April 10: Orioles try to avoid sweep at Tampa

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Natty said:

Steal second again Cedric.

He should. Zunnino has a noodle arm.

[Natty]

Kluber ran out of gas.

[Tony-OH]

Nice read by Mullins on that looper. 

Delayed call by Brown because.. he's watching the same broadcast we are because MASN/Orioles are cheapasses.

[O's84]

Just not enough, same story.  2-19 RISP so far this season now.

[Riggodrill44]

Just missed that!

[Moshagge3]

Just missed that. Jeez, this series has been torture.

[Natty]

Shucks I got all excited, I thought that was gone

[Tony-OH]

The Orioles hitting with runners in scoring position this year is awful. 

Not a single players is stepping up.

[Pushmonkey]

When does Hyde start feeling the hot seat? 

[Tony-OH]

I'm just going to try and enjoy a nice young team that does things right, gets the perfect breaks all the time, has every ball land just fair or foul in their favor, has good pitching, and gets to play the hapless EliasO's a bunch of times every year to plus up their record.

[Can_of_corn]

15 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I do think the Rays are very good. But I also see a lot of the same old chinks in the Orioles team armor in these first three games. Same old hitters who can't hit with RISP. Same old starting pitchers that can't get things going. Same old hitters looking clueless against a pitcher they should hit. Same team that buries itself early in games and has to play from behind. Just the Orioles that we've seen over the last 4 years.

It isn't surprising, Elias hasn't done much to improve the ML product.

[Moshagge3]

What exactly is happening with Rutschman? It was four weeks ago that he was shut down, and Elias was characteristically vague in the interview on Friday. Is he working out? Is he taking BP? Can he pick up a baseball?

[Moshagge3]

Nibble nibble nibble

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Pushmonkey said:

When does Hyde start feeling the hot seat? 

No reason to fire Hyde until you have a team that is ready to compete.

Unless of course he completely loses the clubhouse.

[Moshagge3]

LOL, Toronto has hit 17 home runs in 19 innings.