardinals’ rotation, but bring it on! In his career, Gray is 6-6 against the Orioles with a 4.58 ERA. Last year we faced him twice in a week with diametrically opposite results: he shut out the O’s for 6 innings on July 2 but allowed 6 runs in 6 innings on July 8. Lynn is 3-2 with a 3.57 ERA against the O’s in his career; we didn’t face him last year. Gibson has a career mark of 6-2 with a 3.82 ERA against the Orioles; he was with us, not against us, in 2023. Kremer has only seen the Cardinals once, in 2023, allowing 5 ER in 4.1 IP. Bradish made his lone start against the Cardinals in 2022, allowing 2 ER in 7 IP. Means allowed 3 ER in 5 IP last year in his only career appearance vs. the Cards. So, the Orioles have played a lot more games against the St. Louis pitchers then the Cards have played against ours. We’ll see how that plays out. If it comes down to the bullpens, the O’s appear to have the advantage. The O’s pen has a 3.39 ERA (7th in MLB) and an 11-6 record. The Cardinals relief corps have a 4.17 ERA (18th) and a 7-10 record. They’ve done a good job of preserving leads, though, saving 14 and blowing only 5 saves (74%); the O’s have saved 14 while blowing 10 (58%). The back end of the St. Louis pen has been very good: closer Ryan Helsley has a 1.35 ERA and 13 saves, while set up men Jo Jo Romero and Andrew Kittredge have a 1.54 and 2.41 ERA, respectively. Offensively, it’s been a tough year for the Redbirds. Their 3.80 runs/game is 25th in MLB and their 92 OPS+ is 23rd. The O’s, who showed signs of emerging from a team slump over the weekend, rank 4th in MLB at 5.02 runs per game, and 2nd in OPS+ at 118. They’ve outhomered the Cards 68-38. There are no active Cardinal regulars with an .800+ OPS (Willson Contreras, at .950, is on the IL), but they do have five players over 100 OPS+. They haven’t gotten much from mainstays Nolan Arenado (105 OPS+) and Paul Goldschmidt (75). Seems like we should be able to keep the Cardinals offense to a few runs each night, and we’ll see if our offense is back in gear. -
I was making the assumption that was the plan like I think most folks on the OH were. You could be right and that was my entire point. If they do this, we won't see him for a while. -
Right. Well, playing 1-2 games a week in CF just makes him more versatile but yeah, it would be odd if the plan was to call him up soon to play 2B. Which makes me think the plan isn’t set in stone one way or the other. They just want as many options as possible.
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Do you agree that if they do that, Holliday won't be up anytime soon? Seems almost a little desperate to me. What has changed to do this now, in the middle of the season and after he struggled so much in his brief MLB time? Has Mayo's defense improved that much? Have they soured on Mullins that quickly?
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