Wednesday, September 14: Orioles complete 2 game series in Washington

[eddie83]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Agreed. Adley’s pitch framing makes him elite. 
 

Better hitter, yes. But I still like Adley’s overall patience at the plate a little bit more. 
 

Anyway Reed looks decent. Arm motion reminds me of Givens. I’m assuming that’s already been said though. 

Gunnar will have an advantage with his speed over Adley and not being a catcher. Should have more infield hits. 
 

Will have to see how shift effects things. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Crazier things have happened, but the O's will need one of the team in front them to collapse. I still want them to play younger player and prospects, which may be the best way to go to sneak into a wildcard spot. 

For sure. Pretty confident in ADLEY and GUNNAR. Mountcastle has picked it up and Hays has even had a good few games. Santander has been pretty consistent. Excited.

And hey; we won the Beltway showdown again!

[Just Regular]

28 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

If you remember what are some other guys around that percent?

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/sprint_speed

He must have enough runs to get rated...he's 90th here, around Victor Robles and Whit Merrifield.

If anything I would guess the data so far might not have his top jets, though the one tonight was certainly one.

[Jagwar]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Wow.. good on Mom going into protective mode.

I went to Montreal about 6 or 7 years ago. Almost bought an Expos powder Blue t-shirt jersey just for fun. Great city though. 

I've yet to visit the city as an adult. I've heard so many great things about it. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, Mooreisbetter27 said:

For sure. Pretty confident in ADLEY and GUNNAR. Mountcastle has picked it up and Hays has even had a good few games. Santander has been pretty consistent. Excited.

And hey; we won the Beltway showdown again!

Beating the Walgreens Nationals is always a plus. 

[Jagwar]

4 minutes ago, slakattack said:

Great memory and story. I never once doubted the authenticity of it - no one lies about Ron Fairly encounters.

My recollection is that the foul ball resulted in a significant amount of blood and screaming. As a small kid I was scared that another foul ball was coming our way. 

[Moose Milligan]

FYI 

 

 

 

[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/sprint_speed

He must have enough runs to get rated...he's 90th here, around Victor Robles and Whit Merrifield.

If anything I would guess the data so far might not have his top jets, though the one tonight was certainly one.

Thanks. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Beating the Walgreens Nationals is always a plus. 

I worked at Walgreens many years ago (some may remember the phantom pooper story). So this always makes me laugh. 

[eddie83]

Orioles need a bullpen cart. 
 

DraftKings can sponsor it.  

[Moose Milligan]

Baker seems to have settled down recently. 

[spiritof66]

This is such a great rivalry. Baseball needs more of these games. Could we play the Nats 20 or so times a season for the next few years?

 

[NashLumber]

31 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

I’m sure many people know this but Gunnar was Alabama Basketball player of the year in some classification. He wasn’t the best player in the whole state but still. 
 

I know many pros were good at other sports but this kid is special. 

Reminds me that Brooks was offered a scholarship to play at Arkansas. 

[eddie83]

Finish with a K. 

[SteveA]

8 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Now it’s looking like we ll need to catch Tampa. We ll be 4 back after today. 

Three problems with that:

1.  We don't play Tampa 6 times like we do Toronto so we need a lot of help from other teams.
2.  We went 9-10 against them so they have the tiebreak (vs Toronto we have the tiebreak).   So being 4 back of Tampa is really like being 5 back.  Sucks that they took away tiebreak playoff games.
3. Having that 3 game series at the end of the season with Toronto meant that all we had to do is get within 3 games by October 2 and we'd at least have a fighting chance, basically a 1982 style situation.   If we are 3 back of Tampa with 3 left, sure we are still in it mathematically but not only would we need a sweep but we would need [whoever] to sweep Tampa too which would be a complete pipe dream.

So the Jays taking 3 of 4 is actually quite bad for us, hurts our chances bigtime.

If we had beaten Tampa ONE more time, we would be one game better, they would be one game worse, and we would have the tiebreaker two so instead of what is essentially a 5 game deficit right now (4 with them having the tiebreak), it would be just 2.   Someone go back over our 10 losses to Tampa and find The One That Got Away.