Wednesday, August 9: Orioles try to bounce back after tough loss to Astros

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Fuji sort of a question mark still. Two good games against the Ys, that 2=HBP fiasco against the Jays, then two scoreless games vs. the Mets. But was inept today.

Altuve up w the bases loaded.....

No question marks for me.  I've seen enough.

[MDK02]

Astros are levels above the Os. We better hope we don’t see them in the post season.

[TopGunnar]

Ball 1

[Gurgi]

Fuji is only going to be useful in mop up rolls.  He has got nothing for us.  He kind of admitted to having nerves.  

[Alasdaire]

1 minute ago, Bemorewins said:

Isn’t this the 3rd meltdown from Fujinama since he’s been on the team?

I struggle to understand the thought process that led to the conclusion that the risk of a reclamation project was all we needed to add to the bullpen to win a pennant.

There are other options in the organization that they'll tap into. You might have a preference for "established" arms from elsewhere, but Fuji is far from the only change/addition they'll make to the bullpen by October.

[Aristotelian]

Can't blame Baumann for that. Three walks and nice hit by Altuve.

[Roy Firestone]

Game over, and it's all on Fuji, who has cost us games recently....this will be another one..

[TopGunnar]

Ball 2.

[O's84]

Not a bad pitch up at all.  But when you (Fuji) walk the 7-8-9 batters to get to the top of the line up, you risk this kind of stuff.  Baumann made a good pitch but Altuve is Vlad Sr. esuque there.  

[LA2]

Ugh

me no like altuve

[Bemorewins]

I’m afraid that this series is a foreshadowing of the playoffs. Hopefully not, but it’s hard to conclude that they are just not better than us.

[dystopia]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

I said Baumann is just not reliable w inherited runners 

Can't really blame him. That pitch to Altuve wasn't even a strike. Walking 3 guys in front of him was the problem.

[Ripken]

At some point, they're going to have to make a real trade and/or spend actual money.  This is a nice team but it's not good enough to play with the big teams.  Elias and the AHole have to do better.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What's unbelievable is after his career in Japan and his time with the A's you had folks here wanting to extend him based off a couple great appearances.

No, that's believable.

[oriolediehard]

Blow out.