Oh My Akin Back

[slakattack]

Couldn't resist.  Akin is on the 15 day IL with lower back discomfort and Vespi is up.  "There Captain Smith, don't you think the Titantic's deck chairs look better now?"

[dtk9119]

LMAO.. Well played!

[oriole]

I guess only 162-0 is enough for you?

[higgybaby]

Anyone else think he got potholed?

[slakattack]

2 minutes ago, oriole said:

I guess only 162-0 is enough for you?

...and where would that ridiculous assumption come from?

[maybenxtyr]

I just would like to see them use Vespi. This is the 3rd time he's been up, and I don't think he's pitched yet.

[Bemorewins]

Between Akin, Perez, and Voth it’s amazing to consider the record that we have considering the negative value that each of their terribleness has given/taken away from the team. 

If we just had 3 “averageish” relievers instead of them, how much better off would we be?

I would throw in Givens to that mix but he wasn’t here long enough to really hurt us too much.

[SemperFi]

Ironic that the two most athletically challenged bodies on the pitching staff come down with knee and lower back issues.

 

[ChosenOne21]

I'm no Vespi fan, but he can't be worse than Akin right now

[SemperFi]

6 minutes ago, higgybaby said:

Anyone else think he got potholed?

Possibly, all it takes explanation from an Orioles Dr.  Of the tens of thousands that have gone on the DL now IL-to the best of my knowledge MLB has never presented a challenge.

[Sanity Check]

I could understand maybe a neck injury from watching the balls fly into the gaps, or out of the park.  That might have been believable.

[Aglets]

Rep given just for the thread title alone.   Nicely done.

[tntoriole]

55 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Between Akin, Perez, and Voth it’s amazing to consider the record that we have considering the negative value that each of their terribleness has given/taken away from the team. 

If we just had 3 “averageish” relievers instead of them, how much better off would we be?

I would throw in Givens to that mix but he wasn’t here long enough to really hurt us too much.

Yes .. but we have had the totally unexpected gifts of Cano, Coulombe … just goes to show you .. no matter how much evaluators think they know, the games are played by human beings and will always surprise us both negatively and positively.  Baseball is life. 

[oriole]

1 hour ago, slakattack said:

...and where would that ridiculous assumption come from?

I could be misunderstanding your post, but it sounded like you’re comparing the O’s to a sinking ship. 

[SteveA]

23 minutes ago, oriole said:

I could be misunderstanding your post, but it sounded like you’re comparing the O’s to a sinking ship. 

Probably he was just talking about our middle relief corps.