Thursday afternoon May 2: Battle for First Place with MFYs

[Moshagge3]

Hate to be a downer but the O's have come close to losing leads bigger than this and that was when Kimbrel was rolling. Bullpen needs to step up today. 

[Rbiggs2525]

5 batters until top of order. Don’t fool around.

[Malike]

4 minutes ago, Hallas said:

His arm is like his biggest plus skill defensively...  90+ percentile arm strength both last and this year.

His arm is strong and his arm is bad. Both things can be true.

[Moshagge3]

Just now, Billy F-Face3 said:

Imagine being traded to the Yankees and not even having a choice over your face autonomy.

I don't really know what the Yankees could do if someone refused. What if there were a Sikh ballplayer?

[Emory Eagle]

Torres 2021 throwback.

[Moose Milligan]

Dammit Akin, cmon.  Get it together.

[elextrano8]

1 minute ago, Fiver6565 said:

You can't exactly shave off a tat when you get traded there.

 

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

You can cut hair a lot easier than you can remove a tattoo. 

Surprising tho it may be, this was something I understood already

[Emory Eagle]

93 middle middle is not going to do it in the MLB.

[Emory Eagle]

Free base runners are unacceptable.

[O's84]

Come on Akin.

[oriolediehard]

How did the MFY steal Verdugo from the Red Sox?   He is an Oriole killer!!

[Uli2001]

Still 12 outs to navigate. Orioles offense had better keep scoring and not go to sleep with a lead, as they often do.

[spiritof66]

1 minute ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Just so we  are on the same page, Mateo should be our starting second baseman more times than not. I see Urias getting every other start against RHP at most. 

I agree, but the problem with starting Mateo is that all Urias provides off the bench is defense at 3B. Mateo off the bench gives you multi-position defense and a pinch-runner. 

Urias needs to hit some to start. If he's not hitting, he shouldn't be starting. If he's not starting, he's pretty much dead weight.

[dtk9119]

Guess we get bad Akin today.

[Moshagge3]

I can't really figure out Akin. 93 center cut and of course it gets blasted but he doesn't have much else. Now he walks a lefty.