8/2 @ Cleveland - COBY MAYO DAYO

[Tony-OH]

I will say at some point Hyde has to take up for his young players getting absolutely awful calls.

[Wavetrapper]

1 minute ago, Uli2001 said:

This teams issues are manyfold. Pitching, offense, defense, you name it. It's amazing how much they fell from last season to this (but then look at Tampa Bay).

Their record still looks pretty, but if they continue to play like this, things aren't going to look pretty by September.

I don't expect 4-32 or anything like that, but this team might not make the playoffs.

Good set up for a question I have.   Realistically, given the mess that this team is and really has been for a couple of months now….what constitutes a satisfactory season?  Be happy with a wild card, maybe one playoff win and hope for a better (and healthier) 2025?

[EdwinRip]

These umps want to make Holliday earn it before getting a call.

[Roy Firestone]

I cannot figure this team out...we get 1 hit off Carassco..and strikeout 7 times in  5 innings...unreal. This team is just so hard to follow...

Edited August 3 by Roy Firestone

[Ripken]

Nice swing, Tony.  The Offense is offensive.

[Tony-OH]

Just now, LookitsPuck said:

Scoreless 5 IP from the Cleveland bullpen incoming 

Cleveland advanced scouting has the Orioles hitters down pat. Just absolutely brutal takes and they're down two strikes in every count 

[Just Regular]

4 minutes ago, mrbig1 said:

Why are they pulling this guy.

Twice through the order.    Also he's terrible.

[Moose Milligan]

Great. Gonna go from the soft tossing Carrasco to this big dude throwing upper 90s, he’s gonna slice through our order one time. 

[ChuckS]

It’s unfortunate. Can’t help your confidence up there when you cannot rely on umpires to call balls, balls. He had one like that last night too.

The electronic strike zone can’t come soon enough. 

[Billy F-Face3]

This guy Cade Smith had a good strategy. Using spin rate to stay out of the strike zone each direction.

[MDK02]

Cleveland owns us. 

[dtk9119]

Predictable. We're not doing jack ish off this bullpen 

[Yossarian]

2 minutes ago, terpoh said:

What does a batting average have to do with how you should have strikes/balls called?

It shouldn't have anything to do with it.  But it does.  

[Wavetrapper]

2 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

Scoreless 5 IP from the Cleveland bullpen incoming 

Done for the night

[Tony-OH]

This team hits home runs or they lose. It's really that simple. Nobody just tries to break a slump by putting the ball in playmate every hitter is trying to hit hoke runs.

Been like this all year. Two hitting strategy coaches and both should be fired