Wednesday, July 5: Colton Cowser makes major league debut as O's try to right the ship in NY

[Ripken]

50!

That's one of the biggest wins in the first half.  

[emmett16]

8 minutes ago, justD said:

OMG Santander just saved the game, I swear!  What a catch!

Kevin remarking that McKenna would've been in the game as a defensive replacement....

Was surprised Hays wasn’t in as D replacement. 

[Baltimorecuse]

If I never see Frazier a 2nd base again I'll forget his name in a week.

Edited July 6, 2023 by Baltimorecuse

[clapdiddy]

1 hour ago, clapdiddy said:

Nice to see we are going to get swept by a Judge-less Yankees squad.  Just wait until he gets back.  I see 4th place coming on quickly.

Glad I could invoke the reverse jinx!  Nice win!

[Chavez Ravine]

14 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Is Santander the new Orsulak?   Make every catch made look dramatic by a slide or dive?

Orsulak had way more rocks in his pants.

[TopGunnar]

Frazier shouldn’t be playing. Will the orioles eat the rest of his salary and dfa him?

[TraditionRich]

2 hours ago, Pat Kelly said:

Os offense looks lost.  Time for new hitting coaches.

That's so wrong!

[TraditionRich]

2 hours ago, TopGunnar said:

We were lied to about Adley Rustchman

In what way?

[TraditionRich]

2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Didn’t have Adley becoming the new whipping boy on my Orioles 2023 Bingo card. 

You should have been here for Wieters. 

How in the world is this guy complaining about Adley?  

[SteveA]

1 hour ago, Yossarian said:

Does anyone remember when Dickie Thon for the Astros fouled the ball off the plate and it came right back up into his face? Ended his career. 

I saw a couple injuries sort of like that, in person.

   -- At Nats Park once, Hunter Pence was with the Giants and he did exactly what you describe.   Even from a few hundred feet away I could see a welt come up on the side of his head but he stayed in the game.

   -- At an O's game, that kid who played for Hou & Pitt who was BJ Surhoff's nephew -- Colin Moran -- fouled a ball that glanced directly off the bat and hit him in the face.   They took him to the hospital.

[TraditionRich]

2 hours ago, TopGunnar said:

Weiters might’ve been better

Back this up please.  If you're going to say something counter to what every baseball pundit in the universe says and what anybody who has ever played the game can see on the field, at least provide some reasoning to why you think 28 teams are wrong for wishing Adley was their catcher.

[TraditionRich]

2 hours ago, TopGunnar said:

Ballgame boys

You are one negative guy!

[Sydnor]

35 minutes ago, jdwilde1 said:

Glad Tony made the catch, but still not sure why Hicks is DH’ing instead of playing RF.

Santander has 1 defensive run saved in RF, -2 outs above average, and a positive UZR and UZR/150.

Hicks has -2 DRS in LF, -3 DRS in CF, and 0 DRS in RF (20 innings), 0 OAA across the board, and a negative UZR and UZR/150 in LF and CF (not enough innings to measure RF).

Playing Santander in RF over Hicks is not indefensible based on the advanced metrics, as the only metric that favors Hicks is OAA.

[TraditionRich]

1 hour ago, TopGunnar said:

Start preparing yourself now Roy. We will be under .500 by early August. I promise you. 

What team do you root for?  Professional bettors would put millions on you being wrong.

[TraditionRich]

1 hour ago, Bemorewins said:

O’Hearn is about ready for the bench when Hays returns.

He definitely has no business hitting cleanup… I know lineup order doesn’t matter.. But when the guy continues to fail with runners on base, it’s a problem.

Have you checked his stats with RISP?  His exit velocity on outs he made with RISP?