Tuesday, August 29: Dean Kremer goes for win #13 vs White Sox

[Kakes88]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

what a play by Hays......I hope he didnt jam his ankle...

more worried about the wrist

[slakattack]

Calling Mr. Kjerstad...

[G54377]

Hays is a gamer. Unfortunately I think I'm moving my thought from Santander to him, of the odd man out pick in the offseason to be traded.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, Jagwar said:

Great catch by Hays, but he is clearly limping.

Yeah, Hays is definitely gimpy right now. It will be good when the rosters expand Sept 1st, I'm expecting Cowser or maybe (seems less likely to me) Kjerstad will be called up.

[baltfan]

Luis Robert barrels balls. Crazy how the ball comes off his bat. 

[justD]

3 minutes ago, EddeeEddee said:

No one in the minors has come close to proving to be a worthy replacement.  Cowser and Stowers could take all of next year to figure it out -- maybe longer.  

Just a quick update that Stowers got hit in the face with a 90+ fastball pitch tonight.  Haven't heard yet how he's doing, but he walked off on his own with a towel covering his face. 

[accinfo]

2 minutes ago, EddeeEddee said:

No one in the minors has come close to proving to be a worthy replacement.  Cowser and Stowers could take all of next year to figure it out -- maybe longer.  Kjerstad may not even be an outfielder.  Maybe if they trade for someone as good or better but very unlikely.  If they are not going to re-sign him and they don't have a proven replacement then maybe better to let him walk and figure it out next offseason.  It's too risky to trade him without someone banging down the door and forcing himself into his role.

You can argue Cowser is banging the door down despite what he did in limited time in the big leagues.  Look at his resume at AAA before and after he came up.  They will evaluate that.

[Alasdaire]

Austin "Crash Test Dummy" Hays. Guy just craves contact.

[Uli2001]

2 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

I watch lots of baseball talk shows and it is great to be the team that is playing way ABOVE expectation than like San Diego playing way BELOW.   Still doesnt make figuring out how we are doing it any easier.  Seems to be a case of the sum of our parts being better.  We have somewhat a secret sauce it seems.  

Most national evaluations cant really figure it out.  One stressed we were not really GREAT at anything except maybe Bautista.  

For starters, the O's have the ROY, these people make a lot of money to suck. 

[Gurgi]

I think this is the first time MASN showed a graphic spelling out exactly how many homeruns have been taken away and what they turned into.   The park is dramatically changed that is for sure. 

[Yossarian]

Umpire was so impressed with Hays catch he called the first ball a strike

[dystopia]

5 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

I watch lots of baseball talk shows and it is great to be the team that is playing way ABOVE expectation than like San Diego playing way BELOW.   Still doesnt make figuring out how we are doing it any easier.  Seems to be a case of the sum of our parts being better.  We have somewhat a secret sauce it seems.  

Most national evaluations cant really figure it out.  One stressed we were not really GREAT at anything except maybe Bautista.  

Our SP is really underrated. And so is our offense to an extent. There aren't a whole lot of teams that have scored more runs than us. Maybe like 6. 

[Beysbol]

11 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Frigging Tampa Bay just won't lose

I know, man and it makes me mad. They win like every first game of a series. 

[mrbig1]

Wake up Mullins.

[justD]

What a great AB