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

[dystopia]

Can we just delete the 6th inning from baseball?

[Roy Firestone]

DAMMIT....That WOULD have been a season changer if he got out of that....he just couldn't get that strikeout...

[Aristotelian]

Just now, tntoriole said:

Those two are on Hyde .. stupidest management i have seen in a long time 

That is just silly.

[baltfan]

Just now, tntoriole said:

Those two are on Hyde .. stupidest management i have seen in a long time 

What would you have had him do?

[tntoriole]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Our middle relief isn't that great.   Grayson has the potential to be great.   We need him to be great.   He needs to learn to be great.

Coulombe .. lefty on lefty .. dumb call 

[Alasdaire]

 

1 minute ago, ArtVanDelay said:

And isn’t the average throw from SS longer than the throw from 3B?  I believe I’ve heard that before but not 100% certain.

Interesting question re. average. Not sure since there are a lot of variables like how hard the ball was hit and where they infielder is positioned. But even if the average depth for a SS is deeper, most of those throws don't take maxing out your infield velo since you have time. I would think the play most calling for max infield velo are the ones where the ball hugs the line and you're throwing all the way across the diamond. Honestly you can make the case for a stronger arm at SS though because of the double play turns so who knows.

[ArtVanDelay]

That was Grayson’s best start considering the circumstances.  He was a weak ground ball to a perfect location away from 6 shutout. 

[SteveA]

Just now, Uli2001 said:

Nothing comes easy.

Would you expect it to vs one of the top teams in MLB?

We've been the better team so far today.   Better hitting, better starting pitching, better defense.  Let's just keep it up for a few more innings and be happy with the effort.

[baltfan]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

DAMMIT....That WOULD have been a season changer if he got out of that....he just couldn't get that strikeout...

Tons of good to take away from this game. 

[Roy Firestone]

I still think Grayson was excellent today...but he needs to finish off his hitters when hes up 0-2 or 1-2...he gets behind and doesn't finish...

[Ripken]

Ump screwed him on the walk.  Mateo playing nowhere near short.

[Billy F-Face3]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Our middle relief isn't that great.   Grayson has the potential to be great.   We need him to be great.   He needs to learn to be great.

That takes time. It's a profession, 1 step at a time. And we're not at that step yet.

What we are at, is in the home of our biggest division opponents right now batlling for 1st place if the division of the American League East.

[eddie83]

Just now, tntoriole said:

Coulombe .. lefty on lefty .. dumb call 

You walking Franco intentionally? 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Sit your ass down Franco!!

[Billy F-Face3]

McCannon got him running!