October 1st: Orioles vs Royals — Wild Card Playoff Game #1

[spiritof66]

10 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

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This team desperately needs another consistent big bat next year particularly if Santander leaves.. we don’t have a Judge, Ohtani, Murray, Frank Robinson star type .. Gunnar is good but not yet .. Adley a disappointment.. 

That's what Holliday, Henderson, Kjerstadt, Mayo, Basallo (sp?), Westburg and Adley are supposed to be. That's the principle on which the team was built -- add them to Santander and MC and you've got a potent offense. My understanding/impression, anyway.

[fansince71]

So many idiotic posts, what is this twitter?

[Bemorewins]

1 minute ago, Safelykept said:

Whats the BP got to do with Today's game?

Nothing. But the construction and lack of additions speaks to the philosophy of actually having a championship bar or a "good enough" bar. 

The guy closing for KC could have easily been ours. Yet we chose reclamation projects or other teams 🗑

We could have tried to acquire an experienced RHH bat knowing how vulnerable we have been against even decent LHP. But we did what we did.

[Wavetrapper]

2 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

Watch they win between 90 and 100 games next year again and then fail in the playoffs. This team may be a good regular season team (when healthy), but it's just not built for the postseason. In the playoffs you need clutch situational hitting, you need speed on the bases, and you need a shutdown pen. They have none of the above.

Sounds like another team I am familiar with 

[Bemorewins]

3 minutes ago, Wavetrapper said:

That was the turning point of the game 

Felt the same.  It was over at that point 

I knew the Royals were going to score in the next inning after that. That almost always happens in baseball. Closet thing to a momentum swing that the sport has IMO.

[Uli2001]

3 minutes ago, fansince71 said:

So many idiotic posts, what is this twitter?

No, it's X.

[Baseball fandom]

38 minutes ago, Wavetrapper said:

An awesome start to the season.  They lived off that for the last 4 months of the season.   
 

They are truly pathetic.  

Yep. Absolutely. Their hitting has been a joke and I've been saying this June but I was laughed at and shouted down by many on here for saying thi.  There's no laughing about it anymore.  I was on the fence about Hyde coming back but if they go down tomorrow which I'm predicting 4-1 then a change should be needed. 0-5 in playoffs is rediclious. I won't be heartbroken if they lose tomorrow the second half  of this season has just totally drained me as a fan. 

[Safelykept]

1 minute ago, Bemorewins said:

Nothing. But the construction and lack of additions speaks to the philosophy of actually having a championship bar or a "good enough" bar. 

The guy closing for KC could have easily been ours. Yet we chose reclamation projects or other teams 🗑

We could have tried to acquire an experienced RHH bat knowing how vulnerable we have been against even decent LHP. But we did what we did.

Thats fair for sure but relief pitchers are not RH bats, and who was that RH bat.

[Uli2001]

3 minutes ago, Wavetrapper said:

Sounds like another team I am familiar with 

It sort of does. But said team at least wins a playoff game now and then (and has won a title in this century).

[Bemorewins]

3 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

That's what Holliday, Henderson, Kjerstadt, Mayo, Basallo (sp?), Westburg and Adley are supposed to be. That's the principle on which the team was built -- add them to Santander and MC and you've got a potent offense. My understanding/impression, anyway.

IMO next year the offense will be better. Kjerstad will be better/give us more than he gave us this year in a full time role. Westburg will probably be better, if nothing else he will hopefully be able to give us full season production. And Holliday and Mayo can't be worse.

However, the pitching COULD still be an issue and would be far worse without Burnes and/or another very good starter. I don't think Efflin, Rodriguez, Kremer, Suarez, and Povich is a rotation that can get you to the playoffs.

[Baseball fandom]

This sucks too because the Orioles can't beat the Royals and the Ravens can't beat the Chiefs. Kansas City is definitely Baltimore's daddy 

[Yossarian]

5 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

That's what Holliday, Henderson, Kjerstadt, Mayo, Basallo (sp?), Westburg and Adley are supposed to be. That's the principle on which the team was built -- add them to Santander and MC and you've got a potent offense. My understanding/impression, anyway.

Exactly.  These guys were supposed to be our reward for so much bad baseball.   These are dlsupposed to be the studs, the knights in shining armour, the superstars that put up crazy numbers in the minor leagues, that bring this franchise back to glory.   So far,  the start of this window of opportunity looks like it's all hat and no cattle.

[foxfield]

Just totally painful to watch.  This team can pitch, field and hit but somehow has an ability to have a total void of one if another is strong.  My prediction tomorrow is a 12-8 loss trailing by 3 early.  

Gotta maintain that massive 4 rpg average.

GOD XXXX IT.

[Baseball fandom]

1 minute ago, Bemorewins said:

IMO next year the offense will be better. Kjerstad will be better/give us more than he gave us this year in a full time role. Westburg will probably be better, if nothing else he will hopefully be able to give us full season production. And Holliday and Mayo can't be worse.

However, the pitching COULD still be an issue and would be far worse without Burnes and/or another very good starter. I don't think Efflin, Rodriguez, Kremer, Suarez, and Povich is a rotation that can get you to the playoffs.

That rotation sucks man but of course you will have some on here trying to sell you it as being good 

[Bemorewins]

3 minutes ago, Safelykept said:

Thats fair for sure but relief pitchers are not RH bats, and who was that RH bat.

Are you going to make me dig the all of the roster moves from the offseason and deadline? lol

Off the top of my head Justin Turner/JD Martinez were experienced RH bats that could have been acquired. They are nowhere near what they once were. But they have playoff experience and usually hit LHP.