Our schedule with the Blue Jays is insane

[SteveA]

It's worth noting that the original schedule had us playing Toronto in one of the first two series of the season (the other was @Boston).

Both series were victims of the lockout.   The Toronto series was tacked on to the extra 3 days added at the end of the season, Mon-Wed Oct 3/4/5.   The Boston series is being made up piecemeal:   we have a Saturday day/night doubleheader later this month at Fenway in what was to be  a single game;   we have a single standalone game at the Red Sox in August on what was to be an off day for both teams;  and a 3 game series in September at Fenway that was to be Tue/Wed/Thu is now a 4 game Mon-Thu series.

That's the case for every team, one series got tacked on the end of the season, and the other is being made up in goofy ways throughout the year.   For example, right now there is a doubleheader going on in Detroit with the A's and Tigers.   The A's are the home team for the first game.   I assume that is because a Det@Oak series was wiped out by the lockout, and they are making one game up today in Detroit with Oakland batting last, and at some future point in the season the Tigers and A's will play a standalone doubleheader in Oakland on what was originally an open date for both teams.

[Frobby]

Thanks, @SteveA.   That’s a lot more justifiable.   

[spiritof66]

On 5/8/2022 at 10:24 PM, OriolesMagic83 said:

The O's will be well out of contention when they play the Jays.  Would be nice to ruin their season. 

Not if beating the Jays helps the NYYs.

[Frobby]

Well, here we go with 15 games against Toronto in our final 54.   Should be interesting.

[SteveA]

25 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Well, here we go with 15 games against Toronto in our final 54.   Should be interesting.

With no tiebreak games anymore, the head to head tiebreaker is critical.   We are 2-2 vs Toronto this year, if we can go 8-7 in these remaining 15, then we win a tie with them for a wild card spot.   

[connja]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

With no tiebreak games anymore, the head to head tiebreaker is critical.   We are 2-2 vs Toronto this year, if we can go 8-7 in these remaining 15, then we win a tie with them for a wild card spot.   

Ha - I'll settle for 2 out of 3 this week.

[Just Regular]

Regular reminder for these 15 games and the Adley-Vlad and Grayson-Gausman seasons to come of one Mr. Kevin Gausman's recent perspectives on the Baltimore Orioles teams of the early 2020's.

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2374326

"Unfortunate to put the team in that situation," Gausman said, according to the Toronto Sun's Terry Koshan. "It's embarrassing, to be honest, to go out and do that against a team I think we should beat. Maybe that sounds bad to say, but I think we should beat them more than we should lose to them."

The 31-year-old allowed five earned runs on seven hits to the last-place Orioles in his worst start of the season.

 

What might have bothered Gausman the most was his poor outing came against the team he spent the first five-and-a-half seasons of his career with after they drafted him fourth overall in 2012.

"I was there for a long time, and so (I) really wanted to go out there and shove it to them, to be honest," Gausman said, according to The Athletic's Kaitlyn McGrath. "To do that, not what I envisioned my first start against my former team, so that sucks."

[Moose Milligan]

Quite a gauntlet we have to run through these next 10 games or so.  

I'd really like to stick it to Gausman again.  

[Just Regular]

13 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Quite a gauntlet we have to run through these next 10 games or so.  

I'd really like to stick it to Gausman again.  

I think we're going to miss him both series.    ESPN forecasting Kikuchi-Manoah-Berrios now, and Manoah-Berrios-White in Canada next week.

These are the foundational moments of Adley vs. Manoah and Berrios.    How many close pitches do you think next 10 games?     Rougie ready to battle somebody

The first series Berrios absolutely had us to dead to rights until he got cocky and decided to drill somebody and wake a sleeping dog.

 

[Moose Milligan]

4 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

I think we're going to miss him both series.    ESPN forecasting Kikuchi-Manoah-Berrios now, and Manoah-Berrios-White in Canada next week.

These are the foundational moments of Adley vs. Manoah and Berrios.    How many close pitches do you think next 10 games?     Rougie ready to battle somebody

The first series Berrios absolutely had us to dead to rights until he got cocky and decided to drill somebody and wake a sleeping dog.

 

I'm not mad about Odor being on the roster if our guys have to throw hands.  

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, Just Regular said:

Regular reminder for these 15 games and the Adley-Vlad and Grayson-Gausman seasons to come of one Mr. Kevin Gausman's recent perspectives on the Baltimore Orioles teams of the early 2020's.

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2374326

"Unfortunate to put the team in that situation," Gausman said, according to the Toronto Sun's Terry Koshan. "It's embarrassing, to be honest, to go out and do that against a team I think we should beat. Maybe that sounds bad to say, but I think we should beat them more than we should lose to them."

The 31-year-old allowed five earned runs on seven hits to the last-place Orioles in his worst start of the season.

 

What might have bothered Gausman the most was his poor outing came against the team he spent the first five-and-a-half seasons of his career with after they drafted him fourth overall in 2012.

"I was there for a long time, and so (I) really wanted to go out there and shove it to them, to be honest," Gausman said, according to The Athletic's Kaitlyn McGrath. "To do that, not what I envisioned my first start against my former team, so that sucks."

One thing to remember with Gausman is he will never be mistaken for a Mensa member. To hold a grudge against an organization in which no one is left who drafted, developed or pitched you seems pretty juvenile. 

Saying that, now I kinda hope we smash him again. lol

 

[Hallas]

53 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

One thing to remember with Gausman is he will never be mistaken for a Mensa member. To hold a grudge against an organization in which no one is left who drafted, developed or pitched you seems pretty juvenile. 

Saying that, now I kinda hope we smash him again. lol

 

I just assume that it's one of those "and I took it personal" moments that pro athletes use to get themselves hyped up.  I get the sense that for people like Jordan that anger makes them more focused.  It's probably not the healthiest approach from a mental health standpoint, but I guess it works for some people.

Edited August 8, 2022 by Hallas

[Just Regular]

Looks like Jays are spotting their Stripling back in against us as the roadtrip finishes, and saving their Berrios for NYY.

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Just Regular

[Bahama O's Fan]

Continuing important games this week. Playoffs are in our hands, if we can rise to the occasion

[Moose Milligan]

I hope Rasmussen just didn't send us into a funk after yesterday.  But I think we could get healthy against Kikuchi tonite, he's not great.