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7/6 Game two versus Oakland


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2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Getting the Miguel Andujar Story from Kevin Brown while we’re down 10-0 in the third inning is a circle of hell I didn’t know that existed. 

😂 

It beats 2018-21.  That’s something I guess. 

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Lol Hyde will probably play Rutschman the rest of this game and have him sitting behind the plate for an 8 hour 40-0 game then bench him tomorrow and say he needs rest. 

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3 minutes ago, gtman55 said:

Povich aint it. Send him down and put Irvin back in as a starter. Elias better be aggressive at the trade deadline or we're in trouble.

Irvin got bumped from the rotation because he was sucking worse than Povich. What about McDermott or Davidson?

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4 minutes ago, Malike said:

Did you think they wouldn't slump over the course of 162 games because the xStats look so nice on Statcast? ;)

Their overall line actually isn’t that bad but their hitting with RISP has just been brutal. 8th best wRC+ in the league the last 14 days but are 22nd in runs, averaging less than 4 per game.

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1 minute ago, Winter said:

Lol Hyde will probably play Rutschman the rest of this game and have him sitting behind the plate for an 8 hour 40-0 game then bench him tomorrow and say he needs rest. 

You could bring in McCann but then who's your emergency catcher?

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5 minutes ago, gtman55 said:

Povich aint it. Send him down and put Irvin back in as a starter. Elias better be aggressive at the trade deadline or we're in trouble.

Queue up the trade the entire farm system for a rental and pitcher that is limited to 150ip max and will need shut down after a few more starts lmao, probably already 3 or 4 more threads about it made. 

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1 minute ago, LGOrioles said:

Their overall line actually isn’t that bad but their hitting with RISP has just been brutal. 8th best wRC+ in the league the last 14 days but are 22nd in runs, averaging less than 4 per game.

They'll be fine. There is too much talent here and water always finds its level.

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2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Irvin got bumped from the rotation because he was sucking worse than Povich. What about McDermott or Davidson?

Why not, both could slot in for Povich next start

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