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Sunday May 19: O's vs Mariners


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9 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

here comes the ominous sixth inning...I dont see Burnes finishing the 6th..and this is the problem with our starters,,,they cant go deep...

Or Hyde won't let them go deep.  You can't starters after 70 or 80 pitches w a 7 man bullpen.

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32 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

wonder if hes related to Don Money

Don Money is the answer to two Philadelphia sports history trivia questions.

1. Who hit the first home run at Veterans Stadium?

2. Who was Mike Schmidt's predecessor as third baseman for the Phillies?

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1 minute ago, dystopia said:

Burnes probably done but maybe he starts the 7th. 

His pitch counts this year:  82-100-90-98-89-97-95-95-85 (average 93).

He's at 93 now.

So chances are they won't have him go over 100.  So we are looking at maybe one more batter if he did come back out.

Is it worth it to get one more batter out of him?   When that opens the possibility of bringing Webb or whoever in with a man on base instead of with a clean inning?

I'd lean against it.  If there was a chance of him completing the inning and still staying at 100 or less I'd be in favor.   But that seems unlikely.   Or if there was a righty due, and then a couple lefties, and you had a lefty ready to come in.   But that's not in the case.   R-R-R due for Seattle.

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