Tuesday, April 11: Gas Can T-Shirt Night, O's vs A's

[dtk9119]

Norfolk could beat the As 4 straight right now.

[dystopia]

Just now, Bahama O's Fan said:

Austin "Tommy Hunter" Voth

That's an insult to Tommy Hunter.

[tntoriole]

Just now, TopGunnar said:

He’s never been asked to throw 90 pitches in a game? 

He is not the same pitcher he was before the injury .. hopefully can regain it 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, TopGunnar said:

He’s never been asked to throw 90 pitches in a game? 

First off he was at 99 and secondly, not often at all.

Elias and company pretty much had  him pulled at 80-85.

[Tony-OH]

Well this is quite disappointing. Our top pitching prospects throw a crap game and then Hyde brings in his worse reliever up one run with runners on base and watches him pour gasoline on the fire. 

Yay O's.

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

They need to let him learn how to finish ML hitters and how to throw more than 85 effective pitches in a start.

How they have babied him to this point isn't helping him now.

That may true but his issues tonight we’re not about pitch count. He wasn’t sharp with his stuff. 

[Orioles0615]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Why anyone would bring Voth into a close game is beyond me. Hyde just really doesn't have a good feel for when to use a struggling pitcher.

I firmly believe he isn't a good manager 

Edited April 12, 2023 by Orioles0615

[oriolediehard]

Find a way to make Hyde not like Voth. Use voodoo if necessary.

[Dunk35]

Honestly, the pitching on this team is just not good enough to compete. The bullpen outside of Bautista and Perez have been bad and the starters beside Gibson have been below average. No reason we shouldn't sweep teams like the As. We have to sweep them if we want to make the playoffs in this division. 

[tntoriole]

2 minutes ago, Winter said:

There is 500 pitchers on the FA market that are not this garbage 

There are 500 pitchers in the stands that are better 

[Bahama O's Fan]

Just now, oriolediehard said:

Find a way to make Hyde not like Voth. Use voodoo if necessary.

Put a Stowers jersey on Voth

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, brooks1083 said:

For the life of me, I cannot figure out Voth in a high leverage situation. Or any situation really outside of a blowout loss.

Is the 5th high leverage ?  It’s either him Gillaspie or Baumann there. 

[baltfan]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

The brilliant fall-behind-in-the-count and wait for GRod to give you a fat pitch strategy?

No, the shortening up and putting the ball in play approach.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

That may true but his issues tonight we’re not about pitch count. He wasn’t sharp with his stuff. 

I think his last inning was at least partially due to fatigue.

Feel free to disagree.

[Tony-OH]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

First off he was at 99 and secondly, not often at all.

Elias and company pretty much had  him pulled at 80-85.

It is hard to expect your minor league pitcher to get major league hitters out after 90 pitches when you rarely ever allowed him to that in his career.