Means: "Give us three years"

[wildcard]

Mike Bordick said he saw John Means in the parking lot after the game last night.  Bordick asked "Aren't you staying to watch the Dodgers celebrate their division win."    

Means response "Give us three years."

John focused on 2022.

[TommyPickles]

Heard that as well.  I love it.  Means is the man, looking great tonight too.

When he gets the start in the 2022 AL Wildcard game, this will be remembered...

[OFFNY]

On 9/11/2019 at 8:15 PM, wildcard said:

 

Mike Bordick said that he saw John Means in the parking lot after the game last night. Bordick asked him, "Aren't you staying to watch the Dodgers celebrate their division win?"    

Means response was, "Give us three years."

John focused on 2022.

 

o

 

I like the words that he used (the late George Carlin asserted that language always gives you away.)

He sounds like a guy who wants to do something similar to what Adam Jones and Nick Markakis did, guys who played through numerous bad seasons with their team until they got better ...... give "us" 3 years ...... "us" ...... that doesn't sound like a guy who is champing at the bit to get traded to a contender, but rather a guy who sees the Orioles as HIS team, for better or for worse.

 

o

[Gurgi]

Means......is he for real?  Looking at his minor league stats there is nothing to imagine he would be this good.  In fact he is pitching better at the major league level this year than he ever has at any level in the minors.

 

Will he revert to the Mean?  Will the league figure him out?  Is he Brad Bergensen or another Dave Johnson?  Or did the Gods of Baseball come down and impart wisdom on this kid at the age of 25 and gift him with the holy grail of getting people out?

 

 

[Il BuonO]

Just now, Gurgi said:

Means......is he for real? 

Will he revert to the Mean? 

Will the league figure him out? 

It all hinges on the CH.

[sevastras]

2 hours ago, Il BuonO said:

It all hinges on the CH.

And that new slurve just upped the game.  

[Philip]

Randy Johnson was bad until suddenly he wasn’t.

The baseball world is full of guys who are bad until suddenly they remain bad.

Maybe Means Is one of those guys who really and truly “figure it out:” not in the empty platitude sense as we are used to hearing it, but for real.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

Randy Johnson was bad until suddenly he wasn’t.

The baseball world is full of guys who are bad until suddenly they remain bad.

Maybe Means Is one of those guys who really and truly “figure it out:” not in the empty platitude sense as we are used to hearing it, but for real.

Johnson was bad in the way that Tanner Scott is bad (but still better).

[Philip]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Johnson was bad in the way that Tanner Scott is bad (but still better).

Yes and we still wonder which group scott will be in when all is said and done.

[mdbdotcom]

3 minutes ago, Philip said:

Yes and we still wonder which group scott will be in when all is said and done.

Johnson worked with Nolan Ryan and Tom House to achieve a more balanced mechanics. Not sure that's where Scott's problem is.

[Philip]

1 hour ago, mdbdotcom said:

Johnson worked with Nolan Ryan and Tom House to achieve a more balanced mechanics. Not sure that's where Scott's problem is.

 We have not seen any significant improvement from Scott. I’m not sure anyone knows what his problem is.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

 We have not seen any significant improvement from Scott. I’m not sure anyone knows what his problem is.

I'm going with professional baseball is very difficult.

[Philip]

16 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm going with professional baseball is very difficult.

“It’s incredibly hard.”

[weams]

16 minutes ago, Philip said:

“It’s incredibly hard.”

Only 800 people can really do it. 

[Luke-OH]

41 minutes ago, Philip said:

 We have not seen any significant improvement from Scott. I’m not sure anyone knows what his problem is.

2016 - 7.97 BB/9

2017 - 6.11 BB/9

2018 -  5.10 BB/9

2019 - 4.32 BB/9