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

[Aristotelian]

2 minutes ago, Alasdaire said:

I don't disagree, but I think he could try a bit more to put his pitchers in situations to succeed. This was a big ask for Fuji and there wasn't even good reason to believe he could do it better than anyone else. Managing a pitcher's psyche is part of being a manager imo.

Fuji has been good since moving to bullpen, looked electric yesterday, and everyone on the game thread wanted to see him until AFTER he started walking guys. Then it is Hyde's fault.

[Uli2001]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

Lol we still might need 2 from Bautista

I don't make the huge bucks, but I could see from a mile away that this was a two-inning save situation for Bautista. This is one of the games that you can't lose. It's a two-game swing, but more importantly, it can make you lose tomorrow again, and beyond. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

What a disappointing development this has been. Would be nice to see us hit a HR this inning. I’ll take any type of run though.

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Pat Kelly said:

Os cannot win against the Rays with pitching and defense. Rays are much better at both.  Have to outhit them. 

How can you when their pitching is so good?

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, dtk9119 said:

The ones that pitched today were their 3 worst and if you're a championship contender you have to be able to tack on..

If Shawn Armstrong (0.91 ERA) and Kelly (3.09) are among the 3 worst, that tells you how great their bullpen is.

[Roy Firestone]

Perez is looking better of late...we needed to keep them at 4...so its gonna be tough to win this...damn that Mateo play crushed us..

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, Alasdaire said:

I don't disagree, but I think he could try a bit more to put his pitchers in situations to succeed. This was a big ask for Fuji and there wasn't even good reason to believe he could do it better than anyone else. Managing a pitcher's psyche is part of being a manager imo.

When’s it not gonna be a big ask for someone?  When’s it not gonna be a big situation for a reliever?

All of these guys are going to have to deliver under pressure at some point.  If not today and yesterday for Fuji, then when?

When’s an acceptable time to ask for a newly acquired reliever to deliver in a high leverage situation?

[dtk9119]

Just now, eddie83 said:

This is laughable. 3 worst. 

Is that not true? You bring in your worst low leverage guys when you're losing 5 0

[Natty]

We blew a 5-0 lead.

[Roy Firestone]

those leadoff walks have led to all the runs for the Rays...

[G54377]

Frazier should only bat with ppl on base lol

[Billy F-Face3]

Even more of a biiter pill is that this erases Grayson's eligibility to be credited with a Win. 

[ArtVanDelay]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I will crack a beer the day Arozarena retires. 

The Cardinals have traded away Arozarena, Alcantara, Zac Gallen, Lane Thomas and a couple other notable guys that I can’t think of right now.  And we still bitch about Mike Yaz around here. 

[Winter]

the walks are on Fujinami but he pitched himself out of it to a 5-4 lead, Mateo though had that big hit is suppose to make that play 10 times out of 10 if your keeping a barely .200 hitter on the roster he better be a gold glove. especially when you have the likes of Ortiz in the AAA who can easily match Mateos bat and glove and has upside to be way way better 

[tntoriole]

3 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

what a disappointing game when it looked a win....we simply go an hide after we score in a multi run inning....I dont know why...

This is on the failure of Elias to upgrade this bullpen.. period