Sunday, April 28: A's vs Orioles

[Gurgi]

Just now, pdiddy said:

It was pretty obvious that they needed another arm during the offseason. Nothing short sighted about that.

We all knew it.  We all felt they needed more help but no one did a damn thing. 

[Philip]

Akin threw 57 pitches, but he can handle that many. Why not let him have another inning?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

He didn’t have a walk all year until this week. Something is off. 

Was it the same thing that was off when the Dodgers left him off the playoff roster in 2022 or the Phillies took him out of the closer role in 2023?

[Tony-OH]

How many closer will Hyde destroy in his managerial career? 

 

Part Elias for not doing enough for his bullpen and part Hyde running his closers into the ground before May.

 

We all said the bullpen was the weakness coming into this season and he we are.

 

Blowing saves to the freaking A's. 

 

Maybe Suarez will end up the closer.

[allquixotic]

No doubt, we need to find a way to restock the 'pen mid-season. It's not going to be easy but we need to find rubber arms that won't implode randomly, and don't pay a king's ransom for them somehow. Callups? Most of our MiL talent is position players, right?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, pdiddy said:

It was pretty obvious that they needed another arm during the offseason. Nothing short sighted about that.

It’s been my biggest worry Kimbrel isn’t a workhorse reliever anymore the Orioles needed to bring in two quality relief pitchers given Bautista’s injury. 

[Ripken]

1 minute ago, Orioles0615 said:

Tell me why again Elias sat around and did nothing about the bullpen

Well, he did sign a really expensive closer who isn't good.

[survivedc]

1 minute ago, pdiddy said:

It was pretty obvious that they needed another arm during the offseason. Nothing short sighted about that.

Fine, they needed another arm. You recommend trading a major league caliber infielder (assuming that is the surplus) for a reliever which has the most YOY volatility in the sport? Is that the idea?

[forphase1]

3 minutes ago, survivedc said:

This is a pretty shallow and short sighted take

Short sighted?  The bullpen has been our main weakness all year.  Not just today.  Today is just magnified because we are blowing a lead to the 2nd worst team in baseball.  But the bullpen needs a ton of help, and not just at the closer position.  So no, I don't think it's either shallow or short sighted.  We simply didn't do enough in the offseason to shore up the bullpen.  Period.  

[dystopia]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

Yeah. Thing is he should have came out earlier.  

3 batter minimum 

[spiritof66]

Elias and Hyde have made this team very good but also very vulnerable to late-inning implosion.

No, Kevin you're completely wrong. The Orioles didn't "have to use six relievers." Hyde chose to use six  relievers. He chooses to use six relievers pretty much every game. It can't be sustained, especially when you can't run guys back and forth to Norfolk. 

[Uli2001]

Maybe they will have a good bullpen in 2025 when Bautista is back and then they can make a run. This season they might still be able to make one of the wildcards, but that's it. You can't win without a solid bullpen (or with a feast and famine offense such as this).

[Billy F-Face3]

Wells long man and Suarez back up closer. I think Suarez can bring some nasty swing and miss stuff if he only has to worry about 3 batters or so. 

[dystopia]

Some of this is on the offense. They routinely get a lead and then go to sleep for the rest of the game. Thats getting pretty tiresome. 

[Malike]

The A's have scored 3 games worth of runs today. Coulombe is not off the hook for allowing Tyler Freaking Nevin to take him over the wall, either.