The Lopez trade is costing the O's wins

[Three Run Homer]

Maybe Cade Povich or one of the FCL kids will redeem the Jorge Lopez trade in the long run, but right now it is surely hurting this team's chances to make the playoffs.  As I write this the O's have fallen behind 2-0 because Hyde had to bring Bryan Baker in to preserve a scoreless tie in the 7th inning, and Baker couldn't get the job done.  

The O's bullpen has been a plus this season, but right now they are down to three reliable relievers--Bautista, Tate and Perez.  There is nobody else that I trust in a close game:

Joey Krehbiel:  2.91 ERA for the season, but 4.73 post ASB.

Bryan Baker:  4.22 ERA for the season, 4.15 post ASB

Keegan Akin:  2.86 ERA for the season, but 4.97 post-ASB.

And then you have the riders of the Norfolk shuttle.  I can see why the O's are trying to convert DL Hall to a reliever on the fly; I doubt it will work, because command doesn't tend to get better in short run.  

[Can_of_corn]

Lopez has pitched 9 innings with the Twins, he has an ERA of 3 and a WHIP of 1.556.

The bullpen was going to regress.

[Orioles4Life21]

Can’t win a game scoring 0 runs anyway

[Sports Guy]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Lopez has pitched 9 innings with the Twins, he has an ERA of 3 and a WHIP of 1.556.

The bullpen was going to regress.

It was..but it’s hurt more by Lopez not being here.

That said, you could have this same BP next year and if they pitched to a 5 ERA, no one should be surprised.  Most of these guys aren’t that by good.

[tntoriole]

31 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

Maybe Cade Povich or one of the FCL kids will redeem the Jorge Lopez trade in the long run, but right now it is surely hurting this team's chances to make the playoffs.  As I write this the O's have fallen behind 2-0 because Hyde had to bring Bryan Baker in to preserve a scoreless tie in the 7th inning, and Baker couldn't get the job done.  

The O's bullpen has been a plus this season, but right now they are down to three reliable relievers--Bautista, Tate and Perez.  There is nobody else that I trust in a close game:

Joey Krehbiel:  2.91 ERA for the season, but 4.73 post ASB.

Bryan Baker:  4.22 ERA for the season, 4.15 post ASB

Keegan Akin:  2.86 ERA for the season, but 4.97 post-ASB.

And then you have the riders of the Norfolk shuttle.  I can see why the O's are trying to convert DL Hall to a reliever on the fly; I doubt it will work, because command doesn't tend to get better in short run.  

Scoring 1 run and dumb baserunning is not the fault of dealing Jorge 

[PHRESH]

23 minutes ago, Orioles4Life21 said:

Can’t win a game scoring 0 runs anyway

This is our main problem 

[dystopia]

As someone who was thrilled with what we got for Mancini, I will never understand the Jorge Lopez trade. It still does not make any sense.

[royalstillman]

The number 4 hitter is the main problem.

 

[tntoriole]

Just now, tntoriole said:

Scoring 1 run and dumb baserunning is not the fault of dealing Jorge 

And neither is having 2 guys in the lineup under .200 and a guy put today as the fourth place hitter who looks completely lost  

[Fiver6565]

Just gave up 6 combined runs in three games vs the best team in the AL and the Lopez trade is a problem?  That’s a bit reactionary given the timing of the post. The BP is fine but they aren’t going to be perfect every game and they pretty much have to be for us to win because we can never seem to get more than a run or two ahead.  Silly post. 

[tntoriole]

38 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

Maybe Cade Povich or one of the FCL kids will redeem the Jorge Lopez trade in the long run, but right now it is surely hurting this team's chances to make the playoffs.  As I write this the O's have fallen behind 2-0 because Hyde had to bring Bryan Baker in to preserve a scoreless tie in the 7th inning, and Baker couldn't get the job done.  

The O's bullpen has been a plus this season, but right now they are down to three reliable relievers--Bautista, Tate and Perez.  There is nobody else that I trust in a close game:

Joey Krehbiel:  2.91 ERA for the season, but 4.73 post ASB.

Bryan Baker:  4.22 ERA for the season, 4.15 post ASB

Keegan Akin:  2.86 ERA for the season, but 4.97 post-ASB.

And then you have the riders of the Norfolk shuttle.  I can see why the O's are trying to convert DL Hall to a reliever on the fly; I doubt it will work, because command doesn't tend to get better in short run.  

Oh and Jorge’s WHIP 1.567 with Twins and 0.972 with us.. And K/9 was 10.1 with us, 7.0 with them.: he was traded at his peak and we likely would have had more blown saves if he was closing instead of Bautista. 
 

but we can’t know.. in Elias we trust lol 

[waroriole]

8 minutes ago, royalstillman said:

The number 4 hitter is the main problem.

 

Him still batting 4th is a bigger problem. 

[Aristotelian]

11 minutes ago, royalstillman said:

The number 4 hitter is the main problem.

 

The 1-3 and 5-9 aren't much better lately.

[royalstillman]

Just now, Aristotelian said:

The 1-3 and 5-9 aren't much better lately.

But something beats nothing.

[Roll Tide]

47 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

Maybe Cade Povich or one of the FCL kids will redeem the Jorge Lopez trade in the long run, but right now it is surely hurting this team's chances to make the playoffs.  As I write this the O's have fallen behind 2-0 because Hyde had to bring Bryan Baker in to preserve a scoreless tie in the 7th inning, and Baker couldn't get the job done.  

The O's bullpen has been a plus this season, but right now they are down to three reliable relievers--Bautista, Tate and Perez.  There is nobody else that I trust in a close game:

Joey Krehbiel:  2.91 ERA for the season, but 4.73 post ASB.

Bryan Baker:  4.22 ERA for the season, 4.15 post ASB

Keegan Akin:  2.86 ERA for the season, but 4.97 post-ASB.

And then you have the riders of the Norfolk shuttle.  I can see why the O's are trying to convert DL Hall to a reliever on the fly; I doubt it will work, because command doesn't tend to get better in short run.  

Knee jerk reaction time!