Means pitching for Norfolk tonight

[Frobby]

3 strikeouts and a double in the first inning.   

[Ruzious]

The ump is squeezing him in the 2nd inning.  He should have gotten strike 3 on the leadoff batter, but the ump walked him.  

[Ruzious]

And Means gets a double-play grounder from the next batter.

 

[SteveA]

Man, you don't even mention the big news from the game - Ryan Ripken going deep!

[Frobby]

Tough 3rd inning and Means is done for the day.   

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

Man, you don't even mention the big news from the game - Ryan Ripken going deep!

The video highlight of Ryan Ripken's first home run this year. 

 

[wildcard]

Means needed 74 pitches to get through 3 innings.  5 hits and 3 walks.   Doesn't sound ready to join the rotation to me.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

7 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Means needed 74 pitches to get through 3 innings.  5 hits and 3 walks.   Doesn't sound ready to join the rotation to me.

Yeah, that’s not exactly the stat line I wanted to hear. Hope it’s just rust and not a sign that Means’ injury is more serious than we thought.

 

[wildcard]

32 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Yeah, that’s not exactly the stat line I wanted to hear. Hope it’s just rust and not a sign that Means’ injury is more serious than we thought.

 

Roch says one run.  Box score says two.  One scored after Phillips relieved him.

[baltfan]

I hope he isn’t adjusting to no more sticky stuff

[glenn__davis]

3 hours ago, baltfan said:

I hope he isn’t adjusting to no more sticky stuff

Yes, I'm much more concerned about this than I am MiLB rehab numbers.  Was Means' rise legit or was he getting a lot of help? We'll find out soon i suppose.

[Surhoffan17]

10 minutes ago, glenn__davis said:

Yes, I'm much more concerned about this than I am MiLB rehab numbers.  Was Means' rise legit or was he getting a lot of help? We'll find out soon i suppose.

Agreed.  He has struggled in each rehab outing.  Also, his pitches were moving like crazy before although I think his spin rate wasn't exceptionally high.  This, to me is disturbing.  

[bobmc]

5 hours ago, wildcard said:

Means needed 74 pitches to get through 3 innings.  5 hits and 3 walks.   Doesn't sound ready to join the rotation to me.

Sounds like he fits right in !  Another lefty with command issues - perhaps "Wellsie" (Alex) can put a finger in the dike (no pun intended ).

[Frobby]

Per Steve Melewski, 3 of the 5 hits off Means last night were infield hits.   So, maybe some bad luck involved.   Still, three walks in three innings isn’t good.