Dodgers Series

[OriolesMagic83]

OBPs of top 3 hitters in LA lineup.  .382, .403, .397.  Hard to beat that kind of offense. 

[24fps]

Very humbling two games against the Dodgers.  Especially tonight.  If this is a test to show how ready the O's are for real, sustained competition, they're simply getting owned.

[G54377]

Still have one game, but reminds me of the litmus test against the Braves. A team we aren't familiar with and sees how we do out there naked. 

[LA2]

Still only 1 game behind the Rays.

[Billy F-Face3]

2 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Still only 1 game behind the Rays.

[Sports Guy]

Dodgers are getting us at a perfect time.

Mullins is hurt, which hurts the offense and defense. Wells hadnt pitched in like 11 days and GRod had 3 innings under his belt in about a 2 week time frame.

Great situation for the Dodgers to come into.

[Jim'sKid26]

So now the O's have to figure out how to beat teams like the Dodgers. The O's are a good team with well recognized flaws. Can they put together a solid game today and make a statement that they are resilient? This is a real gut check.

Show me what you got, O's. If you want to hang with the big boys you have to get up and punch when you get knocked down. Who's gonna step up and lead the charge?

[Just Regular]

TBS pregame show had an interesting data slice building up the game last night - percentage of team hits by players 29 and younger was something like BAL 85, LAD 25.

Not that that's much comfort today while their championship caliber players of proven excellence are giving out lessons.

As much speculation as this year's cap reset is for Ohtani, I could also see Soto as a priority target.     As sure as Ryan O'Hearn can now outplay Miguel Cabrera, at some point in their baseball lives, Adley/Gunnar/Holliday as a group will be able to outplay Mookie/Freddie/Smith.     Hopefully more when our guys are like 24 than when they are 32.

Once I did a cutthroat fantasy football league, where if you won the week's matchup, you got to take a player off the roster you beat (don't start 0-2 in that format).    How Friedman works the market reminds me some of that, except its driven by if an MVP knocks him out of the tournament.     Mookie, Scherzer, Freddie, (Soto?)....you work for me now.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Roster move incoming before today's game. Not really surprising after last night's disaster and the need for a fresh arm.

 

[RVAOsFan]

What's the move? Is Perez going to be DFA?

[RVAOsFan]

Mullins to the 10 Day IL - Gillaspie up

[justD]

Oh man. I have zero confidence in Gillaspie.

As to what @Sports Guysaid about their timing, in particular we seem to play according to Mullins being in the lineup. Which doesn't bode well for at least a while, if not the rest of the season.  I expect his groin/quad issues to continue to plague him the rest of the way.  

[Sports Guy]

4 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

Mullins to the 10 Day IL - Gillaspie up

Damn. He was hoping not go on the IL. He’s so missed this year.

[vab]

Hopefully retroactive and he'll be ready before that 10 days. 

[RVAOsFan]

1 minute ago, vab said:

Hopefully retroactive and he'll be ready before that 10 days. 

Retroactive to July 16th