FIX THE DANG BULLPEN

[eddie83]

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

 

Too bad Heasley's numbers in Norfolk haven't translated when it comes to him pitching with the  Orioles. Calling up Povich to start and putting Suarez might be the best move right now until a trade happens.

[eddie83]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Too bad Heasley's numbers in Norfolk haven't translated when it comes to him pitching with the  Orioles. Calling up Povich to start and putting Suarez might be the best move right now until a trade happens.

I think Suárez has earned the right to start. The better the rotation is the less you need the pen. 

[Frobby]

Two scoreless innings for the bullpen tonight, ending a streak of 9-10 games where they had allowed at least one run.  It helped that Burnes went 7 innings and the pen only needed to cover two.  

With an off day tomorrow, most of the pen will have at least two consecutive days off.  Should be well rested for the Tampa series.  
 

[Aristotelian]

Jorge Lopez reunion? DFA by Mets after glove throwing incident. Seems like a head case but can't be worse than Viera. Had a 2.25 ERA before a string of meltdowns.

[OriolesMagic83]

25 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Jorge Lopez reunion? DFA by Mets after glove throwing incident. Seems like a head case but can't be worse than Viera. Had a 2.25 ERA before a string of meltdowns.

Somehow I didn't make the connection, Lopez and Jorge are both really common Spanish names.  Sad to see him in this condition.  I would much rather take a chance on a Lopez reunion than Viera.  Lopez has been very good in the past and Viera has been pretty much like the results that he got the other day. 

[24fps]

For better or worse, it doesn't strike me as a Mike Elias move to claim him given the glove-throwing and all the rest.

[OriolesMagic83]

3 minutes ago, 24fps said:

For better or worse, it doesn't strike me as a Mike Elias move to claim him given the glove-throwing and all the rest.

Elias took a chance on a guy Matt Harvey who sold Opioids to another baseball player.  It seems that what Lopez did was pretty minor compared to that.

[sportsfan8703]

8 hours ago, eddie83 said:

 

99 mph sinker. Let’s bring him back. 

He had mental problems, but so does most people in our fanbase. 

You can always come home Jorge. 

[dystopia]

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Asked about the glove-throwing incident after the game, López said he did not regret throwing it, adding, “I don’t give a [expletive] to anything.” The native Spanish speaker then uttered a comment in English that those present interpreted as either López calling the Mets “the worst team in the whole [expletive] MLB,” or calling himself “the worst teammate in the whole [expletive] MLB.” Asked later in the interview if he indeed meant to call the Mets “the worst team” in baseball, López replied: “Yeah, probably, it looked like.”

 

A clubhouse source later asked López to clarify his comments a second time. According to that source, López said he meant them as a combination of both: the worst teammate on the worst team in the league.

I find this hilarious, but I'm not sure I want this guy back.

[sportsfan8703]

20 minutes ago, dystopia said:

I find this hilarious, but I'm not sure I want this guy back.

He only stated the obvious about the Mets. That’s a clubhouse leader right there. Scherzer and Verlander said the same. 

Bring em back home. 

[Orioles0615]

No thanks

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jorge-lopez-605347?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

[btownoriole]

I’ll always be a Jorge Lopez fan and will root for him when it doesn’t negatively impact the Orioles.  He has had to deal with a lot off the field and, as a father myself, I pray for the very best for his son.  
 

Not sure what his mindset is right now but I’d take a flyer on a minor-league deal with him.

[Frobby]

This Lopez talk reminds me of last year when someone kept banging the drum to bring back Zach* Britton.  Let’s just be happy we caught lightning in a bottle with Lopez in 2022 and forget about trying to do it twice.  

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, btownoriole said:

I’ll always be a Jorge Lopez fan and will root for him when it doesn’t negatively impact the Orioles.  He has had to deal with a lot off the field and, as a father myself, I pray for the very best for his son.  
 

Not sure what his mindset is right now but I’d take a flyer on a minor-league deal with him.

I'm not expecting him to end up with a minor league deal.