Thursday afternoon August 3: new Oriole Jack Flaherty takes on old Oriole Kevin Gausman

[86this]

1 minute ago, Winter said:

Hays fault, he should of steamrolled him, maybe a drop kick and proved he was blocking the plate

No need to have Hays get hurt there.  Kirk is a husky dude with gear on.  Hays is prone to injuries.

[Moshagge3]

Flaherty vs. DeJong! Intrigue!

[Ripken]

Our new guy strikes out their new guy.  Cool.

[bluedog]

Cy Flaherty

[dtk9119]

Flaherty with a great shut down inning 

[mrbig1]

That was a great inning for Jack.

[baltfan]

JF might be decent.  Seems pretty good in that inning. 

[Moose Milligan]

Flaherty is dealing!  

Showalter who????? @Fiver6565

[Hallas]

I can see Flaherty having control problems but his stuff is really good.  If he can keep this fb velo the whole game.... his breaking stuff is phenomenal.

[emmett16]

I like this guy.  Nasty slider & curve. 

[86this]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Missed an opportunity for more.

But a 42 pitch inning should pay dividends in the next few innings.

A quick inning by Flaherty would get Gausman right back out there again.

42 pitches with this lineup.  Can you imagine when the more patient hitters are in this lineup that the starting pitcher will be lucky to get out of the first inning with less than 50 pitches thrown.

[Aristotelian]

From MLB:

The catcher is not permitted to block the runner's path to the plate unless he is in possession of the ball,

Sounds like he had possession of the ball because Hays was so far out? 

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, casadeozo said:

3rd base coach this reminds me of the windmill (Treblehorn)

I thought that was Juan Samuel? 

[gtman55]

I'm liking Flaherty's pitch mix so far.

[slakattack]

1 minute ago, 86this said:

No need to have Hays get hurt there.  Kirk is a husky dude with gear on.  Hays is prone to injuries.

Husky? He's a half keg on legs.