"Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”

[2001OriolesFan]

.“Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”,,,,,,,.."“Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem here. We’ve had a Main B Bus Undervolt.” ........ ........... I'm a loyal, optimistic rah rah guy who has stuck with the O's through the recent bad times and loves all the talent ready to burst through from the farm system. ..... A few recent facts that are not going to go away, and maybe need to be recognized. Taken from [ https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/batting-average?timeframe=-6 ] ......Rank of Team average BA Year to date= #15..........last 30 days= #21........... last 15 days= #24.......... last 7 days= #25. (there are 30 MLB teams) ---- ----- ----- ----- ---- Team Average Batting Average.......Year to date= 0.248.........last 30 days= 0.238........... last 15 days= 0.222.......... last 7 days= 0.192.------------ ------------------------Notice that O'Hearn, Lester and Hicks are starting.....

[Ohfan67]

2 minutes ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

.“Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”,,,,,,,.."“Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem here. We’ve had a Main B Bus Undervolt.” ........ ........... I'm a loyal, optimistic rah rah guy who has stuck with the O's through the recent bad times and loves all the talent ready to burst through from the farm system. ..... A few recent facts that are not going to go away, and maybe need to be recognized. Taken from [ https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/batting-average?timeframe=-6 ] ......Rank of Team average BA Year to date= #15..........last 30 days= #21........... last 15 days= #24.......... last 7 days= #25. (there are 30 MLB teams) ---- ----- ----- ----- ---- Team Average Batting Average.......Year to date= 0.248.........last 30 days= 0.238........... last 15 days= 0.222.......... last 7 days= 0.192.------------ ------------------------Notice that O'Hearn, Lester and Hicks are starting.....

You mean the Hicks with the OPS >1.0 with the Orioles? Yeah, he’s really killed the team this past week. 

[Moose Milligan]

24 minutes ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

.“Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”,,,,,,,.."“Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem here. We’ve had a Main B Bus Undervolt.” ........ ........... I'm a loyal, optimistic rah rah guy who has stuck with the O's through the recent bad times and loves all the talent ready to burst through from the farm system. ..... A few recent facts that are not going to go away, and maybe need to be recognized. Taken from [ https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/batting-average?timeframe=-6 ] ......Rank of Team average BA Year to date= #15..........last 30 days= #21........... last 15 days= #24.......... last 7 days= #25. (there are 30 MLB teams) ---- ----- ----- ----- ---- Team Average Batting Average.......Year to date= 0.248.........last 30 days= 0.238........... last 15 days= 0.222.......... last 7 days= 0.192.------------ ------------------------Notice that O'Hearn, Lester and Hicks are starting.....

You're giving @Just Regular a run for his money here.

[2001OriolesFan]

23 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

You mean the Hicks with the OPS >1.0 with the Orioles? Yeah, he’s really killed the team this past week. 

Yea,  the guy who wasn't on the roster a week ago.  Notice that a change improved the team? That is my direction.

[2001OriolesFan]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

You're giving @Just Regular a run for his money here.

Whoever that is.  I'm sure you feel better now.

 

[LA2]

20 minutes ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

Yea,  the guy who wasn't on the roster a week ago.  Notice that a change improved the team? That is my direction.

It was a long-considered change that took advantage of Hicks' unique situation w the Yankees.

O'Hearn and Lester were similarly acquired during the off-season, i.e. with foresight, analysis, and judgement.

It's baseball, a 162-game season during which we have yet to suffer a losing streak anywhere close to the ones experienced by some of the best teams in Orioles history.

Mullins is a big, but temporary loss to the team that Hicks has so far filled in nicely for.

The slumping hitters will rebound and the hot hitters will slump.

The real clear needs are plain as day to everyone: a replacement for Grayson--a lot hangs on how Irvin performs in his imminent return to the rotation; better middle relievers now that Givens and Tate can't be relied on. The FO has proven to be very good at finding bullpen arms. I'm not worried at all.

Edited June 8, 2023 by LA2

[waroriole]

This was definitely a needed thread. I’m sure this stream of consciousness rambling couldn’t have placed in one of the many other threads about the recent struggles. 

[Ohfan67]

28 minutes ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

Yea,  the guy who wasn't on the roster a week ago.  Notice that a change improved the team? That is my direction.

Huh? The data you posted do not show an improvement. 

[Just Regular]

40 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

You're giving @Just Regular a run for his money here.

Translation - we're sucking right now.

Also, deep cut of Apollo 13 quotation....great movie.     I once had a coworker who could not believe the 3rd actor with Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon was the same dude who was the lead ocean explorer in Titanic, but Bill Paxton had range.

[Aristotelian]

48 minutes ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

Whoever that is.  I'm sure you feel better now.

 

Somewhat cryptic but well respected poster. It's not an insult.

[btdart20]

Instead of starting another doom/gloom thread, I'll pile on here... 

 

1. BB% and K% going in the wrong directions.

Thru 5/25 (end of NYY series) 50 games:

K% = 21.15%

BB% = 9.79%

5/26 thru 6/7 11 games:

K% = 25.06%

BB% = 5.37%

Less baserunners, less balls in play moving runners, less chance of more guys on base...  

 

2. Another thread talked about lack of pop.  It relates back to the BB% and K% (and likely other approach disciplines) in the point above to some degree.

Thru 5/25:

OPS - .753

HR/Game - 1.2

5/26 thru 6/7:

OPS- .627

HR/Game - 0.6

 

A bit hat-tip to opposing pitchers doing their job.  A bit Mullins' being out.  A bit SSS.  But (as a team) the approach needs to get back to where they were the first 50 games.

 

[emmett16]

1 hour ago, 2001OriolesFan said:

.“Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”,,,,,,,.."“Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem here. We’ve had a Main B Bus Undervolt.” ........ ........... I'm a loyal, optimistic rah rah guy who has stuck with the O's through the recent bad times and loves all the talent ready to burst through from the farm system. ..... A few recent facts that are not going to go away, and maybe need to be recognized. Taken from [ https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/batting-average?timeframe=-6 ] ......Rank of Team average BA Year to date= #15..........last 30 days= #21........... last 15 days= #24.......... last 7 days= #25. (there are 30 MLB teams) ---- ----- ----- ----- ---- Team Average Batting Average.......Year to date= 0.248.........last 30 days= 0.238........... last 15 days= 0.222.......... last 7 days= 0.192.------------ ------------------------Notice that O'Hearn, Lester and Hicks are starting.....

“2001: An Orioles Fan” quoting Apollo 13 when the sky is falling is reason 1,000,001 why I come to the hangout.  

[2001OriolesFan]

52 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

Huh? The data you posted do not show an improvement. 

Those guys have been doing well the last few weeks, but were not part of the original core group of players. The O's had to bring up career AAA AAAA type players to keep the ship going- if not things would have been worse.

 

[2001OriolesFan]

1 hour ago, waroriole said:

This was definitely a needed thread. I’m sure this stream of consciousness rambling couldn’t have placed in one of the many other threads about the recent struggles. 

I guess you just come here to try out your snarky comments.

 

[slakattack]

"There's a thousand things that have to happen in order, we are on number 8, you're talking about number 692..."  "We're not doing this gentlemen, we're not gonna go bouncing off the walls for 10 minutes, because we're going to just end up right back here with the same problems..."

 

One of the best movies ever