Friday, June 23: Orioles open homestand vs Mariners, weather permitting

[seak05]

28 minutes ago, terpoh said:

I never said we slow played either Gunnar or Jackson. In fact we seem to promote through the minors pretty quicly when guys are not challenged. Its once they get to AAA that they stay. And which is why I say Elly would still be in Norfolk. We would still have the same "log jam" with Urias, Mateo and Frazier and they are clearly not ready to bench those guys for a propect, be it a 21 year old top rated guy or a 24 year old with 1.000 OPS.

Except they did make room last year for the 21yo top prospect rather then having him stay in triple a. Which is my point.

The orioles do one thing with the 21yo top rated guy, and something else with the 24yo with the 1000 ops. Or they call up the 24yo and never play them. 

[Hank Scorpio]

These people are asleep tonight. Embarrassing.

[glenn__davis]

Mateo with a fairly hard hit line drive for an out, that will buy him at least another week of playing time from Hyde.

[terpoh]

4 minutes ago, seak05 said:

Except they did make room last year for the 21yo top prospect rather then having him stay in triple a. Which is my point.

The orioles do one thing with the 21yo top rated guy, and something else with the 24yo with the 1000 ops. Or they call up the 24yo and never play them. 

They sure did. In september. 

[baltfan]

The one last step this club needs to take is being able to beat a pitcher who is on his game.  

[baltfan]

If somehow this gets Perez right and maybe Gillespie is a middle relief option, this loss will be worth it 

Edited June 24, 2023 by baltfan

[allquixotic]

4 minutes ago, baltfan said:

The one last step this club needs to take is being able to beat a pitcher who is on his game.  

When their starter can locate and ours can’t you know it’s going to be a sleeper game.

[seak05]

1 minute ago, terpoh said:

They sure did. In september. 

You keep acting like he started the year in triple a. He didn’t. He didn’t even play half a season in triple a. Hey they could have left him in triple a, and then called him up in April. Since you seem to think it’s the month that matters, and not the length of time.
 

But for some reason you seem unable to recognize that Henderson and Westburg have been treated similarly. 

[baltfan]

3 minutes ago, allquixotic said:

When their starter can locate and ours can’t you know it’s going to be a sleeper game.

Our best hitters are as good as they are because they control the strike zone.  When the pitcher is throwing strikes where he wants, those types of hitters don’t necessarily do as well because they aren’t able to exploit counts.  

[TopGunnar]

Mateo another 0-2. 

[O's84]

8 minutes ago, TopGunnar said:

Mateo another 0-2. 

Unfortunately I feel like I've seen that movie before.

[baltfan]

Akin better take all the damage. 

[baltfan]

Why is Baker throwing?  Let McKenna finish it out. 

[baltfan]

I know no one is here but Incant believe they are pitching Baker.  And smart of Hicks to pull up there. Doesn’t need to run into Mateo and get hurt. 

[OldNewGuy]

Seattle used up all their luck tonight in this inning. Beat ‘‘em the next two.