Monday July 19: O's travel to St Pete to try to win their 3rd in a row

[SteveA]

Gametime:  7:07 pm

 

Forecast:  Air conditioned

 

Matchup:  Spenser Watkins (R) vs Ryan Yarbrough (L)

 

Lineups

 

1. Austin Hays (R) LF

2. Trey Mancini (R) DH

3. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

4. Anthony Santander (S) RF

5. Ramon Urias (R) SS

6. Pedro Severino (R) C

7. Ryan McKenna (R) CF

8. Pat Valaika (R) 2B

9. Kelvin Gutierrez (R) 3B

 

1. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B

2. Ji-Man Choi (L) 1B

3. Yandy Diaz (R) DH

4. Austin Meadows (L) LF

5. Randy Arozarena (R) RF

6. Joey Wendle (L) 3B

7. Mike Zunino (R) C

8. Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF

9. Taylor Walls (S) SS

 

Orioles Bench

Domingo Leyba (S)
Cedric Mullins (L)
DJ Stewart (L)
Austin Wynns (R)

 

Bullpen Availability (last pitched)
 

Available

   Shaun Anderson, 2.0 IP, 37p Friday
   Paul Fry*  1.1 IP, 24p Saturday
   Adam Plutko 0.1 IP, 12p yesterday
   Cesar Valdez 3.0 IP, 40p Friday
   Tyler Wells 1.0 IP, 13p Saturday

 

May be Available

   Tanner Scott* 0.2 IP, 10p yesterday; 1.0 IP, 19p Saturday 
   Cole Sulser 1.0 IP, 22p yesterday
   Dillon Tate, 1.0 IP, 17p yesterday, 1.0 IP, 11p Saturday

*denotes lefthander

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

FYI, looking on social media Cedric Mullins is getting an off day and I'm not seeing any indication his being on the bench is injury related for now. 

[SteveA]

40 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

FYI, looking on social media Cedric Mullins is getting an off day and I'm not seeing any indication his being on the bench is injury related for now. 

Roch says his #s vs TB are his worst vs any team.   And I'll bet every OF gets at least one day off in this series so none of them spends 3 games running on the Trop Dome artificial turf.    

He didn't get a full All Star Break like everyone else, and was 0 for 5 yesterday.

Against a lefty starter too.   We face another lefty tomorrow but Yarbrough is probably the better of teh two.

Seems like as good a time as any for a day off.

[HowAboutThat]

Well well!

Not a bad start, but I’m much more interested in seeing Watkins.

Im really Hoping we have found a Mensch in Mr Watkins.

Edited July 19, 2021 by Philip

[HowAboutThat]

2 hours ago, SteveA said:

Roch says his #s vs TB are his worst vs any team.   And I'll bet every OF gets at least one day off in this series so none of them spends 3 games running on the Trop Dome artificial turf.    

He didn't get a full All Star Break like everyone else, and was 0 for 5 yesterday.

Against a lefty starter too.   We face another lefty tomorrow but Yarbrough is probably the better of teh two.

Seems like as good a time as any for a day off.

This is also a very good defensive OF. As long as Stewart isn't out there, I’m good with it.

[O's84]

Damn, got jammed there.

[Il BuonO]

One pitch, one out. 

[Il BuonO]

I love how the Rays stacked the lineup w/ lefties, but Watkins has better numbers against them compared to RHB. 
 

Perfect location on the last pitch, last two.

[HowAboutThat]

I’m not sure what to look for, but his fastball looks like it is straight as a String. It doesn’t seem to move either up down or left right

[Il BuonO]

Beautiful

[HowAboutThat]

OK, @Il BuonOtell me what I’m seeing. His pitches don’t seem to move very much, and they don’t seem very fast, but the results are great so far and I can live with them all day long.

Edited July 19, 2021 by Philip

[Il BuonO]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

I’m not sure what to look for, but his fastball looks like it is straight as a String. It doesn’t seem to move either up down or left right

Look for a guy who has no room for error with a FB that straight.

[SteveA]

Wow, Red Sox got 8 in the top of the 1st vs Stripling and the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays shut out a doubleheader yesterday, then give up 8 in the 1st today.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

OK, tell me what I’m seeing. His pitches don’t seem to move very much, and they don’t seem very fast, but the results are great so far and I can live with them all day long.

Beware the 2nd time through the order.   ML hitters will know what to look for the next time through.

[Il BuonO]

4 minutes ago, Philip said:

OK, @Il BuonOtell me what I’m seeing. His pitches don’t seem to move very much, and they don’t seem very fast, but the results are great so far and I can live with them all day long.

Well, like I said, little room for error. But I was struck by his command the first couple times. So, let’s see....seems like he knows who he is, not trying to do too much. But yeah, second and third time through and we’ll see if that holds up.