Tracking Ex Oriole Thread

[Just Regular]

Gausman just finished seven innings with 10/0 K/BB to get to 41/0 to start his year.

 

[OriolesMagic83]

I always love to see O's pitchers unlock their potential after they leave the O's.  I assume his pitches have more movement than they had with the O's.  He would throw 99/100, but straight as an arrow.

[Just Regular]

Connaughton seems to have made it another year in the Bucks 8-man playoff rotation and helped them to a series-opening road win at Boston this afternoon.

 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

3 hours ago, Just Regular said:

Connaughton seems to have made it another year in the Bucks 8-man playoff rotation and helped them to a series-opening road win at Boston this afternoon.

 

Yep! Many thought he was unwise but passion matters.

[Moose Milligan]

Gausman better than ever. Can’t wait to see him shove it up the Orioles ass whenever we have to square off against him. 
 

I admittedly wasn’t a big fan of his when he was here. I figured he’d get better pitching somewhere else but this is ridiculous. 

[JimGinSP]

Marlins option Zack Pop to Jacksonville and DFA Shawn Armstrong to get down to 26.

[SteveA]

1 hour ago, JimGinSP said:

Marlins option Zack Pop to Jacksonville and DFA Shawn Armstrong to get down to 26.

And Aaron Brooks is DFA's by St Louis as cutdown day sees another ex-Oriole victim.

[Frobby]

On 5/1/2022 at 3:50 PM, OriolesMagic83 said:

I always love to see O's pitchers unlock their potential after they leave the O's.  

It’s infuriating.   At least Gausman can’t be blamed on the current regime.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

It’s infuriating.   At least Gausman can’t be blamed on the current regime.  

That's like being upset when Rich Hill got good.

It was back in 2018 and he's played for four teams since.

It isn't as if he was bad with the O's.

[Just Regular]

I need Stotle to stop by and explain what is happening.

There's a basic cognitive conflict between my pre-set that Gausman is a turkey, and the dazzling results of the last year and month.   Despite the mounting evidence, I still can't bring myself to feel it is going to be a problem to beat him when we get good.

And agree with many there's no Orioles alone fault here.   Just like Astros traded Hader, Gausman failed Atlanta and their World Series banner, Cincinnati and their Driveline guys, etc.

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

50 minutes ago, SteveA said:

And Aaron Brooks is DFA's by St Louis as cutdown day sees another ex-Oriole victim.

Omg that guy was awful  

[Frobby]

16 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

I need Stotle to stop by and explain what is happening.

There's a basic cognitive conflict between my pre-set that Gausman is a turkey, and the dazzling results of the last year and month.   Despite the mounting evidence, I still can't bring myself to feel it is going to be a problem to beat him when we get good.

And agree with many there's no Orioles alone fault here.   Just like Astros traded Hader, Gausman failed Atlanta and their World Series banner, Cincinnati and their Driveline guys, etc.

Yeah, I know there were some other teams that couldn’t unlock him.  But someone did, and now we’re probably going to face him several times a year (3-4 times this year, 2-3 times per year after that on average).   

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Yeah, I know there were some other teams that couldn’t unlock him.  But someone did, and now we’re probably going to face him several times a year (3-4 times this year, 2-3 times per year after that on average).   

The fact that he's a former O's just doesn't matter to me at all.  Even if he had unlocked this as an Oriole he'd be gone as a free agent by now anyway.

As for facing him, I've got mixed feelings.  He's having a historic seasons so far, so those are fun to watch.  But I'd rather the O's win than lose.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Fernando Abad signs a minor league contract with the Mariners. 

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Dylan Bundy has always been an up and down pitcher, but perhaps this explains his poor start last night?