Tuesday, September 12: The return of John Means!

[Gurgi]

Just now, SteveA said:

Adley's hitting has declined a bit during the season and I think overuse is part of it.

McCann has sucked tonight but he has hit pretty darn well for a backup C the last few months and his defense has been solid too.

I think Hyde should keep doing exactly what he has been doing in terms of playing time for Adley and McCann.

Mathematically you probably are right.  I just feel the need to bitch. 

[baltfan]

BTW, in TB game. Littel 53 pitches, 42 strikes. They create elite starter after elite starter. 

[OnlyOneOriole]

Very poor performance>  Team looks tired to me.  Further...and if you can't score more than 2 runs off of that guy?  I mean this guy is a 42 year old who can barely get the ball to the plate.

 

Hate to say it but no way you are beating 3 good pitchers in a playoff series.

 

Wow.

[dystopia]

If the Twins could not be useless, that’d be great. 

[Gurgi]

Just now, dystopia said:

If the Twins could not be useless, that’d be great. 

Our chance was the Mariners.  They crapped the bed.   

[oriolediehard]

The biggest problem in this game was lack of clutch hitting today.

[Orioles0615]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Adley's hitting has declined a bit during the season and I think overuse is part of it.

McCann has sucked tonight but he has hit pretty darn well for a backup C the last few months and his defense has been solid too.

I think Hyde should keep doing exactly what he has been doing in terms of playing time for Adley and McCann.

That's fine. But Hyde better realize that McCann doesn't play at all in the playoffs

[baltfan]

Just now, OnlyOneOriole said:

Very poor performance>  Team looks tired to me.  Further...and if you can't score more than 2 runs off of that guy?  I mean this guy is a 42 year old who can barely get the ball to the plate.

 

Hate to say it but no way you are beating 3 good pitchers in a playoff series.

 

Wow.

They have beaten three good pitchers many times this year. Thing about this year though is much of the East is down a bit.  This is a good opportunity. 

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

If they lose today, tomorrow is pretty much a must-win game. Or they risk going into the TB series only one game up.

Not really.   if you had told me we would be going into a home series with Tampa  in September 1 game up, before the season, with the other three AL teams virtually eliminated from the division titleI would have been overjoyed.

If you had told me on June 9 when Tampa was 47-19 and 6.5 games ahead of us that we would have been up a game when we played them in September, I would have been even happier.

We always knew that the division was likely to come down to this series this weekend.   I'd love to be 3 games up a lot more than to be 1 game up going into it, and I hope that can happen, but either way this series is going to decide it.   We've been a superior team to Tampa since the start of the season by at least 2 games, and since June 9 by 7.5 games.

Bring it on!  You have to beat the best to be the best.

[baltfan]

Just now, Orioles0615 said:

That's fine. But Hyde better realize that McCann doesn't play at all in the playoffs

He definitely will against lefties. 

[Moose Milligan]

Just get this over with. Make it quick and painless. 

[e16bball]

The one thing I’d kinda like to see (probably more for next season) is a little less of Adley DHing when he isn’t catching. 

I’d like to see him get a few more rest days, and I’m not sure the batting difference between he and whatever guy fully sits out that night (Mountcastle, O’Hearn, Santander, etc) justifies putting a bit more wear and tear on him.

Plus, it’s tough to have no ability to hit for McCann in some of these situations. Maybe you don’t pull him against a lefty (like there), but there are some situations where you’d really rather be able to go with someone else late in the game…and you just can’t when Adley is DHing.

[Jagwar]

43 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Frustration at what?  Only winning at the second highest rate in all MLB?

More about the seasons preceding this one. 

[Roy Firestone]

I'm glad we won last night...we might've been looking at a sweep...from the Cardinals...as it is Gibson is no bargain in the rubber match tomorrow...

[OnlyOneOriole]

3 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Mathematically you probably are right.  I just feel the need to bitch. 

Adley is never going to be the hitter we thought he was going to be.  Just the nature of the position.  It takes a huge toll on the body.

 

He is a Matt Weiters 2.0 who is better looking and with a better team disposition and attitude. 

 

Hate to say it but it is true.  Catchers just simply can't become elite hitters.