Guess who’s in last place in the AL East (hint: it’s not us, again!)

[OriolesMagic83]

For the drawing process, 14 ping pong balls numbered 1-14 are placed into a machine. The balls are mixed around in the machine with four being drawn one by one in 10-second intervals to make up a four-digit combination. Whichever team owns the four-digit combination that comes up first is awarded the No. 1 pick. That process is then repeated for the second, third and fourth picks. The rest of the lottery, pick Nos. 5-14, falls into place by inverse order of the regular-season standings.

https://sports.yahoo.com/know-2022-nba-draft-lottery-140025099.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

It is a lottery for the top 4 teams, and the picks 5-14 are in reverse order of record.

[hutchead]

1 minute ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

And the team w/ the worst record could choose 18th, if I read it right.  I know the NBA has the top slots by lottery (3 or 4 picks?)  then it goes in reverse order of record.  If the team w/ the worst record doesn't get a top 3 pick, I believe it will get the 4th pick.  This doesn't seem to be the case for MLB.

I've not seen that specifically addressed but I would assume that after the first six picks it would be like the NBA and picks 7-18 would go by reverse order. In which case the team with the worst record would pick seventh at the worst if they didn't win any of the top six picks.

[Greenpastures23]

Why is Alex Cora trying to look ancient on purpose. He looks older than my 75 year old dad

[bobmc]

32 minutes ago, Greenpastures23 said:

Why is Alex Cora trying to look ancient on purpose. He looks older than my 75 year old dad

Hey hey hey - I resemble that remark!  I actually thought the same.  I had a grey beard many years back and lost ten years by shaving.  Perhaps he's waiting for that "shaving moment" to start a winning streak?  Channeling @Just Regular

[Frobby]

29 minutes ago, bobmc said:

Hey hey hey - I resemble that remark!  I actually thought the same.  I had a grey beard many years back and lost ten years by shaving.  Perhaps he's waiting for that "shaving moment" to start a winning streak?  Channeling @Just Regular

Bob, to you 75 is a young whippersnapper!   But you think young and golf young, so those whippersnappers got nothing on you!   The next time I shoot in the 80’s will be my first.   

[NCRaven]

I shot 71 Thursday, but took a 7 on the hole with the windmill.  Almost bent my putter over my knee.

[rm5678]

2 hours ago, Greenpastures23 said:

Why is Alex Cora trying to look ancient on purpose. He looks older than my 75 year old dad

He definitely aged a lot during this past off season.

[Going Underground]

Boston fourth least runs scored in the majors right now.Royals and Tigers the worst .Didn't realize also the Whote Sox but lost alot of their offense to injuries. 

[Frobby]

We now have a two game lead over the idle Red Sox.   

[Greenpastures23]

On 5/7/2022 at 12:53 PM, Just Regular said:

Their 2021 dead cat bounce made it seem silly, but a part of me has preferred the Orioles decade to theirs since the moment of the great Mookie insult to championship-caliber teams.

Part of the downballot list of covid frustrations is when they were about as bad as us (as I feel they really are now, but would not have been over 162 in 2020) in a small sample size the result gifted them Marcelo Mayer and his Moose Milligan trademark punchable face.  Mayer feels like he should rightfully be ours, and then he would be a good-looking guy.

The stalwart Eovaldi season really carried them last year, but him, his two Tommy Johns and that heavy workload are maybe starting to look a little frayed around the edges.   Not anyone I'd be super excited about buying 4 years of even if he keeps it together the rest of 2022.

 

Are you trolling. The Orioles haven't even made a World Series since I was 3. I'm now 41

[Greenpastures23]

On 5/7/2022 at 12:53 PM, Just Regular said:

Their 2021 dead cat bounce made it seem silly, but a part of me has preferred the Orioles decade to theirs since the moment of the great Mookie insult to championship-caliber teams.

Part of the downballot list of covid frustrations is when they were about as bad as us (as I feel they really are now, but would not have been over 162 in 2020) in a small sample size the result gifted them Marcelo Mayer and his Moose Milligan trademark punchable face.  Mayer feels like he should rightfully be ours, and then he would be a good-looking guy.

The stalwart Eovaldi season really carried them last year, but him, his two Tommy Johns and that heavy workload are maybe starting to look a little frayed around the edges.   Not anyone I'd be super excited about buying 4 years of even if he keeps it together the rest of 2022.

 

Are you trolling. The Orioles haven't even made a World Series since I was 3. I'm now 41

[Frobby]

Well, our respite from last place lasted 9 days.   Will we see fourth place again?  

[webbrick2010]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Well, our respite from last place lasted 9 days.   Will we see fourth place again?  

Really missing Mountcastle and Hays

and speaking of Hays I realize how I didn't do my annual rant on why I would (if king of the Orioles) impose a ban from top to bottom on headfirst slides. Yet another hand injury from sliding head first, this time even more ridiculous because it was a slide into first base.

[Sports Guy]

Last place and still a contender.  Our division is deep!

[jabba72]

13 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Really missing Mountcastle and Hays

and speaking of Hays I realize how I didn't do my annual rant on why I would (if king of the Orioles) impose a ban from top to bottom on headfirst slides. Yet another hand injury from sliding head first, this time even more ridiculous because it was a slide into first base.

This team has no depth (thought we had some OF in AAA) so when injuries happen they really hurt bad.