8/22 vs HOUSTON

[Roy Firestone]

Just now, Uli2001 said:

Stop the excuses. Burnes has been sucking for a while. You have to get some Ks if you are an ace.

there have been a ton of hard hit balls off him tonight..and where are the strikeouts..???

[LGOrioles]

Attaboy Corbin, 6 ER and 6 swings and misses and 5.2 IP. Zero interest in bringing him back next year and paying a SP who can barely K 8/9IP over $200M. 

This team is a complete and utter joke right now. 

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

Hyde leaving in Burnes too many batters too long. Drink.

Yes. He should burn more arms down 4 vs a rookie. 

[RavensNOsGuy]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Burnes is done like a Thanksgiving turkey and so is this team tonight. 

You mean done for the season lol? It’s over man. 

[allquixotic]

Just now, Uli2001 said:

Burnes has definitely entered the Orioles price range now.

He will still probably make a killing with his FA contract. Not with the O's.

And he'll probably have several more excellent years. Because, you know how it goes, right? If it's the Orioles, the players suck, get injured, or play down. If they get hired by another team, they put on the jets and play amazingly well.

The second most likely option is that we'll re-sign Burnes (for a lot of money) and he will either be completely ineffective or require back to back TJs for 4 years. Again, because the Orioles can never do anything right. Bad luck, incompetence, whatever. They haven't been past the ALCS since before I was born, and I have gray hairs in my beard.

[Uli2001]

1 minute ago, allquixotic said:

The Astros are a good example of what we could be... what we used to be ~3 months ago. Making good contact and having good control of the where the baseball goes, so you can somewhat reliably hit it where they ain't.

When we aren't striking out, we're hitting the ball directly to them. That's the new Oriole Way.

To be fair, I don't think there's such a thing as controlling where the ball goes.

[EdwinRip]

Need to wake up the bats!

[OriolesMagic83]

Giving Burnes a $300 mill deal looks like a really bad idea now.  Not that the O's were going to do it.

[LookitsPuck]

Just now, eddie83 said:

Yes. He should burn more arms down 4 vs a rookie. 

We’ll just keep making excuses and the crooked numbers will continue until morale improves.

[eddie83]

Just now, LookitsPuck said:

We’ll just keep making excuses and the crooked numbers will continue until morale improves.

He let up a jam job hit and a bunt single. Why pull him?

[survivedc]

Hilarious that people WANT to go to the bullpen. So inconsistent.

[Moose Milligan]

Get some runs you dildos. 

[O's84]

1 minute ago, Uli2001 said:

Stop the excuses. Burnes has been sucking for a while. You have to get some Ks if you are an ace.

I already mentioned earlier in the game thread that doesn't get Burns completely off the hook because he has made some bad pitches.  So stop acting like I think he's blameless.

[Wavetrapper]

2 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

Be nice if we could call up McDermott or Johnson to see how they develop. Oh wait...

McDermott was shut down 

[LookitsPuck]

Put Neris in to rub salt on the wound