Tuesday, August 15: Orioles at Padres

[SteveA]

Gametime:  9:40 pm ET

Forecast:  70 degrees, mostly cloudy, no precipitation

Matchup:  Jack Flaherty (R) vs Michael Wacha (R)

Lineups

Adley Rutschman C (S)
Gunnar Henderson SS (L)
Anthony Santander RF (S)
Ryan O’Hearn 1B (L)
Ryan Mountcastle DH (R)
Cedric Mullins CF (L)
Austin Hays LF (R)
Adam Frazier 2B (L)
Ramón Urías 3B (R)

Ha-Seong Kim 2B (R)
Fernando Tatis Jr. CF (R)
Juan Soto LF (L)
Manny Machado 3B (R)
Xander Bogaerts SS (R)
Jake Cronenworth 1B (L)
Gary Sánchez C (R)
Garrett Cooper DH (R)
Ben Gamel RF (L)

Orioles Bench
Aaron Hicks (S) -- back soreness, may not be available
Jorge Mateo (R)
James McCann (R)
Jordan Westburg (R)
 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Shintaro Fujinami 1.0 IP, 12p Sunday
Cionel Perez 1.0 IP, 12p Sunday;  0.1 IP, 4p Saturday
Nick Vespi (L)  0.1 IP, 3p Saturday;  1.1 IP, 17p Friday

Probably Available
Michael Baumann  0.2 IP, 13p Sunday;  1.0 IP, 17p Saturday
Yennier Cano   1.0 IP, 13p Sunday;  1.0 IP, 15p Saturday

Maybe Available
Felix Bautista  1.0 IP, 21p last night;  2.0 IP, 28p Saturday
Jacob Webb  1.0 IP, 11p last night;  0.2 IP, 15p Saturday;  1.1 IP, 14p Friday

[FlaO'sFan]

Lets go O's!!!!

[Moose Milligan]

I kinda like that lineup.

IIRC Wacha gave us fits last year when he was with Boston.

[SteveA]

Home plate ump tonight: Laz Diaz.  Umpire scorecard has him 5th from the bottom among all MLB umps in terms of ball/strike accuracy.

[SteveA]

Three former Orioles took the mound as starting pitchers tonight:

Spenser Watkins started for the A's.  He lasted 4.1 innings and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks to the Cardinals.

Jordan Lyles started for KC and has give up 7 runs on 9 hits in 5 innings to Seattle and has not yet been removed from the game.

Ty Blach started for the Rockies and so far has given up 2 runs on 5 hits to the Dbacks in 3.2 innings.

Edited August 16, 2023 by SteveA

[Just Regular]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Sammy Watkins started for the A's.  He lasted 4.1 innings and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks to the Cardinals.

Fantasy football on your brain?   

Drew Rom is having a big game against Norfolk.

During the offseason, Wacha was certainly one of the Gibson alternatives (or complements, if Elias could have won both) where it seemed Elias maybe was closer in the bidding.      Wacha has been on brand as an anti-Gibson - effective, but now also having missed a month and a half with something.

[Billy F-Face3]

Michael Wacha was a pitcher the Orioles were interested in signing this past offseason. It would have made them look like geniuses if they had managed to do so. That ERA is a very good looking number.

[Billy F-Face3]

Good contact on that curve ball by Adley to give it a ride to the warning track. 

[Moose Milligan]

Lol Gary Sanchez

[Billy F-Face3]

14 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Three former Orioles took the mound as starting pitchers tonight:

Spenser Watkins started for the A's.  He lasted 4.1 innings and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks to the Cardinals.

Jordan Lyles started for KC and has give up 7 runs on 9 hits in 5 innings to Seattle and has not yet been removed from the game.

Ty Blach started for the Rockies and so far has given up 2 runs on 5 hits to the Dbacks in 3.2 innings.

Interesting to hear. I've been wondering about Watkins especially. Thanks for the news.

[Just Regular]

4 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

Michael Wacha was a pitcher the Orioles were interested in signing this past offseason. It would have made them look like geniuses if they had managed to do so. That ERA is a very good looking number.

But he went absent July 1 right around when Tyler Wells started melting.

I believe Elias and the Sigbot know Kyle Gibson is not that strong per PA, but they are risk averse and value the reliability.

Some of what will be interesting next couple years is if they can let that guy go completely if they develop enough good pitchers not to need the innings filler guy at all.

[Hallas]

That was a pretty good curveball that Kim hit for a double.

[Jagwar]

I hate west coast swings

[Just Regular]

Soto and Gunnar both sad about the "marine layer".

[Jagwar]

Weird coincidence tonight. Drew Rom threw 6 scoreless innings against the Tides tonight