Tracking Ex Oriole Thread

[Can_of_corn]

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MARK REYNOLDS hit a 2-run home run in the top of the 9th inning to give the Brewers a couple of insurance runs in their 9-4 win over the Phillies.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340409122&teams=milwaukee-brewers-vs-philadelphia-phillies

It was Reynolds' 2nd round-tripper of the season, and his Brewers are off to a solid 6-2 start, including a sweep of the Red Sox in Fenway Park.

Couple of stolen bases as well.

[OFFNY]

MARK REYNOLDS hit a 2-run home run in the top of the 9th inning to give the Brewers a couple of insurance runs in their 9-4 win over the Phillies.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340409122&teams=milwaukee-brewers-vs-philadelphia-phillies

It was Reynolds' 2nd round-tripper of the season, and his Brewers are off to a solid 6-2 start, including a sweep of the Red Sox in Fenway Park.

Couple of stolen bases, as well.

You know more about the game than I do.

You bastard.

[Can_of_corn]

You know more about the game than I do.

You bastard.

You are confusing me with one of my sisters.

[Br10n]

Any update on how "Ball Four" is doing?

3 innings, 3 K, 2 saves, 0 runs

[Rene88]

He'll blow out that knee/wrist/elbow/shoulder any minute now...

Any minute....yawn.....

[Can_of_corn]

Any minute....yawn.....

To be fair, the medical staff did OK a one year deal with an option, so if his arm blows out next year they are still covered.

[LA2]

I watched the whole inning and it was deja vu... he gave up a leadoff single on a ground ball... he threw a nasty 2-seamer to freeze the next batter... he walked the next... then walked the next to load the bases... then gave up a bloop shallow single to tie... then got yanked.

He didn't give up anything hard, his 2-seamer looked nasty, he got squeezed at the plate and got babiped to death. In other words, the exact same nightmare we witnessed last year.

What's the Oakland infield D like? I bet it's pretty good and so it might help things to work out for Johnson there. It is interesting that in each of the two good appearances he's had--out of five--he K'd two hitters. Maybe he can become more of that type of closer as well.

[DoubleStufOriole]

Bonafacio is unreal! He was a waiver claim we could have had or never got to us?

I really wanted Bonifacio and think he would have been a big upgrade over Lombardozzi, Weeks or even Flaherty as a utility IF for us this season.

That said, he completely cleared waivers after being DFAed by the Royals. So, no team was interested, at least not at the price he was going for.

[DoubleStufOriole]

A funny story involving Hammel after the end of yesterday's Cubs game...

http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-jason-hammel-throws-anthony-rizzo-under-bus?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo

Jason Hammel came out firing inside Wrigley Field's interview room/dungeon.

Once the Cubs pitcher sat down behind the microphone after Wednesday night's 7-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, he couldn't wait to tell reporters about Anthony Rizzo.

"I got a good one for you guys," Hammel said. "Real good one. I got to throw my first baseman under the bus. He just congratulated me on my first NL win. Just make sure that everybody knows that Rizzo was not there with us in Pittsburgh last week, apparently. That's a good one. I didn't know I didn't win at all in Colorado either."

[bobmc]

You are confusing me with one of my sisters.

Those "manboobs" make it tough....

I keep confusing you with SG.....:scratchchinhmm:

[Can_of_corn]

Those "manboobs" make it tough....

I keep confusing you with SG.....:scratchchinhmm:

Well you are getting up there in age.

[LA2]

Don't look now, but three of the four leaders in MLB WHIP are pitchers we declined to sign this past off-season: Santana, Hammel, and Feldman. Of course, it will turn out (I hope) that the Oriole staff is so good and our coaches so smart that these were the right decisions. When you include Guthrie, Chen, Balfour, etc. there really are a good number of former or almost-Oriole pitchers either doing well or being asked to play very important roles on other teams. Wasn't the case pre-Buck/DD.--haven't quite figured out how to judge that.

Edited April 11, 2014 by LA2

[Rene88]

The Astros are in the AL (Feldman)

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[LA2]

The Astros are in the AL (Feldman)

Oh yeah, sure they are--you probably expect me to believe the Brewers are in the National League.

Actually, it's sort of even more indicting that Feldman's doing it against AL opposition.

[MrOrange82]

Oh yeah, sure they are--you probably expect me to believe the Brewers are in the National League.

Actually, it's sort of even more indicting that Feldman's doing it against AL opposition.

If DD had topped the Astros' offer to Feldman, I think the board would have suffered a collective, nervous breakdown. Career best ERA of 3.86 last year, with ERAs over 5.00 in three of the last six years.

Slightly below league average starter who's off to a hot start. Maybe this is his career year (if that's the case, Feldman's contract is interesting, since he's getting $12 million this year, $10 next year, and $8 in the final year), but I'm glad we spent big on Ubaldo instead.