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O's84 Hangout Grand Counsel

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1 minute ago, Spakman said:

Do you have a reading comprehension problem?

I'm saying it's hard to win games like that and puts a lot of pressure on your pitching staff.

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It's over for tonight.  

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Laz Diaz is explaining that he is worse at calling balls and strikes and they should be yelling at him. 

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After Roy falls asleep, hopefully

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Just now, Fiver6565 said:

I see, so not only the game today that hasn't started, but also the weekend series that hasn't started, we're going to suck.  Your posts should come w/ spoiler tags I guess.😒

he's 90 years old, let him vent a little.

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Top five hitters in the lineup are 0-for-16 in this game. Not a single guy on this team just puts the game on their back and says, "I've got this." Instead we get wailing away at first pitches with popups and weak roll over groundballs.

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4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

A .106 XBA is pretty pitiful. Amazing how bad this offense is right now. Seems the hitting coaches are not doing a very good job of preparing these guys because it's crazy to think they all suck at the same time.

The issue is Hyde and his Buck Showalter-like loyalty to struggling veterans, and Elias mishandling our hitting prospects. There are too many guys in the lineup with OBPs below .300 and they're all vets - Mullins, Hays, Mateo, Mountcastle, Santander. Mullins and Hays need to be phased out immediately, but Hyde is way too slow and too dumb to do it.

We had a premium power bat in Kjerstad who should have been playing every day while he was up, but instead he was treated like some sort of scrub and rotted on the bench, rarely playing. That's terrible management by Elias and Hyde.

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6 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

come on dude.  The guy has 16 homers and an OPS pushing 950.  Give me a break.

He also gives away ABs far too frequently for how talented he is. 

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Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Akin finds his groove, of course, after giving up the game winning dinger. 

Did he warm up properly or was this the classic, hurry about because the pitcher before him gave up a few hits and the reliever gets like 7 warm up pitches in the pen before coming into the game?

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Just now, allquixotic said:

Felix Bautista, Zach Britton and Mariano Rivera would like a chat with you.

And there plenty of times they've allowed runs.  I'm not saying it's likely...   the odds are well against it, but you don't just give up. 

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The issue is Hyde and his Buck Showalter-like loyalty to struggling veterans, and Elias mishandling our hitting prospects. There are too many guys in the lineup with OBPs below .300 and they're all vets - Mullins, Hays, Mateo, Mountcastle, Santander. Mullins and Hays need to be phased out immediately, but Hyde is way too slow and too dumb to do it.

We had a premium power bat in Kjerstad who should have been playing every day while he was up, but instead he was treated like some sort of scrub and rotted on the bench, rarely playing. That's terrible management by Elias and Hyde.

I agree with most of this.I think Kjerstad deserved a good long look and lots of at bats...we mismanaged him...I would sit Mullins...and put Cowser in CF. He might not dazzle, but he'd be serviceable..what ISNT serviceable is Mullins bat...or lack of it..

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If the coaches think that the initial game plan should be attack attack attack fine, but when that's not working, are they not able to make ANY in game adjustments? It's infuriating with all the data and technology they can't do the simplest of things.

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4 minutes ago, O's84 said:

I'm saying it's hard to win games like that and puts a lot of pressure on your pitching staff.

Then go respond to someone else that’s talking about the offense

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