Sunday May 19: O's vs Mariners

[Philip]

3 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

You don’t want him sitting forever. 

So? Use Kimbrel today you can’t use him tomorrow, but you can’t use Irvin tomorrow anyway. It’s objectively wrong to use a high leverage reliever unnecessarily.

[Roy Firestone]

Just now, OriolesMagic83 said:

Irvin only threw 13 pitches! He's a starter.  I don't get Hyde's thinking.

trying to show trust in his closer...

[spiritof66]

12 minutes ago, Brian88 said:

Why is Cano warming? Let Irvin finish this, or if you insist on playing by the save rule, go to Kimbrel

Need Cano to dig out of the hole that Kimbrel is capable of digging in his first three batters.

[Philip]

2 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

But Irvin has already thrown 13 pitches. Don't want to overwork the guy every eight days.

I detect a hint, just a hint, of sarcasm here.

[Malike]

Just now, spiritof66 said:

Need Cano to dig out of the hole that Kimbrel is capable of digging in his first three batters.

Cano hasn't been particularly effective lately.

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

So? Use Kimbrel today you can’t use him tomorrow, but you can’t use Irvin tomorrow anyway. It’s objectively wrong to use a high leverage reliever unnecessarily.

So. You can still use Kimbrel tomorrow. 

[eddie83]

One more.  

[fansince71]

Kimbrel looks competent.

[Billy F-Face3]

Kimbrel should focus on his his shoulder steering the pitch more accurately. He seems to fly open often.

[SteveA]

Just now, fansince71 said:

Kimbrel looks competent.

He's had 3 hitless, walkless appearances in a row before this one.    Why wouldn't he?   Because he had a rough stretch a couple weeks ago?

[eddie83]

Nice.  

[Mooreisbetter27]

Yankees don’t want this smoke. They are playing about as well as they possibly can against a weaker schedule and they still only maintain a 2 game lead. Enjoy it while you can New York. We re coming. 

[FlaO'sFan]

Good job, Kimbrel.

[O's84]

K's, Ballgame.

[EdwinRip]

We’ve got our closer back!