Wednesday, April 5: Grayson Rodriguez's long awaited debut vs Jacob deGrom

[SteveA]

Gametime:  2:05 pm EDT

Forecast:  69 degrees, partly cloudy

Roster Move:  Kyle Bradish to the 15 day IL, retoractive to 4/4;  Greyson Rodriguez recalled from Norfolk

Matchup:  Greyson Rodriguez (R) vs Jacob deGrom (R)

Lineups

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Adley Rutschman (S) C

3. Anthony Santander (S) RF

4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

5. Gunnar Henderson (L) 3B

6. Terrin Vavra (L) DH

7. Austin Hays (R) LF

8. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS

 

1. Marcus Semien (R) 2B

2. Corey Seager (L) SS

3. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B

4. Adolis Garcia (R) CF

5. Josh Jung (R) 3B

6. Robbie Grossman (S) RF

7. Mitch Garver (R) DH

8. Jonah Heim (S) C

9. Ezequiel Duran (R) LF

Orioles Bench
Anthony Bemboom (L)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Kyle Stowers (L)
Ramon Urias (R)
 

Bullpen Availability:

Available
Keegan Akin (L)  0.1 IP, 8p Sunday;  0.1 IP, 1p Saturday
Bryan Baker (R)   2.0 IP, 25p Sunday
Felix Bautista (R)  1.0 IP, 7p Monday;  0.2 IP, 15p Saturday
Daniel Coulombe (L),  1.1 IP, 26p Monday;  1.0 IP, 15p Saturday
Austin Voth 1.0 IP, 22p Saturday 

Probably Available
Mike Baumann (R)  1.2 IP, 43p Sunday;  1.0 IP, 16p Saturday
Logan Gillaspie (R)  0.2 IP, 16p last night;  0.2 IP, 8p Saturday 
Cionel Perez (L)  1.1 IP, 17p last night; 1.0 IP, 18p Saturday 
 

[yark14]

Most importantly: it's dollar hot dog day here in the stadium

[LA2]

I like this lineup, altho just as satisfied to have Stowers at DH instead of Vavra.

deGrom's OPS-against vs. LH hitters: .616 /  vs. RHH: .564.

Guess he's a pretty good pitcher....

[RVAOsFan]

I am streaming the O's game on MASN today.  What world am I living in? Is it 2050??

[LA2]

DeGrom seeming to have no problem throwing everything mid-90s and up.

[LA2]

Even the change-up and slider on Santander were 92.4!

[Goober Noodles]

Let's go Grayson.   

[LA2]

Let's go Gray-son!

[Moose Milligan]

Not expecting perfection from G-Rod, just want to see him compete and have a few victories in this start (key strikeouts, getting ahead of batters, controlling damage, etc).

[Goober Noodles]

Just now, LA2 said:

Even the change-up and slider on Santander were 92.4!

That caught my eye too.  I don't think I've ever seen a 92mph change-up.  Crazy.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, LA2 said:

Even the change-up and slider on Santander were 92.4!

I'm old enough to remember when 92.4 was a decent fastball.  

[LA2]

Since the menace-filled Texas lineup has been kept to two runs the last two games, am worried that they're due to bust out today.

[Winter]

time to hold our breathe. 

[Hank Scorpio]

Gotta throw it over homie.

Simien didn't even flich at that slider.

Edited April 5, 2023 by Hank Scorpio

[Goober Noodles]

Not the best first sequence, but it could have been worse.