10/2 Orioles vs Royals Wild Card Game #2

[Aristotelian]

Just now, dystopia said:

Don’t understand pulling Eflin

Everyone but Akin is available today and tomorrow. From here out we have a better chance matching up than Eflin going third time through. Of course this may not work out

[TomDominick]

First Showalter now Hyde. What is he doing?

 

[LookitsPuck]

Coulombe threw *11* pitches. 

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Uli2001 said:

Please no superfans on this board.

Yea I agree. We need more negative cry babies.

[iiiput]

Hyde feeling like this is the last game of the season, so he needs to get in as many pitching changes as the rules will allow. I really dont understand his use of our pitching staff. 

[LookitsPuck]

Just now, TomDominick said:

First Showalter now Hyde. What is he doing?

 

Is Ubaldo secretly in the clubhouse

[Just Regular]

I think you can almost put it in ink Cionel and G. Soto get those 3 guys in some order next 2 turns of the lineup.

[Marshmellow]

Well Eflin’s pitch count was 75. Gotta save him for next year.

[dystopia]

Just now, Aristotelian said:

Everyone but Akin is available today and tomorrow. From here out we have a better chance matching up than Eflin going third time through. Of course this may not work out

Eflin is better than most of our bullpen arms, matchups be damned. 

[Ripken]

Hyde can GTFO with Mounty.

[LGOrioles]

14 innings

2 BB/16 K’s

1-9 with RISP (the hit didn’t score a run)

2 XBH’s (one of them was a misplayed ball)

 

Does it get any worse than this? I don’t know if it would be better or worse if they were getting blown out. This is agonizing since both games have been extremely winnable. 

[Fiver6565]

A reliever to get two outs. Is it the eighth inning?

[Jagwar]

Just now, ONUOsFan said:

Yep. You can’t build a team that relies on HR’s in a park built like that. Any left-handed pitcher will give the other team an instant advantage. 

I also think you can't get pitchers to want to sign with the team with the old configuration.

I'd find a middle ground, bring the wall in some but not all the way to state zero

[O's84]

Can we stop hitting batters?

[Keygans]

Don’t like using DC for only 4 batters …