Tuesday, September 12: The return of John Means!

[SteveA]

Gametime:  6:35 pm

Forecast:   85 degrees, partly cloudy

Roster Move:  John Means activated from 60 day IL;  Joey Krehbiel optioned to Norfolk.  (There were 39 men on the 40 man roster so no need to make a 40 man move to make room for Means).

Matchup:  Adam Wainwright (R) vs John Means (L)

Lineups

Lars Nootbaar RF (L)
Tommy Edman CF (S)
Paul Goldschmidt 1B (R)
Nolan Arenado 3B (R)
Willson Contreras C
Tyler O’Neill LF (R)
Nolan Gorman 2B (L)
Jordan Walker DH (R)
Masyn Winn SS (R)

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

Orioles Bench
Aaron Hicks (S)
Jorge Mateo (R)
Ryan McKenna (R)
Ryan Mountcastle (R)
 

Bullpen Availability

Available
Yennier Cano  1.0 IP, 32p Saturday
Daniel Coulombe (L)  0.2 IP, 8p last night;  0.2 IP, 18p Saturday
Cionel Perez (L)  1.0 IP, 18p Saturday

Probably Available
Jorge Lopez  0.2 IP, 9p last night;  0.2 IP, 13p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 9p Friday

Maybe Available
Cole Irvin (L) 2.2 IP, 39p Sunday
James Webb  1.0 IP, 18p last night;  0.2 IP, 17p Saturday;  1.0 IP, 10p Friday

Probably Not Available
Shintaro Fujinami  1.0 IP, 25p last night;  1.2 IP, 24p Saturday

Not Available
DL Hall (L)  1.1 IP, 27p last night;  1.0 IP, 24p Friday
 

 

Edited September 12, 2023 by SteveA

[Yossarian]

I have to think Rutschman and Henderson are both due for a day off tomorrow ahead of the showdown with the Rays, right?

[Yossarian]

How far do you push Means tonight?  5 innings or 80 pitches, whichever comes first?

[Mooreisbetter27]

Really great to see Meansy back out there 

[Mooreisbetter27]

And Goldschmidt goes deep as I typed that. Damn. 

[SteveA]

9 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I have to think Rutschman and Henderson are both due for a day off tomorrow ahead of the showdown with the Rays, right?

Rutschman is DHing tonight so maybe that is his day off.   And yeah, maybe Gunnar gets one tomorrow.

 

[Mooreisbetter27]

That was an extremely high pitch to swing at much less take out. 

[Hallas]

welp.  If he's going to hit a pitch at his chin into the bullpen...

[SteveA]

8 pitches, 7 strikes.

[Chavez Ravine]

Just a solo. Spray some WD40 on it.

 

[dtk9119]

Whelp.. maybe now Means can relax and pitch.

[dystopia]

9 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I have to think Rutschman and Henderson are both due for a day off tomorrow ahead of the showdown with the Rays, right?

I doubt it. You want them to gain a game right before the series? I don't think Hyde would rest both on the same day. 

If we get a split or better against TB then I could see starting to rest players. 

[Malike]

Good inning despite the HR. I'm sure he's shaking the nerves out as well. It's been a while.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Really hope we jump all over Wainwright. He can get his 2 wins elsewhere

[CynBeth]

He still looked pretty good despite the HR. It feels amazing to see Means pitch again.