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Hyde on the playoff loss: “it hasn’t eased for me”


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Roch has a good article up on Hyde’s presser today.   A few quotes:

“I think our guys are going to come in really, really hungry. Just talking to some of them briefly throughout this offseason so far, our guys are going to be really driven this year. That was a great experience for us but we want to go further.”

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“I think for our guys to experience that atmosphere, I think that’s going to be great going forward. I don’t look at it as a whole lot of positives because it just doesn’t sit well with how it ended.”

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“I think we’re really talented and I think our guys are going to continue to get better. I think we have two young starters that, they’re only going to get better with Kyle (Bradish) and Grayson (Rodriguez). Dean (Kremer) really established himself as a really good major league starter last year. Tyler Wells was arguably our best starter in the first half and then was lights out for us in the bullpen late in the year. So I’m excited about the talent we have on the mound, and we’re really, really athletic position player-wise.

“If we started tomorrow with what we have right now, I’d be more than happy with it.”

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Adam Frazier and Aaron Hicks are free agents and Hyde said in a perfect world “you’d like to have some veteran presence.”

“But our guys are starting to turn into veteran presence now,” he added. “These guys are now in their fifth and sixth year. They’ve had a lot of experiences now, highs and lows, losing team to a 100-win team. We’re not as young as we used to be with some of our core guys. Weird to say, but some of our guys are turning into good veteran guys, and they’ve been led well these last couple years with some of the quality guys we brought in here.”

I hope this means the Rookie Integration Plan is full go!

 

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5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I’m sure he does feel somewhat confident, but what would you expect him to say?

I would expect him to say Frobby is a great O's fan and we don't know what we would do without him.  If he is with us we are ready to win the World Series.

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2 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I would expect him to say Frobby is a great O's fan and we don't know what we would do without him.  If he is with us we are ready to win the World Series.

Well if that’s all it takes, we’re in good shape!  But I’m pretty sure they need you, too. 

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13 hours ago, Frobby said:

Roch has a good article up on Hyde’s presser today.   A few quotes:

“If we started tomorrow with what we have right now, I’d be more than happy with it.”

I often forget that the O's have Wells and Hall capable of filling either a starting or bullpen role. 

And just imagine if Tate really can return to his 2022 form. IMO it makes the O's one Closer away from a top bullpen. 

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2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Love Hyde. It hasn’t eased for me either. Bradish and Grayson got much needed exposure to the playoffs. Looking back on the juggernaut that Bradish faced… was that actually a “good” playoff start?  Grayson has all the humbling fuel to have a big offseason and learn to become a true #1. 

Kremer and Webb close behind in humbling fuel supply.

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