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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

In response to facing bad offensive teams, I will say that the Orioles pitching has done what good pitching SHOULD do against bad offensive teams.

That is correct.  Beat up on the poor teams and play at least .500 ball against the good ones.  That has always been the formula for  success.

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This is one of those sentences that emphasizes the importance of commas.

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Thanks for the jinx dick

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The good news in all of this is we're starting to build a little depth with the pitching. The Rotation now includes: Kyle Gibson Tyler Wells Grayson Rodriguez Dean Kremer Kyle Bradish

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55 minutes ago, Spy Fox said:

The org has really strong depth with both position players and pitchers. It's why I'd be very surprised if this team truly crashes or falls far short of last year. The O's don't have the star power of most contenders but they have a good roster 1-26 and they have capable guys at AAA at almost every position to step in and perform at a Major League level. That should allow them to effectively ride out the highs and lows of health/performance that will happen in any season. 

I wd be more cautious about the ability of minor-league players to step in and quickly succeed.

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25 minutes ago, LA2 said:

I wd be more cautious about the ability of minor-league players to step in and quickly succeed.

They won't all quickly succeed, but the O's have more guys at AAA with a chance to succeed in the majors than the average team. Not too many eggs in any one callup basket. 

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The pitching was bound to bounce back; it wasn’t as bad as that first batch of games reflected.  Where we are now (9th in the AL in ERA and 0.36 runs/game worse than league average) is very similar to where we ended last year (9th in the AL and 0.09 worse than league average).   

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Fun article from Roch today recounting some past scoreless streaks by O’s pitchers.  Here are some excerpts:

“The 2023 Orioles have a long way to go to challenge the single-season club record for consecutive scoreless innings. The 1974 team strung together 54 in a row from Sept. 1-Sept. 7….

“The 1957 and 1995 teams are tied for second on the scoreless list with 45, according to STATS. The Orioles had 37 consecutive shutout innings in 1992, 36 in 1982, 33 in 1960, 32 in 1983, 31 in 1972, 30 in 1969 and 2010, 29 in 1967 and 28 in 2012.

“A scoreless first inning tonight would break a tie with the 1968 team and move them into a tie with the 1959 and 1979 clubs.

“The major league record is 56 by the 1903 Pirates. The ’74 Orioles are second, and the ’57 and ’95 Orioles are tied for fourth with the ’31 Pirates.“

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By the way, the 1995 streak of 45 innings only ended because the season ended.  We closed the year with 5 straight shutouts, Mussina-Erickson-Brown-McDonald-Mussina (all complete games except for McDonald, who went 6 innings).   And the final three games in the sequence were against…the Tigers.  

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36 minutes ago, Frobby said:

By the way, the 1995 streak of 45 innings only ended because the season ended.  We closed the year with 5 straight shutouts, Mussina-Erickson-Brown-McDonald-Mussina (all complete games except for McDonald, who went 6 innings).   And the final three games in the sequence were against…the Tigers.  

Can we have that rotation for the 2023 team?  :)

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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

And he was busted for PEDs.

I think Bartolo Colon was the most beloved PED guy that MLB has ever had.  He was busted for PEDs, no one cared.  He was a jolly fat guy who pitched forever, hit a homer that everyone remembers and his teammates adored him.  I can't think of another PED guy who's adored as much as Colon was.

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