Tuesday, August 22: Orioles try to bury the Blue Jays and make it a 2-team division race

[Tbone83]

Ugh we needed it bottom 9. Mateo needs to spend a week just learning how to bunt.

[baltfan]

This is the issue with a 6 man rotation.  You quickly run out of relievers. 

[spiritof66]

Baumann keeping his pitch count down. 

[SteveA]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

We need DL Hall, Wells and/or Means added this pitching staff when they're ready.

Coulombe might be ready before any of them.   He had a good inning in relief in Norfolk tonight.   He might be back by the weekend.

[O's84]

Just now, SteveA said:

The Bautista for 9&10 in a tie game strategy had been working so well, I wonder why he didn't do it this time?   If Bautista had thrown 20 pitches that would be one thing.

It's a head scratcher.

And he's had a ton of rest.  3, 4 days? Baumann can't be trusted in high leverage.

[Just Regular]

Baumann giving strong Tyler Wells vibes.

[allquixotic]

Gotta love Baumann tossing a meatball on the first pitch. Ugh. Disgusting.

[Winter]

9-1

[Malike]

Just now, Dunk35 said:

Come on man. Baumann is ass. And we turn to him?

He's already used his leverage guys, Do you think Fuji would have been the better option? He doesn't want to pitch Felix 2 innings every time he takes the mound, it's a long season and you have to account for all of these innings.

[dtk9119]

All these pitchers waiting to come back. Choices much easier now. Absolute crap.

Now doofus JS looks like a genius saving Romano for bottom of 10th.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I like Baumann as middle reliever only, he doesn't have the arm to be a late innings high leverage pitcher.

[fernandodfcosta]

2 minutes ago, baltfan said:

He is saving Bautista. 

I remember saving Britton....

[Hank Scorpio]

Pretty prettttyyyy pretttty dumb.

[Aristotelian]

With a good chance of extras I'd rather have Baumann 9th, Bautista 10th.

[G54377]

Baumann was tired of the easy wins he picked up earlier in the year, he wants us to earn them.