Sat Sept 16: Orioles, backs against the wall in Toronto, need to win last two vs Jays

[royalstillman]

When was the last time one of our hitters got red hot and carried the team for a stretch? I honestly don't recall it happening this year. 

[dtk9119]

Baker has had his ups and downs.. that said if Hyde wanted a righty to replace Bradish why the heck didn't he bring in Baker instead of Reed??

I agree I honestly think he's bagged it at this point

[Pat Kelly]

Great article on Dodgers top 3 here.    What is the O's equivalent to Betts, Turner and Freeman? 

Remarkably and perhaps significantly,  these 3 were all acquired and in the case of Betts and Freeman well paid longterm.    This from a team with a great farm system and several marquee players that have been developed within, non of which became the big 3 are.

So for the O's maybe Mullins, Adley and Gunnar but that's not BTF caliber.   Worth thinking about and why need a big FA pickup at one of the following 1B/SS/OF to take this team to the next level and that's assuming that rest of the current group keeps getting better. 

 

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I'd rather see DJ Stewart play over Aguliar. 

[dtk9119]

Man Gunnar just makes watching this pitiful game tolerable 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Gunnar Henderson needs to be hitting higher up in the batting order. 

[dtk9119]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Gunnar Henderson needs to be hitting higher up in the batting order. 

I agree especially if Mountcastle is out tomorrow Gunnar needs to bat 3rd or 4th hands down

[SteveA]

11 minutes ago, royalstillman said:

When was the last time one of our hitters got red hot and carried the team for a stretch? I honestly don't recall it happening this year. 

Mountcastle in June

[Lurker]

The BEST thing about this game is seeing our youngsters perform so well. 
 

Time to bring more up and give them some experience!

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

If Odor is going to do anything positive, it's going to be now in the later innings.

[Hallas]

Gunnar and Adley are breaking their backs trying to carry the corpse of this team's offense.

[Alasdaire]

10 minutes ago, Pat Kelly said:

Great article on Dodgers top 3 here.    What is the O's equivalent to Betts, Turner and Freeman? 

Remarkably and perhaps significantly,  these 3 were all acquired and in the case of Betts and Freeman well paid longterm.    This from a team with a great farm system and several marquee players that have been developed within, non of which became the big 3 are.

So for the O's maybe Mullins, Adley and Gunnar but that's not BTF caliber.   Worth thinking about and why need a big FA pickup at one of the following 1B/SS/OF to take this team to the next level and that's assuming that rest of the current group keeps getting better. 

 

 

We don't have a big three yet. But I absolutely think Adley/Gunnar can be as good as any two of Betts/Turner/Freeman. Why not? They're about as good as it gets.

[SteveA]

13 minutes ago, Pat Kelly said:

Great article on Dodgers top 3 here.    What is the O's equivalent to Betts, Turner and Freeman? 

Remarkably and perhaps significantly,  these 3 were all acquired and in the case of Betts and Freeman well paid longterm.    This from a team with a great farm system and several marquee players that have been developed within, non of which became the big 3 are.

So for the O's maybe Mullins, Adley and Gunnar but that's not BTF caliber.   Worth thinking about and why need a big FA pickup at one of the following 1B/SS/OF to take this team to the next level and that's assuming that rest of the current group keeps getting better. 

 

 

How many teams have a "BTF caliber" big 3?

[dystopia]

27 minutes ago, royalstillman said:

When was the last time one of our hitters got red hot and carried the team for a stretch? I honestly don't recall it happening this year. 

Machado probably

[NashLumber]

The way Bradley Jr. drifted back and looked up at that one, I thought it was going out. Nice fake out. Got me. 

Edited September 17, 2022 by NashLumber