8/20 at NY Mets

[Aristotelian]

Just now, survivedc said:

When are you going to try and get Soto and Kimbrel right if not up 7-1

I think we were hoping for Kimbrel in the 9th but Smith got torched.

[Brian88]

1 minute ago, survivedc said:

When are you going to try and get Soto and Kimbrel right if not up 7-1

Down 7-1

[LookitsPuck]

1 minute ago, dtk9119 said:

Gunnar botching a ball doesn't make Smith throw trash

No, but overusing your bullpen does.

[OriolesMagic83]

Just now, Pat Kelly said:

Just bizarre.  Was this team ever consistent.  That’s all faded from memory.    Syd and Elias need to learn how to build pitching depth and good bullpens. 

Gee, they haven't even learned how to draft pitching, don't you think that's too much to expect.

[Uli2001]

Why can't baseball be like football? Hitting team and fielding team.

Yes, I am joking. Before the usual suspects go crazy.

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

Gunnar botching a ball doesn't make Smith throw trash

True. 

[Moose Milligan]

Oh okay Gunnar you actually wanna field a ****ing ball cleanly all of a sudden 

[LookitsPuck]

Would be the cherry on top to blow an amazing game by Kremer after losing Eflin 

[oriolediehard]

3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I think we were hoping for Kimbrel in the 9th but Smith got torched.

Use Kimbrel if you hope the O's lose!!!

Edited August 21 by oriolediehard

[Brian88]

1 minute ago, oriolediehard said:

Use Kimberly if you hope the O's lose!!!

She probably wouldn't have been much worse!

Edited August 21 by Brian88

[OriolesMagic83]

If the O's even win this game, Hyde is going to run thru the whole bullpen.  He couldn't win a coaching competition vs an elementary dodgeball coach.

[Roy Firestone]

That was clutch Cano...we're winning this damned game...

[Billy F-Face3]

Play the matchups in the 9th. No dedicated closer.

[Aristotelian]

Kimbrel or Tate? Or Cano for the first two, and then Soto to close it out? I don't know if I can watch this. 

[spiritof66]

I'll try to post a longer statement of this. Here's the main point. The impact of an injury on a team depends in part on the quality of the replacement for the injured guy -- in other words, the team's depth of talent (in the ML and MiL) at that position. Elias' strategy has been to acquire and develop depth among position players at the cost of pitching depth. There are reasons for choosing that strategy, but we're now seeing the problem it can lead to.