The team made the acquisitions it did because Suarez wasn’t a long term solution. If he winds up back in the rotation at the cost of their No. 2, things are grim.
There’s been some rough luck, for sure. The team isn’t struggling because of a lone risk on John Means. This season just isn’t been kind.
Sucks. But sometimes you lose the attrition war.
It didn't kill me that they let him bat. That said, given the situations, I'd have pulled him and let someone else hit for him before I would have for Holliday and Cowser. They both have been swinging very well and should have been allowed to hit. Letting Urias hit is defensible but not when you pinch hit for the guy before and after him instead.
Totally agree it's a gut punch.
Yet, giving up on the season is an overreaction IMO. As an Oriole fan there is always hope, by definition!
To be more specific, for example look at the start Grayson's replacement gave tonight. Some guy named Suarez.
Who? On the season, here are the most basic results stats:
Rodriquez: 116.2 IP, 3.86 ERA, 1.24 WHIP
Suarez: 83.2 IP, 3.66, ERA, 1.34 WHIP
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