Saturday, May 4 in Cincinnati: John Means returns to the mound

[SteveA]

Pitching staff continues to be incredible this week.   7 runs allowed in 6 games.

Bullpen 2 runs in 17.1 innings since the start of the Yankee series.

[Malike]

Just now, OriolesMagic83 said:

Means 1-0

Hyde, BS, 1

Cano, Save 1?

We didn't blow a save tonight. They never tied the game.

[Aristotelian]

Just now, Philip said:

Kimbrel threw 16 pitches last night. The guys who complained about the bullpen usage had a point. But why use Kimbrel a second night? 16 pitches isn’t nothing.

He did look fantastic Friday and he is (or was?) our closer. I didn't like Kimbrel there either but I am glad Hyde had him on a tight leash.

[spiritof66]

What can we get in a trade for Kimbrel if we eat most of his salary. I'd rather have Bautista close piching left-handed than Kimbrel, at least the way Hyde's using him.

[survivedc]

Impossible to get excited on any given play listening to Melanie. She does such an insanely bad job of leading the listeners into the action. I thought that last pop up was going to be a foul ball out of play they way she called it, then she just starts yelling that Cowser has caught it.

[baltfan]

Cano bailed Hyde out.  

[Billy F-Face3]

Jorge Mateo's HR and his defensive play to backup Mountcastle and throw out the runner at 2nd after the error was the difference in the game.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, Malike said:

I should neg rep you.

That is was a Kevin Brown line. 

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

If Kevin Brown said that you'd be annoyed.

I know. 
 
But he didn’t. 

[Malike]

2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Cano for closer...YEAH BABY!!

They tried that, it didn't work out too well.

[Bemorewins]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

Kimbrel threw 16 pitches last night. The guys who complained about the bullpen usage had a point. But why use Kimbrel a second night? 16 pitches isn’t nothing.

If he can only pitch 2/3 times a week, he is pretty much useless as a closer on a team like this.

I would rather pitch Webb, Cano, Coulombe, anybody over him. I hate to say this but Kimbrel can’t be trusted at this point. He’s not reliable.

[spiritof66]

Just now, Malike said:

We didn't blow a save tonight. They never tied the game.

The scorer should have discretion to award a blown save for such a poor performance in a save situation.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, 24fps said:

I was going to make a joke about that tonight but refrained.  You're right though, it's only a matter of time.

Prop bets make it too easy.

Oh I'll take Gunnar to walk twice tonight and Elly to strike out twice.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, Bemorewins said:

Great job by Cano to rescue Kimbrel. But we gotta IL Kimbrel at this point. He is much more of a liability than an asset. You can’t keep asking the other 25 to carry deadweight.

If Kimbrel can pitch after a rest day and be effective you can keep him on the roster. But if he needs a week between appearances then yeah it's IL time. At the very least back to back's are out of the question.

[Orioles0615]

Good news is this rotation could be dangerous. Which is something I never thought I would say about the Orioles. 

 

Man its nice watching Means pound the strike zone, and making opposing teams half innings 3 mins long for once.