(Edit: Orioles get 1st pick after walkoff homer by Diamondbacks)

[Ripken]

5 minutes ago, foxfield said:

 

 

Nice work.  Chuckled out loud on both of these.  

Hey, I'm here all week.  Try the veal.   

 

[SteveA]

4 hours ago, vab said:

Losing is one thing but to lose at losing might be too much to take. It might be time for a massive COVID outbreak  to cancel the rest of the Orioles season, all games forfeited. Elijah Green come on down. 

MLB.com just came out with a mock draft that has Green going 5th.   So I guess you want us to take him overslot at #1?

https://www.mlb.com/news/jim-callis-jonathan-mayo-early-2022-mock-draft?t=mlb-draft-coverage

[vab]

9 minutes ago, SteveA said:

MLB.com just came out with a mock draft that has Green going 5th.   So I guess you want us to take him overslot at #1?

https://www.mlb.com/news/jim-callis-jonathan-mayo-early-2022-mock-draft?t=mlb-draft-coverage

I don't know these kids from a hole in the ground so whoever is the number one prospect is fine with me. Just gotta make sure we have that pick. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

MLB.com just came out with a mock draft that has Green going 5th.   So I guess you want us to take him overslot at #1?

https://www.mlb.com/news/jim-callis-jonathan-mayo-early-2022-mock-draft?t=mlb-draft-coverage

I was wondering if Green would start getting scrutinized for his high strikeout rate and it looks like he is now. Being a great athlete is fine, but ultimately baseball is a game of skill.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

MLB.com just came out with a mock draft that has Green going 5th.   So I guess you want us to take him overslot at #1?

https://www.mlb.com/news/jim-callis-jonathan-mayo-early-2022-mock-draft?t=mlb-draft-coverage

I would hope they wouldn't have to pay him overslot if he went #1 overall.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

I would hope they wouldn't have to pay him overslot if he went #1 overall.

Yeah, I got my terminology backwards.   Hate when that happens.

[Frobby]

7 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

So that gives him a C- bat to go with the D- glove?  I think you'd get as much or more production out of one of the many freely available B gloves with D bats.

I think you are kidding yourself that there are a bunch of those types freely available.  If there were, Austin Wynns wouldn’t be our backup C.

PS - Any time I criticize Wynns, I feel bad because I know he’s a classy guy.  So, sorry about that.   

[sportsfan8703]

Valdez was clutch tonight. IBB the go ahead run. You can’t make this stuff up. 

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Valdez was clutch tonight. IBB the go ahead run. You can’t make this stuff up. 

I agreed with it at the time.  Harper is sporting a 1.160 OPS vs. RHP and the risk that he would send a Valdez offering into orbit seemed high.  Realmuto is solid vs. RHP (.783 this year) but not in Harper’s class.   Yes there is risk but it seemed reasonable in those circumstances.   If Santander were running like he did last year, Realmuto’s hit is caught.   

[DrungoHazewood]

16 hours ago, Frobby said:

I think you are kidding yourself that there are a bunch of those types freely available.  If there were, Austin Wynns wouldn’t be our backup C.

PS - Any time I criticize Wynns, I feel bad because I know he’s a classy guy.  So, sorry about that.   

Fact of the day: the median OPS of all catchers in modern Oriole history is .603.  Median, not average.  "Catcher" defined as played at least 50% of their games for the Orioles as a catcher.

102 players meet that criteria.  #51 is Ernie Whitt, who OPS'd .603 in his 35 games as an Oriole in 1991.

The average would be much higher, everyone meeting this criteria with 1000+ PAs had at least a .623 OPS. (Caleb Joseph).  The median if you set the qualifier to 1000 PAs is .741 (Earl Williams).

[LookinUp]

With 10 games remaining for both the O's and Diamondbacks, we are tied.
http://www.tankathon.com/mlb

 

The Diamondbacks have the 3rd hardest remaining strength of schedule. The Orioles remaining strength of schedule is 19th hardest. So much easier if that wording was confusing.
http://www.tankathon.com/mlb/remaining_schedule_strength

 

[SurhoffFTW]

what happens if the teams are tied for worst record? last year they also had the same record

[rm5678]

14 minutes ago, SurhoffFTW said:

what happens if the teams are tied for worst record? last year they also had the same record

I believe it goes back to the record in the previous year, so the O's would "win" the tiebreaker.

[JR Oriole]

The D-Backs are losing 4-1 already today in the 7th.  Look at their remaining schedule.....Dodgers for 3, at San Fran for 3, Colorado for 3.  What game are they winning in there?  They maybe finish 1 - 8 if they can get one from Colorado  We are not going to finish 1 - 9.  We probably win 2 alone against Texas.  

[SteveA]

27 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

The D-Backs are losing 4-1 already today in the 7th.  Look at their remaining schedule.....Dodgers for 3, at San Fran for 3, Colorado for 3.  What game are they winning in there?  They maybe finish 1 - 8 if they can get one from Colorado  We are not going to finish 1 - 9.  We probably win 2 alone against Texas.  

Dbacks are winning 6-4 in the 8th