Sun 4/16 @ White Sox -- Will they play?

[sportsfan8703]

I’m upset with Grayson, but I gotta say… I love that inning. He was mad. He was on the mound ready to rock and fire. He didn’t give up. 

[Tony-OH]

Watching the amount of poor first innings from our starters as well how many inherited runners have scored, makes me wonder if this coaching staff gets their pitchers ready correctly. 

 

 

[Tony-OH]

Just now, sportsfan8703 said:

I’m upset with Grayson, but I gotta say… I love that inning. He was mad. He was on the mound ready to rock and fire. He didn’t give up. 

He should be mad, he crapped the bed once again in the first inning of a game.

[spiritof66]

1 minute ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

If we want a long term staple of the pitching rotation, there will be early growing pains. Even the best  pitchers in baseball history had some growing pains.

True, and the same thing is true of most hitters. But the best times to live through those growing pains are when you have a bad or mediocre team that's taking its lumps, or when you can add a new-to-MLB strong prospect to an established rotation of starters who can pitch a lot of innings and, on occasion, start  out of turn to avoid starting the new guy against certain teams. Looking to GRod to learn on the job and be one of the anchors of a weak staff is pretty risky.

[Jagwar]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Tampa signs their young talent long term and has been great and developing or acquiring talent players to surround their core. They are not risk adverse like Elias is.

Elias and Hyde are very comfortable as they are given "who know how long contracts" from an owner who is very comfortable just making money.

If the O's pitching doesn't turn around, Elias is going to have an opportunity at the deadline to acquire pitching. If that is the case, hopefully some of the position regulars are playing so well that we acquire studs and not also-rans

[sportsfan8703]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Watching the amount of poor first innings from our starters as well how many inherited runners have scored, makes me wonder if this coaching staff gets their pitchers ready correctly. 

 

 

Maybe the issue from last year is that our pitchers are calling the game and not Adley?

[eddie83]

Cease is not great today. 

[sportsfan8703]

Adley should be calling the games. They should take our pitch devices and break them. 

[Winter]

Hays what the heck were you swinging at 

[eddie83]

Why did he hack at that? It was like he was in protect mode. 

[Winter]

Gunnar suddenly swinging away his past 3 PAs 

[Billy F-Face3]

Gunnar looks unrecognizable with his hair all covered up

[sportsfan8703]

We got a little lucky that wasn’t batter’s interference. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Winter said:

Gunnar suddenly swinging away his past 3 PAs 

Probably trying to force himself out of his funk by changing things up.

[SteveA]

It was an out but Jorge continues to hit the ball well.