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Tuesday, August 9 -- Orioles vs Blue Jays


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Gametime:   7:05 pm

Forecast:  89 degrees, a few showers have been in the area so a little rain is possible but probably not enough to affect play

MatchupAlek Manoah (R) vs Kyle Bradish (R)

Lineups

1. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF
2. Vladimir Guerrero (R) DH
3. Alejandro Kirk (R) C
4. Matt Chapman (R) 3B
5. Bo Bichette (R) SS
6. Raimel Tapia (L) RF
7. Whit Merrifield (R) CF
8. Cavan Biggio (L) 1B
9. Santiago Espinal (R) 2B


 

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF
2. Adley Rutschman (S) C
3. Anthony Santander (S) RF
4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B
5. Terrin Vavra (L) DH
6. Austin Hays (R) LF
7. Rougned Odor (L) 2B
8. Ramon Urias (R) 3B
9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

 

Orioles Bench
Robinson Chirinos (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Tyler Nevin (R)
Brett Phillips (L)


Bullpen Availability

Available
Bryan Baker  0.2 IP, 8p Sunday
Felix Bautista 1.1 IP, 16p last night;  1.0 IP, 25p Friday 
Joey Krehbiel 0.1 IP, 7p last night;  1.0 IP, 22p Saturday
Louis Head  1.0 IP, 11p Saturday for Norfolk

Cionel Perez (L) 0.1 IP, 6p last night;  1.2 IP, 20p Friday 
Dillon Tate 1.1 IP, 16p last night;  0.2 IP, 8p Saturday
Nick Vespi (L)  1.1 IP, 19p Saturday

Probably Available
Keegan Akin (L)  0.2 IP, 23p Sunday;   1.0 IP, 7p Saturday


Maybe Available

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5 minutes ago, Ridgway22 said:

I continue to be baffled by Odor > Vavra at 2B.

Were you watching last night?  At least three times Odor made plays that Vavra likely would have struggled to make. He’s out there for a reason and made me a believer in why last night. 
 

I still don’t love it but it is what it is. 

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5 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

Were you watching last night?  At least three times Odor made plays that Vavra likely would have struggled to make. He’s out there for a reason and made me a believer in why last night. 
 

I still don’t love it but it is what it is. 

I'm assuming you saw him play quite a bit at Norfolk? Or are you getting this from other posters, etc. It's a honest question, I never more than a couple innings of him at Norfolk on MiLB.tv. I just struggle to believe he is that brutal in the field, Odor ain't exactly metal glove material.

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17 minutes ago, Ridgway22 said:

I continue to be baffled by Odor > Vavra at 2B.

Looking at the bench, we're really talking about Odor vs Phillips when it comes to righties. Until they bring up Stowers or Henderson, they probably don't see a reason to make that change as long as they have determined that Odor is better than Vavra at 2B defensively.

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28 minutes ago, Ridgway22 said:

I continue to be baffled by Odor > Vavra at 2B.

Vavra is in the lineup so.   So Odor isn't playing over him.   And based on everything we have seen and heard, it seems reasonable that Odor is a better defensive 2Bman than Vavra.

So if you move Vavra to 2nd and bench Odor, which bench guy would you want to insert in the lineup in place of Odor?   Phillips, Nevin, Chirinos, or McKenna?    Would that bench guy be better enough with the bat than Odor to overcome a bit of defensive dropoff at 2B?

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