Ok, just getting caught up on this thanks to being in meetings this morning.
My take: Povich is the headliner and although I have not gone and watched him yet (I'll do that tonight) all reports is that he's adding velocity and becoming a guy. A three pitch lefty with a good change can be an effective 4th/5th starter and if his velocity continues to tick up or the Orioles are able to get more out of his change, we have ourselves a future rotation piece.
Cano is a Cuban so he's a little
Westburg, Urias, Mountcastle…
Good defense, even when there’s bad defense. Westburg missed a ball that went for a hit, but I didn’t feel any foreboding, no,”here we go again” because I felt sure that that one play wouldn’t ruin the game. And it didn’t.
Good pitching, even when there’s bad pitching. Eflin had never in his whole career walked 5 guys, but I wasn’t worried, for some reason. Even when Bowman had his worst outing as an oriole, I wasn’t worried, no,”here we go again” because I felt sure we’d win. And we did.
Good hitting, good base running, even when Santander REALLY wanted that triple… and didn’t get it.
The fundamental baseball smarts seem to have returned, so a mistake is just a mistake.
I feel really good about this team now, even though they haven’t been perfect. I really feel they’ll cover for each other, and we will enter the playoffs strong.
I feel most comfortable about facing the Yankees again; they just don’t seem like a strong team, and I’m not the least bit worried about facing them again.
That is strong language coming from you.
The only recent guy I really couldn’t stand was Jimenez, though I sure wasn’t keen on Kimbrel for most of the season either.
To state the obvious, the magic number for home field in the WC series is now 1, with 4 games remaining. Would love to v close that out tomorrow va. the Yankees and then relax all weekend.
The only thing that looks off to me is Westy throwing the baseball. It was his throwing hand that was broken and I wonder if he has trouble gripping the ball, his throws look like he's shot putting the ball right now. So glad he's back, though.
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