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Friday May 19: Orioles at Blue Jays, televised exclusively on Apple+ TV


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1 minute ago, seak05 said:

If Ortiz keeps playing well, will be interesting to see what the Orioles do when Urias is healthy again. At what point does Mateo need to start hitting again?

I think Elias thinks Mateo is like a found silver dollar on the ground....and he really is excited to find it for free.  He is going to give Mateo every possible chance in the world.   

I think he is going to have to go back to hitting only about .200 again to cut his playing time.  

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2 minutes ago, seak05 said:

If Ortiz keeps playing well, will be interesting to see what the Orioles do when Urias is healthy again. At what point does Mateo need to start hitting again?

I have a feeling the answer to that question is the same as the answer to the question ‘how soon is Urias back?’  But that also requires Ortiz to hit. If he’s not hitting any better than Mateo then Jorge will get more time. 

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1 minute ago, Fiver6565 said:

Hopefully Gibson goes 6 tonight. If so I wonder if we get Cano and Felix for three combined innings like we did in one of the TB wins. 

I hope not. Those guys won’t last if we continue to use them that way this early in the season.

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