8/7 @Toronto

[iiiput]

Kudos to the Marlins for fleecing us. We could find a better lefty in a men’s league

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Are we already turning on Mayo? Looks that way. 

He's making it easy.

 

He looks like a DH.

He looked like a DH in the minors.

[GoldGlove21]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Are we already turning on Mayo? Looks that way. 

I think you have to do something. You can not contribute on offense and people will give you some rope, but when you cannot play adequate defense you are going to stick out like a sore thumb. With that said, we make some of these pitchers look like Tom Seaver.

[drjohnnyfever1]

McCann - building his legend!

[EdwinRip]

5 Ks in a row!!

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

let me know who is making excuses and Ill tell that person to stop it...

Did I say you or anyone else was making excuses? I said there were valid reasons he wasn’t up. That’s it. Nothing else. 
 

Defense matters. He has talent. Nobody says otherwise. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

I’m not. I was just realistic as to reasons why he wasn’t up. His bat and skill is damn good. Play the kid in the OF in the spring.  

I read somewhere that didn't look like a viable option either.

No I don't have the quote on hand.

[Dibbs31]

A pitcher who doesnt strike out many is looking like Roger Clemens against this lineup

[CynBeth]

James Mac! This interview is the best part of the game so far.

[tntoriole]

8 pitch inning.. great 

[Uli2001]

3 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

It's tough between the electronic strike zone being used at AAA and then relying on the human element to call balls and strikes plus any decent pitcher isn't going to stay in MILB very long these days.

I think we have a winner. Pitching has got to be very diluted in MiLB at this time. We are expecting .300 avg's in AAA to translate to MLB (as they did in the past), but that's not the case anymore. We have seen it again and again with the O's prospects. These guys go on a tear at AAA and are utterly unprepared for MLB pitching when they arrive at the club. The talented ones will eventually hit (Cowser, Henderson, Rutschman, Westburg) but even those struggle mightily at first, and have lots of ups and downs. The trick now is to find out who are the ones who will eventually hit consistently at the MLB level, and who are the ones who can only hit AAA pitching.

[EddeeEddee]

7 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

It’s almost like we’ve had years of this to go off of. And yet Elias was desperate and now we’re stuck with him for years.

Not years of this.  Our pitching staff was better than this this time last year.  It feels like Elias got complacent about the pitching despite some warning signs and the thinning of the bullpen.  

[eddie83]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I read somewhere that didn't look like a viable option either.

No I don't have the quote on hand.

He may not be. At least use all of spring training to find out. Have 6 weeks. 

[Gurgi]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He's making it easy.

 

He looks like a DH.

He looked like a DH in the minors.

I watched him in AAA about thirty games.  He was pretty bad.  I thought he was Devers bad.  Now it seems he is no where near Devers level.

[Roy Firestone]

Just now, eddie83 said:

Did I say you or anyone else was making excuses? I said there were valid reasons he wasn’t up. That’s it. Nothing else. 
 

Defense matters. He has talent. Nobody says otherwise. 

I must've responded to the wrong comment...someone said "Roy...no excuses." Sorry...