Saturday afternoon July 22: Orioles send Greyson Rodriguez to the mound vs Rays

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Bemorewins said:

I get where you are coming from. It seems like from a mathematical it would be 3.67

It's just historically been the notation for about 100 years.   Probably because they needed to take up as little space as possible to get as much information as they could into a box score which occupied a tiny part of a newspaper page.

[Mooreisbetter27]

That. Was. A. Ball.

[Bemorewins]

I remember at a similar point in the season last year on a Saturday, McClanahan vs DL Hall didn't go so well for us. But oh how the tides have turned now.

I love it!

[Gurgi]

Great to be beating the rays with their ace on the mound.  Would be a statement win for sure

Edited July 22, 2023 by Gurgi

[Chavez Ravine]

Lol. Gunnar wasn’t sure the first one was a strike, he wanted to make sure.

[Roy Firestone]

This is the inning where Grayson's wheels fall off...keep an eye on him..but his pitch count is low...thats a good sign...

[Billy F-Face3]

I don't blame Gunnar for shaking his head over thise 2 pitches. Ump seems to have a wider zone in that spot. I actually throught the pitcher would try to go back there, because why wouldn't you? The umpire is giving the pitcher and unfair advantage in the corner.

[Moshagge3]

Just now, Mooreisbetter27 said:

That. Was. A. Ball.

The MASN graphic actually showed a solid circle, so it's possible a molecule of that ball had the plate.

[SteveA]

8 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Our old friend Shawn Armstrong is having a ridiculous year.

He's joined the Tampa Army of Clone Relievers.   They churn out 4 of 5 a year, get a couple great years out of them and then move on to other guys.   They just DFA'd Yonny Chirinos the other day.  No doubt they'll replace him with someone we never heard of who will put up a 2.82 ERA over the next 80 or 90 relief innings the next couple years.

[Malike]

Just now, Mooreisbetter27 said:

That. Was. A. Ball.

I'm not so sure about that. It looks to have clipped the corner, way too close to take.

[Malike]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

This is the inning where Grayson's wheels fall off...keep an eye on him..but his pitch count is low...thats a good sign...

Wait, you said that was the fourth inning.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Making Arozarena look silly. 

[Billy F-Face3]

Yes! Grayson still looking good so far...

[SteveA]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

This is the inning where Grayson's wheels fall off...keep an eye on him..but his pitch count is low...thats a good sign...

I liked the fact that he wasn't airing it out at 99-100-101-102 in the 1st inning like last time.   

This first inning he had one fastball at 99+.

Last start his first 9 pitches were ALL 99+ and he ran out of gas badly 4 innings later.

Maybe by not overdoing it in the first he bought himself an extra inning on this end.

And I also think McCann is calling a great game.

[Mooreisbetter27]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

I'm not so sure about that. It looks to have clipped the corner, way too close to take.

If it did then the MASN box is off because there was definitely empty space between the ball and the box.