You can dismiss it as "one bad game"...but it's very telling.

[Chromehill]

Lose by one run or lose by 20 runs, it still counts as only 1 lose in the lose column.  The good news from that disaster, they only used 3 pitchers, with an off day tomorrow, the bullpen should be in good shape for the week.

[Moose Milligan]

They better win today or this place might go off the rails. 

[sportsfan8703]

Burnes is a top level Ace. Grayson is a top level 2. Suarez is a top level 3 with a sub 3 ERA. 

Yeah there is a drop of our backend of our rotation. Every team in baseball has that.  You only need 3 SP in the playoffs. 

Kremer, and one of Povich/McDermott/Irvin will be just fine in the regular season. 
 

 

[1fingerwillie]

15 hours ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

For you being a journalist and writer?  I am disappointed that you can't use paragraphs.  I mean this is literally grade school writing 101. 

 

"For you being a journalist and writer?" is not a question. In fact, it is not a sentence.

[Tony-OH]

I just thought I'd throw my two cents in here and a little moderating.

First, Roy is Roy. He's here as a fan and to give his take. Most of the stuff I read from him reminds me of the great quote from Terrance Mann in Field of Dreams, "I wish I had your passion, (Roy)... Misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion."

What is misdirected even more is when people attack Roy for anything other than his opinion. Feel free to disagree with Roy. Feel free to think Roy is off base in his reactions or posts, but do not make it personal. Roy is a friend of mine and this site, and while I may not always (or rarely) agree with his harbingers of disaster, he has every right to express his opinions. What he doesn't need is someone questioning his writing style or grammar or saying they expect more. That's a bunch of personal BS that I don't appreciate.

One of the moderators here gave someone a few days break because they personally attacked him. I support that and not just because he's Roy Firestone, but because he's one of us here. He's a long time passionate Orioles fan and that's all he wants to be here so let's not start talking about his journalistic integrity or writing style.

Again, feel free to disagree with Roy. Heck, I completely disagree with this take besides the fact that we all know that this team needs to add at least one starter and one or two impact bullpen arms. 

But as it was stated by a few on here already, this team is on pace to win well over 100 games despite losing 4 out of their 5 projected starters at some point, and losing 3 starters for the year. 

The Orioles are not going to win every game. A 100 win team is going lose 62 games a year. The world is not going to end over one game. Whether the teams loses by 1 run or 11, it counts as one game and today they start 0-0 at the beginning of the game.

 

 

[survivedc]

6 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Burnes is a top level Ace. Grayson is a top level 2. Suarez is a top level 3 with a sub 3 ERA. 

Yeah there is a drop of our backend of our rotation. Every team in baseball has that.  You only need 3 SP in the playoffs. 

Kremer, and one of Povich/McDermott/Irvin will be just fine in the regular season. 
 

 

Suarez is a top level 3?

[Oriole40]

I am reminded of Earls  answer to the question, can not quote it verbatim ,  as to are the Orioles going to  start a winning streak or continue the present streak.  Anyway, the answer was , quote,  it all depends on tomorrows SP.   A simple answer to a difficult question.  He also was not as concerned about each day, as much as the particular series the Orioles  were playing at the time. Win the series and at the end you will be in good shape.  We can still do that in this situation.  Go Orioles.

[Tbone83]

4 hours ago, survivedc said:

Suarez is a top level 3?

Yeah not really. IMO they need to trade for a 3 at the very least. Burnes/GRod/New Guy/Kremer and then one of Suarez/Irvin/Povich/McD as your 5, depending who is pitching well and is healthy. Suarez has been way better than expected but I feel like the Cano-esque drop off is coming eventually. I hope not, but just saying.