If there is a glimmer of hope I will not give up on this season

[NCRaven]

I'm encouraged that we'll get better as the year goes on.  Rutshman, Rodriguez and DL Hall could all have positive impacts this year.  Note that two of them are high ceiling pitchers.  Bradish could, as well.  Stowers, Westburg and Vavra all have a shot at making the team later in the summer.  Anxious to see Henderson at AA/AAA along with Coswer at A/AA (at least).  All of these players give me hope.

Hopefully, we'll be picking closer to 10 than lottery pick next year.

[wildcard]

43 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

I don't see where those wins can come from with almost half the Orioles' games against the NYYs, RS, Jays and Rays. Do you think any of those teams will finish behind the Orioles, or will decisively lose the season series with the O's? I don't.

Other than Cole and Judge who playing for the Yankee strike fear in your heart?

Donaldson 36, Chapman 34, LeMaheiu 33, Britton 34

Is it Gallos 200 K or in .199 batting average?

Stanton is good when he is health.  How offen will that be?

How about the rotation. Do Severino, Cortez and Tallison knock your socks off?

Kiner has a 670 OPS at SS.

What about CF Hick who had TJ surgery in 2019, Covid in 2020 and Wrist surgery in 2021 missing most of the season.  And is 729 career OPS 

 

 

[maybenxtyr]

16 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Other than Cole and Judge who playing for the Yankee strike fear in your heart?

Donaldson 36, Chapman 34, LeMaheiu 33, Britton 34

Is it Gallos 200 K or in .199 batting average?

Stanton is good when he is health.  How offen will that be?

How about the rotation. Do Severino, Cortez and Tallison knock your socks off?

Kiner has a 670 OPS at SS.

What about CF Hick who had TJ surgery in 2019, Covid in 2020 and Wrist surgery in 2021 missing most of the season.  And is 729 career OPS 

 

 

Look, I really do love your optimism, but picking a couple of players on fairly well stacked teams doesn't help your reasoning.

 

The O's actually played well against NY last year and they may be able to replicate it.

 

The other 3 teams have improved, or at the very least stayed at the level they were at last season. 

 

I do believe that the Orioles should be better with the additions of the younger guys and some of the pieces from last season. Maybe it's the hope of spring, but I think 70ish wins would be within reach.

 

 

[oriole]

Woof. It’s gonna be another tough one but that’s by design. I think 70 wins is absolute best case scenario…certainly not impossible but if I was a betting man I’d say they’ll have a very similar record as last year. There literally haven’t been any improvements and Mullins is very unlikely to stay at his level of play. We may be lucky to see some better play through Mateo and maybe Gutierrez. I don’t expect to see Rutschman til after the All Star break at the earliest. That could potentially lead to wins and Elias doesn’t want that. 

[wildcard]

24 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

Look, I really do love your optimism, but picking a couple of players on fairly well stacked teams doesn't help your reasoning.

 

The O's actually played well against NY last year and they may be able to replicate it.

 

The other 3 teams have improved, or at the very least stayed at the level they were at last season. 

 

I do believe that the Orioles should be better with the additions of the younger guys and some of the pieces from last season. Maybe it's the hope of spring, but I think 70ish wins would be within reach.

 

 

A couple is 2.  I listed 11.   And you agree that the O's did well vs NYY last year.  And the O's should improve.    With the addition of another playoff spot in the AL and I have heard that there could be 4 playoff teams coming from the AL East.  The O's could have a chance.  But I agree this is very optimistic.

[Can_of_corn]

16 minutes ago, wildcard said:

A couple is 2.  I listed 11.   And you agree that the O's did well vs NYY last year.  And the O's should improve.    With the addition of another playoff spot in the AL and I have heard that there could be 4 playoff teams coming from the AL East.  The O's could have a chance.  But I agree this is very optimistic.

I think the plan was to collect another top 5 pick.  Slow roll Adley and Grayson to get the extra year and actually start trying in 2023.

 

[maybenxtyr]

42 minutes ago, wildcard said:

A couple is 2.  I listed 11.   And you agree that the O's did well vs NYY last year.  And the O's should improve.    With the addition of another playoff spot in the AL and I have heard that there could be 4 playoff teams coming from the AL East.  The O's could have a chance.  But I agree this is very optimistic.

Most of the Yankees you mentioned will be fine if healthy. They are what they are. It's really weird how well Baltimore was vs them last season.

 

Baltimore is clearly the weakest team in the East. That being said, I do believe that they could win in the lower 70's. The pitching almost has to be better than last year. 

 

Boston, Toronto and Tampa are great. Any hay that Baltimore makes will come from outside of the AL East and NL play. 

[Sports Guy]

15 hours ago, wildcard said:

Other than Cole and Judge who playing for the Yankee strike fear in your heart?

Donaldson 36, Chapman 34, LeMaheiu 33, Britton 34

Is it Gallos 200 K or in .199 batting average?

Stanton is good when he is health.  How offen will that be?

How about the rotation. Do Severino, Cortez and Tallison knock your socks off?

Kiner has a 670 OPS at SS.

What about CF Hick who had TJ surgery in 2019, Covid in 2020 and Wrist surgery in 2021 missing most of the season.  And is 729 career OPS 

 

 

It’s interesting that when you talk about other teams, all you do is look for the negative and try to bring them down.

But with the Os, you totally ignore that and hang onto any glimmer of hope you can with any player.

I get that it’s your team and you are trying to be positive but it’s not really consistent thinking .

[Ohfan67]

14 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think the plan was to collect another top 5 pick.  Slow roll Adley and Grayson to get the extra year and actually start trying in 2023.

 

Yep. 

[InsideCoroner]

I’m hoping for a few more wins this year (literally just 5-10, nothing crazy) but more so I just want to see some improvement. Lose in closer games, better defense, a few reliable arms emerging. Just close that run differential gap a bit, which was staggering. The bottom 3 AL teams in run differential last year:

Minnesota -105.0

Texas -190.0

Baltimore -297.0

[Frobby]

8 minutes ago, InsideCoroner said:

The bottom 3 AL teams in run differential last year:

Minnesota -105.0

Texas -190.0

Baltimore -297.0

Just curious, but why the .0?  Last I checked, runs weren’t scored in fractions.   

[OriolesMagic83]

That glimmer of hope is the oncoming train of reality.  Barring multiple starters who have already failed now succeeding, I think the starting pitching will be awful as a whole.  I think the O's offense should be improved, especially once Adley is promoted to the majors. 

[OriolesMagic83]

15 hours ago, oriole said:

Woof. It’s gonna be another tough one but that’s by design. I think 70 wins is absolute best case scenario…certainly not impossible but if I was a betting man I’d say they’ll have a very similar record as last year. There literally haven’t been any improvements and Mullins is very unlikely to stay at his level of play. We may be lucky to see some better play through Mateo and maybe Gutierrez. I don’t expect to see Rutschman til after the All Star break at the earliest. That could potentially lead to wins and Elias doesn’t want that. 

The top of the draft is now a lottery, so there is no incentive to being the worst team in baseball.  I would hope for some improvement as some of the O's top prospects finally reach the majors.  Maybe some of these random pick ups will go right for the O's.  It seems like every pitcher picked off waivers by the O's was awful and every pitcher picked off waivers by Tampa was good.

[InsideCoroner]

23 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Just curious, but why the .0?  Last I checked, runs weren’t scored in fractions.   

I questioned including it myself but that was how a website listed them and I merely carried it over. 

[DocJJ]

I am actually quite optimistic- 

 

that we will be able to finish in the top 3 in the 2023 MLB draft order and add another gem to help rebuild!