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My observations, starting with a messy first inning: -- It was an hour-and-a-half rain delay on top of getting up early (out of his routine?) for the lovely "school daze" game (I used to love the

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Can we just stop arguing about this over and over and over?   Can’t we just have a night where we enjoy a great start by our top pitching prospect?    Frankly, I’m thrilled.  My one worry about R

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What I saw was a little shaky in the first inning, trouble locating. Second and third innings much sharper. Every pitch - curveball, breaking ball in the dirt, high fastball - was going right where he

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Just now, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

Sounds like this will be the catalyst for the annual Elias “we are further behind on the rebuild than we had anticipated” speech. 

Who could’ve foreseen there would be problems if you put all your pitching eggs in one basket. 

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2 minutes ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

I think you need to actually draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds to improve. Just a thought. 

Counterpoint.   If you draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds you wind up with a lot of wasted picks.    How many stud pitchers have the Orioles drafted in the first round in their search over the years.   Since 1990, 1st round pitchers.  Mike Mussina, Jay Powell, Alvie Shephered, Mike Paradis, Richard Stahl, Josh Cenate, Scott Rice,  Beau Hale, Chris Smith, Adam Loewen, Wade Townsend, Garrett Olson, Pedro Beato, Brian Matusz, Matt Hobgood, Dylan Bundy, Kevin Gausman, Hunter Harvey, Cody Sedlock,  D.L. Hall, Grayson Rodriguez.

 

I count one top of the rotation pitcher (while he was with the Orioles) on that list.   21 pitchers on the list.   1 top guy.

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Counterpoint.   If you draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds you wind up with a lot of wasted picks.    How many stud pitchers have the Orioles drafted in the first round in their search over the years.   Since 1990, 1st round pitchers.  Mike Mussina, Jay Powell, Alvie Shephered, Mike Paradis, Richard Stahl, Josh Cenate, Scott Rice,  Beau Hale, Chris Smith, Adam Loewen, Wade Townsend, Garrett Olson, Pedro Beato, Brian Matusz, Matt Hobgood, Dylan Bundy, Kevin Gausman, Hunter Harvey, Cody Sedlock,  D.L. Hall, Grayson Rodriguez.

 

I count one top of the rotation pitcher (while he was with the Orioles) on that list.   21 pitchers on the list.   1 top guy.

Here, I am going to say something positive about Elias:). I trust his picks from him MUCH more than Joe Jordan who was just abysmal. I know not all were Jordan but many were. It’s not like you can blatantly ignore pitching. 
 

As other posters have noted, after Grod, not sure where the starting pitching is coming from in the pipeline. 
 

But your point is spot on, def riskier but when building from the bottom, you gotta have a pipeline. 

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Schmuck wrote this yesterday 

The lat muscle is below the shoulder blade and – as an important core component – plays a major role in pitching mechanics. It is the same area that dogged left-hander John Means at multiple junctures early in his career. The Orioles have to hope that Rodriguez suffered a heat-related cramp and not a nagging injury that impacts a significant chunk of his season

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