Tuesday, June 13: Divisional showdown with Blue Jays begins

[Hallas]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

Lol on Adam Frazier interviews. Even boring guy go, that's boring.

I thought some of his deadpan was pretty amusing. 

"what were you thinking on that one?"

"uh, just catch it..."

[Baltimorecuse]

Even if the Jays win the next two, they can only pick up a game on us.  

[Flash- bd]

Btw, I mixed up Bedard with Britton there for a second...was Britton also a boring interview? I can't remember. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Just now, Flash- bd said:

Btw, I mixed up Bedard with Britton there for a second...was Britton also a boring interview? I can't remember. 

I almost called you out on that but got busy here lol. 

[Flash- bd]

1 minute ago, Hallas said:

I thought some of his deadpan was pretty amusing. 

"what were you thinking on that one?"

"uh, just catch it..."

Yeah, in the case of guys like him where it seems like purposeful deadpan, I actually quite enjoy it haha. 

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, Flash- bd said:

Btw, I mixed up Bedard with Britton there for a second...was Britton also a boring interview? I can't remember. 

Nah, Zach was always a good guy and interview.

[Baltimorecuse]

Two balls wide was the strike zone all night.  

[emmett16]

5 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

He did that  like 6 times through the game against us haha.

I only saw the last two innings.  Had Melanie leading me through the first 7.

Wow.  Just wow.  An MLB ump can’t miss pitches like that.  

[NashLumber]

7 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

Finally .. that was a miserable bullpen fail .. Guys like Perez, Voth are just sooooo unreliable 

I think one of them are going to the outfield and McKenna is moving to the pen. 

[emmett16]

5 minutes ago, Baltimorecuse said:

Even if the Jays win the next two, they can only pick up a game on us.  

Sweep baby!

[Flash- bd]

1 minute ago, emmett16 said:

I only saw the last two innings.  Had Melanie leading me through the first 7.

Wow.  Just wow.  An MLB ump can’t miss pitches like that.  

Yeah, he missed a ton like that tonight.

He owes MLB a Mea Kulpa for that performance. 

[tntoriole]

2 minutes ago, Flash- bd said:

Yeah, he missed a ton like that tonight.

He owes MLB a Mea Kulpa for that performance. 

They need to just AI these bums. .. robots 

[Baltimorecuse]

4 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Sweep baby!

That's the spirit

[Winter]

Go A's!

[Billy F-Face3]

2 hours ago, allquixotic said:

According to Spotrac (I'm not familiar with the website; don't know how authoritative it is), the O's are ranked 26th out of 30 teams in terms of # of days rostered players have spent on the IL.

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/injured-list/current-team/

We have spent $2.3M on IL players this year, while the Yanks have spent $17M. We've got 4 players currently on the IL, while NYY have 12.

Sure, the Yanks can "afford it" more, but $2.3M is chump change for any MLB club.

I'm not saying this to prove you wrong or anything; I'm just trying to understand (out of previous ignorance until now) whether injury has been a drag on the O's relative to other teams so far this year... My conclusion is "probably not."

The Orioles roster salary expenses are 29th out of 30 teams and they're paying alot of players the league minimum. Most of those players are much younger healthy players. It should be obvious that you're going to have less money on the IL compared to a team that pays a 2/3rds of the roster (which is constructed of mostly 29/30+ year olds)  a salary of $15-$20+ Million Dollars per season just for 1 player.

Where the Orioles front office is doing things right is understanding that you win on the margins. Depth is key in sports. The Front Office knows there will be injuries over a 162 game season and it's too be expected. But if you have players who can fill in for each other easily without much drop off, and others who can compliment each other in platoons, you're more likely to find success in spite of the face of adversity. This is where the organization has done a good job. And part of that is to identify qualities and skills in those players the Orioles look to acquire which can contribute to the team.

With all of that said, I will make a concession: While we have had injuries this season so far, I do feel relieved that it's not worst when compared to what some other teams have had to deal with.