All star game. Rooting for our boys!

[Moose Milligan]

Damn. 

[Gurgi]

Sad that an Oriole lost this game for us.  Oh well.   

[ArtVanDelay]

6 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

He doesn’t locate his fastball well…ever. Look at where Adley/McCann sets the target and look where the fastball ends up.  Hardly ever in the same spot. He misses constantly. 
 

Good thing for him the velocity is absurd and it seems to move pretty well. 

How many guys that throw 102 hit their spot consistently?  Do Chapman and Duran?  I don’t know the answer but I assume they don’t.  When you throw that fast, you have some leeway.  Bautista has the occasional off night but he does a great job keeping fastball high in the zone where hitters can’t touch it. 

[Billy F-Face3]

Dang. Leaving Adley on deck brings back unpleasant memories of leaving Mike Mussina in the bullpen when he was warming up in the 1993 All Star game. 

[Moshagge3]

3 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Sad that an Oriole lost this game for us.  Oh well.   

Nobody will remember this in a month. I couldn't tell you a thing that happened in the ASG last year.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, ArtVanDelay said:

How many guys that throw 102 hit their spot consistently?  Do Chapman and Duran?  I don’t know the answer but I assume they don’t.  When you throw that fast, you have some leeway.  Bautista has the occasional off night but he does a great job keeping fastball high in the zone where hitters can’t touch it. 

You’re right, he does have some leeway. 
 

But he doesn’t hold runners at all. If anyone gets on and they’re a mediocre stolen base threat they can run on him with ease. 
 

He’s prone to spiking one in the dirt or airmailing the catcher. He airmailed Adley twice tonight, IIRC one allowed a runner to move up. 
 

The splitter doesn’t seem to work very well very often. It’s great when it’s on but it seems like I’m game threads we’re bemoaning the fact that it’s not working. 
 

I like Felix and the gaudy strikeout numbers are fantastic but I’ve been saying for awhile that he makes me nervous.  I think he’s very good, but not elite. Games can go sideways on him in a hurry if a runner gets on, the splitter isn’t working, wild pitch, etc. Too many avenues for him to blow a game. 

[McLovin]

28 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

He doesn’t locate his fastball well…ever. Look at where Adley/McCann sets the target and look where the fastball ends up.  Hardly ever in the same spot. He misses constantly. 
 

Good thing for him the velocity is absurd and it seems to move pretty well. 

I dunno, I personally can’t recall a game where he threw/almost threw to the backstop 5-6 times. 

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, McLovin said:

I dunno, I personally can’t recall a game where he threw/almost threw to the backstop 5-6 times. 

Maybe not 5-6 times but he’s good for spiking a 55 footer once a game at least. 

[86this]

Sigh.  Remember the days of wildness with Armando Benitez, BJ Ryan and Jorge Julio?

[OriolesMagic83]

7 minutes ago, McLovin said:

I dunno, I personally can’t recall a game where he threw/almost threw to the backstop 5-6 times. 

I assume it's just a case of his nerves getting the best of him.  Hopefully he'll be ready when the playoffs get here.

[FlipTheBird]

3 minutes ago, 86this said:

Sigh.  Remember the days of wildness with Armando Benitez, BJ Ryan and Jorge Julio?

Is Ryan still the only pitcher in baseball history to win a game without throwing a pitch? Gotta be, right?

[mrbig1]

He who lives by the fastball shall die by the fastball.

[86this]

13 hours ago, FlipTheBird said:

Is Ryan still the only pitcher in baseball history to win a game without throwing a pitch? Gotta be, right?

Based on this site, it seems like he's not the only one.  I mean, why would someone falsify this type of info on a website?

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