8/4 @ Cleveland, Burnes vs Williams

[O's84]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Holliday keeps hitting! 105 off the bat! 

But the more important thing is, does Oldfan5 think Jackson Holliday is a baseball player name.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

Please...youre looking silly...he's 22 and its his first 10 MLB at bats...give him some time..

If he still sucks after another 26 at bats...

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

Please...youre looking silly...he's 22 and its his first 10 MLB at bats...give him some time..

I’m giving you a hard time, Roy. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

I’m giving you a hard time, Roy. 

It's a two for one special.

[LookitsPuck]

One thing is for sure, Soto isn’t an elite athlete.

[O's84]

Holliday's OPS is up to .540 now.

[Roy Firestone]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

He and Mayo are looking like automatic outs in the 7 an 8 spots here.    Weak grounders a high % of the time, Cedric throws in some popups for variety.    Thank goodness we have Holliday at 9 so the opposing pitcher can't coast throught he bottom 3.

I'll bet we see Slater get a start over Mullins vs a righty at least once in Toronto.

Its easy to rip Coby..he's had an awful day...but he's had like 12 major league at bats...any chance you can see the difference between that and Mullins full season at the plate? I guess not...

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, O's84 said:

Holliday's OPS is up to .540 now.

That’s my bowling average. 

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

Go with an arm that doesn’t have platoon splits. It’s the bottom of the lineup. I’m not sure Soto is in trust territory, yet.

We don't have enough relievers in "trust" territory to cover all the critical innings, that's the bullpen we have right now.

So you use the guys you have in situations you think are best for them.   And Soto with L-R-L due,  near the bottom of the order, with a 3 run lead, is such a spot.

You can't manage out of fear.   Fans talk about "trusting" relievers.   Managers thinkg about putting the 26 guys they have to work with in the places where they are best suited.   Sure, if a guy isn't doing well, you fear he may not do the job.   But the solution to that is 1) the GM should get better players, or 2) you just hope you get the best effort you can out of him.   You can't just not use guys that are on the roster.

A 3 run lead in the 6th is a medium to medium high leverage situation.   It is not a game-critical situation.

[OriolesMagic83]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He looks scared, maybe he should lift more.

He should have played more sports instead of just playing baseball. No wonder he lacks fast twitch muscles.

[LookitsPuck]

Just now, SteveA said:

We don't have enough relievers in "trust" territory to cover all the critical innings, that's the bullpen we have right now.

So you use the guys you have in situations you think are best for them.   And Soto with L-R-L due,  near the bottom of the order, with a 3 run lead, is such a spot.

You can't manage out of fear.   Fans talk about "trusting" relievers.   Managers thinkg about putting the 26 guys they have to work with in the places where they are best suited.   Sure, if a guy isn't doing well, you fear he may not do the job.   But the solution to that is 1) the GM should get better players, or 2) you just hope you get the best effort you can out of him.   You can't just not use guys that are on the roster.

A 3 run lead in the 6th is a medium to medium high leverage situation.   It is not a game-critical situation.

That’s fair.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

Its easy to rip Coby..he's had an awful day...but he's had like 12 major league at bats...any chance you can see the difference between that and Mullins full season at the plate? I guess not...

Roy, I think we’re all just ribbing you a little bit.

[SteveA]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

Its easy to rip Coby..he's had an awful day...but he's had like 12 major league at bats...any chance you can see the difference between that and Mullins full season at the plate? I guess not...

Yeah, I was just talking about right now.

It's a small sample, I know.   We won't start talking about sending him back down until he's got a much bigger sample of at bats, like maybe 36.

 

[LookitsPuck]

Can’t pitch around guys with JRam coming up. 

[OriolesMagic83]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

That’s my bowling average. 

You are obviously an elite athlete.