Aristotelian Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 And please put to rest the notion that he is an effective pitcher for 1-2 innings and just needs to move to the bullpen. On 8/14, four run first inning, 7 ER in 3.1 IP. Today, 4 ER, 2 IP. How can we keep throwing this guy out there? I would rather see Kremer back at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsFanSinceThe80s Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Not making excuses for Lopez, but he may have been pitching hurt today. I'm not ready to give up on him as a bullpen arm yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Milligan Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowAboutThat Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 He’s not the worst we have. There are other guys I would rather get rid of first, but not many other guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowAboutThat Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 37 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said: Not making excuses for Lopez, but he may have been pitching hurt today. I'm not ready to give up on him as a bullpen arm yet. So if something is wrong, how come they’re not aware of it. He woke up this morning, said, “everything is great I’m going to pitch today yay.” And then in the space of a couple of batters he suddenly falls apart? It’s not impossible but it is rather unlikely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowmst3k! Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 They can throw him out every 5th day for the rest of the year. Nothing that happens this year matters. Hopefully he's not with the team in 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzi22 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 No way!!! He is baseballs best chance for a 20 game loser since 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mac Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 There was something very weird going on with him today. Presumably he wasn't hurt, they brought the trainer out in the first and then let him throw another inning. It wasn't just FB velocity way down, it was all of his pitches. Palmer commented on his body language along with other posters in the game thread, it was just like he was completely phoning it in or something. No idea what was going on, but I hope everything is alright with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend_Of_Joey Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Someone on Twitter had mentioned Lopez’s son being sick and the obvious response after was “did he get some bad family news and try to tough things out?” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Guy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Wait, I thought he was turning the corner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Guy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 56 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said: Someone on Twitter had mentioned Lopez’s son being sick and the obvious response after was “did he get some bad family news and try to tough things out?” His son has been sick. It’s awful And there isn’t anyone not sympathetic to that fact. It’s why he was on bereavement leave recently. It doesn’t change he that he isn’t a ML starter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camden_yardbird Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Do people not realize that 1-2 innings as a reliever is completely different than getting shelled in the first as a starter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mac Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, Sports Guy said: His son has been sick. It’s awful And there isn’t anyone not sympathetic to that fact. It’s why he was on bereavement leave recently. It doesn’t change he that he isn’t a ML starter. This is all correct, but something was clearly different today. This season he has generally been awful with good velocity and decent stuff at times (and terrible command). Every one of his pitches was 5-10 MPH down today, he was awful as he has been, but in a different way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Guy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Big Mac said: This is all correct, but something was clearly different today. This season he has generally been awful with good velocity and decent stuff at times (and terrible command). Every one of his pitches was 5-10 MPH down today, he was awful as he has been, but in a different way. I kept noticing him like shrugging his right shoulder when he left the field. I don’t know if that is a normal mannerism that I never picked up on before or what. Ebel came out, so obviously they thought something was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgi Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Post game they asked him if he needed a break from baseball for a little bit. His answer was not exactly NO. He just said he worked his whole life to get here and he aint quitting. Honorable but not helpful for the Orioles at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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