Saturday afternoon May 25: Orioles at White Sox

[Goober Noodles]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

I think a chunk of our offense problem is our TOTAL inability to put something together early, put the pressure on opposing pitchers, get their pitch count up...we dont do that...we cant draw many walks..and cant move runners...and rely far too much on the HR...THIS TEAM IS JUST AWFUL IN EVERY GAME innings 1-4.

The thing that's so frustrating is that we saw the whole team put together great at bats last year, and it's as if patience has just gone out the window.

[HowAbout That]

8 minutes ago, Malike said:

How about no teams panic in May and start shuffling the roster around? It doesn't happen. They will be in it until the end of the season and they will try to fix what needs fixing. It doesn't need to be on May 25th, that's nearly unprecedented.

I’m not trying to be contentious, but making adjustments to a plan that isn’t working is not panic.

Doing nothing at all is bad because doing nothing means you are wasting time.

Just today we made a trade, and I haven’t investigated it, but we gave up a guy who I think was in the late teens on our prospect list? So it was a trade, but it was a minor trade.

Minor trades will not help unless we once again catch lightning in a bottle, and lightning in bottles is rare so it’s doubtful that it happens now.

 

[Roy Firestone]

4 minutes ago, Morgan423 said:

All right guys, let's get some runs.

how about A RUN?

[Roy Firestone]

COULD USE A WALK HERE

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

Well folks. Tate was the highlight for me today. 

[dtk9119]

Nice AB by Adley

[Goober Noodles]

Let's goooo.

[Roy Firestone]

WE CANT SQUARE ANYTHING UP TODAY...

[Malike]

Just now, HowAbout That said:

I’m not trying to be contentious, but making adjustments to a plan that isn’t working is not panic.

Doing nothing at all is bad because doing nothing means you are wasting time.

Just today we made a trade, and I haven’t investigated it, but we gave up a guy who I think was in the late teens on our prospect list? So it was a trade, but it was a minor trade.

Minor trades will not help unless we once again catch lightning in a bottle, and lightning in bottles is rare so it’s doubtful that it happens now.

 

Teams generally give guys who are making millions of dollars and have had productive careers some time to figure it out. If by the end of June, things are looking like they are now, I'm sure they will tweak some things. Even the guys who hit in April aren't hitting in May. Who do you play for guys like O'Hearn who is OPSing at about Santanders level for the month? Cowser with a .573 OPS in the month of May? Like, everyone is a problem right now save maybe 2 or 3 guys. How do you replace 6 of them and with whom?

[HowAbout That]

8 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Luckily there is a wild card.  The Rangers and D Backs didn't win their divisions either and met in the World Series.

I would be apoplectic if the Yankees won the division.

[Goober Noodles]

O'HELL YEAH!!

[Roy Firestone]

Ok...we are in this...OHEARN!!

[Billy F-Face3]

What a great At Bat Ryan O'Hearn!

[FlaO'sFan]

O'Hearn! Nice.

[justD]

ROH!! Let’s Go Boys!