8/11 @Tampa Bay

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

swing and miss....foul ball..then a K..is his pattern

He's in 1-2, 0-2 counts every at bat.

The first at bat he got started off with a 92 MPH fastball that he was late on and swung through. Then in the second at bat, sure as a clock is right twice a day, he got started off on a low-outside changeup that he swung through. 

Basically he's pressing and out thinking himself, but what I don't like is he's constantly trying to pull everything. Why these guys don't start with the idea of going oppo early on until they get a couple of knocks instead of trying to hit everything 900 miles pullside.

[oriolediehard]

Mayo is nothing like he was in the minors!!!  He is nervous and pressing!!

[Wavetrapper]

One would have to think this is Mayo’s last day in an Oriole uniform for a while 

Edited August 11 by Wavetrapper
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[DEOriolesfan]

JD Davis or Segura next up?

[RavensNOsGuy]

Is anyone really surprised given what we saw with Holliday 1.0? Machado is the only guy I can remember in a long time coming up and doing really well and actually helping the team in his initial debut. These guys have looked like they have never played professional baseball at any level,

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

Mayo seems to be overmatched right now...the foul balls show me hes not squaring anything up...its hard to watch  for me...

Hard to watch for all of us. 

[casadeozo]

7 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Mountcastle still sometimes looks like he's never seen a changeup.

I think it’s safe to say this is just who he is at this point. We’ve probably missed an opportunity to trade him at peak value 

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, RavensNOsGuy said:

Is anyone really surprised given what we saw with Holliday 1.0? Machado is the only guy I can remember in a long time coming up and doing really well and actually helping the team in his initial debut. These guys have looked like they have never played professional baseball at any level,

I think we’ll be ok somehow. 

[Tony-OH]

When do we start to wonder why most of the Orioles prospects have really struggle when they come up? I get it that it takes a bit sometimes, but why completely clueless? 

Why would they not instill that oppo approach, especially when it's clear the pitchers are pitching these guy there early on?

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, RavensNOsGuy said:

Is anyone really surprised given what we saw with Holliday 1.0? Machado is the only guy I can remember in a long time coming up and doing really well and actually helping the team in his initial debut. These guys have looked like they have never played professional baseball at any level,

Gunnar and Westburg both did pretty well immediately.   Adley, Cowser, Stowers, Holliday, and now Mayo all had really bad initial stretches.

[SteveA]

Great inning Suarez!

[eddie83]

Nice hustle by Siri. 

[tntoriole]

Suarez is a pitcher 

[Say O!]

Springs with 17 swings and misses so far thru 4 innings.  9 misses on 12 swings against the changeup.

[Rbiggs2525]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

When do we start to wonder why most of the Orioles prospects have really struggle when they come up? I get it that it takes a bit sometimes, but why completely clueless? 

Why would they not instill that oppo approach, especially when it's clear the pitchers are pitching these guy there early on?

I think it’s more about how big of a gap it is now. We send Cole Irvin and Povich down to become Randy Johnson/Tom Glavine.