Congrats to Bergesen!

[JTrea81]

The "Iceberg" had a well pitched debut even flirting with a no-no for a bit, the first start of hopefully many in an Orioles uniform. The kid showed grit and fire tonight and got his first ML victory.

And one of the most important stats: 10 groundouts to 2 flyouts.

He's made for OPACY.

:clap3:

[bird watcher]

The "Iceberg" had a well pitched debut even flirting with a no-no for a bit, the first start of hopefully many in an Orioles uniform. The kid showed grit and fire tonight.

And one of the most important stats: 10 groundouts to 2 flyouts.

He's made for OPACY.

:clap3:

Final Line

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Bergesen 5.2 4 3 1 2 4 0 1.59

Very well pitched game.

[Sports Guy]

Threw strikes, worked quickly and kept the ball down.

When he got the ball up, he got hit.

Had good movement and changed speeds well with his fastball.

[weams]

Threw strikes, worked quickly and kept the ball down.

When he got the ball up, he got hit.

Had good movement and changed speeds well with his fastball.

Exactly. Well Stated.

[Cheery O's]

A job well done. As good as anyone could have (realistically) hoped for.

[Hank Scorpio]

If he's down in the zone, he'll be fine.

He'll have to incorporate his offspeed stuff more as the league gets a scouting report on him, but if his fastball is down in the zone, his stuff should play at this level.

He was around the plate all night.

[ShaneDawg85]

Couldn't ask for a better major league debut than that. When they said he worked fast they weren't kidding. Seemed as fast as he got the ball in his hand it was on its way to the plate. He fielded his position very well on the play in the first inning, was checking the runners throughout the game, and seemed to have good reaction skills when guys got on base, a welcome change from some of our past pitching prospects (ie Daniel Cabrera).

Very much as advertised with regards to getting ground ball outs, not overpowering but he threw his fastball anywhere from 89-94, which I thought couldn't be right given everything else he was throwing, and had some decent movement on it. He threw a little bit inside a couple of times, hit one batter and almost hit another or two, maybe it was nerves, but I wouldn't put much stock in it.

The one thing that concerned me was that the second and third time through the line-up they were starting to hit him better. It's not surprising really, being it's his major leage debut and his pitch count was rising. If it continues in the future it'll be something to worry about, but we'll worry about that when he gets there.

All in all a fantastic debut from Bergesen. Keep giving us starts like that Berg, and you'll be hanging around for a while.

[tennOsfan]

I just have three words to express my feelings on what I saw from Bergeson: THANK THE LORD!!!!

Way to go, kid! Keep it up.

[bird watcher]

What I was impressed with was the movement. His slider breaks in on lefties and his fastball breaks away from lefties. It is hard to believe that the guy I just saw has historically struggled against lefties.

It was VERY refreshing to see a young pitcher come up and have a clue.

THIS IS THE START OF WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT!!!:clap3:

[crawdad]

He is going to have to expand upon two pitches. His slider is just not MLB quality. His second time through the order was somewhat difficult and I think it will get harder as he becomes more exposed. That said, he was placing his 4 and 2 seamers quite well. He has those two pitches down. They are not great, but his command of them is quite good.

He looks like a middle reliever to me in the long run. Hopefully, he can toil around in the starting rotation for the rest of the year and provide some relief.

[bird watcher]

Couldn't ask for a better major league debut than that. When they said he worked fast they weren't kidding. Seemed as fast as he got the ball in his hand it was on its way to the plate. He fielded his position very well on the play in the first inning, was checking the runners throughout the game, and seemed to have good reaction skills when guys got on base, a welcome change from some of our past pitching prospects (ie Daniel Cabrera).

Very much as advertised with regards to getting ground ball outs, not overpowering but he threw his fastball anywhere from 89-94, which I thought couldn't be right given everything else he was throwing, and had some decent movement on it. He threw a little bit inside a couple of times, hit one batter and almost hit another or two, maybe it was nerves, but I wouldn't put much stock in it.

The one thing that concerned me was that the second and third time through the line-up they were starting to hit him better. It's not surprising really, being it's his major leage debut and his pitch count was rising. If it continues in the future it'll be something to worry about, but we'll worry about that when he gets there.

All in all a fantastic debut from Bergesen. Keep giving us starts like that Berg, and you'll be hanging around for a while.

I don't think he has historically had issues as games progressed (second and third time though lineups). He had 3 complete games last year in AA.

[bird watcher]

He is going to have to expand upon two pitches. His slider is just not MLB quality. His second time through the order was somewhat difficult and I think it will get harder as he becomes more exposed. That said, he was placing his 4 and 2 seamers quite well. He has those two pitches down. They are not great, but his command of them is quite good.

He looks like a middle reliever to me in the long run. Hopefully, he can toil around in the starting rotation for the rest of the year and provide some relief.

Buzzkiller.:eektf:

A 23 year old with very good minor league success pitches that game and you come up with this post?

I disagree on the slider too. He threw some good ones tonight.

[amateurfan]

He is going to have to expand upon two pitches. His slider is just not MLB quality. His second time through the order was somewhat difficult and I think it will get harder as he becomes more exposed. That said, he was placing his 4 and 2 seamers quite well. He has those two pitches down. They are not great, but his command of them is quite good.

He looks like a middle reliever to me in the long run. Hopefully, he can toil around in the starting rotation for the rest of the year and provide some relief.

I can't make any judgment of his slider, other than it doesn't seem easy to pick up out of his hand. I did notice the complete absence of a curve ball and change up. Does he even have these pitches?

I did like how he changed speeds and worked quickly. I would think one more pitch would keep him in the starting rotation.

[Sports Guy]

He is going to have to expand upon two pitches. His slider is just not MLB quality. His second time through the order was somewhat difficult and I think it will get harder as he becomes more exposed. That said, he was placing his 4 and 2 seamers quite well. He has those two pitches down. They are not great, but his command of them is quite good.

He looks like a middle reliever to me in the long run. Hopefully, he can toil around in the starting rotation for the rest of the year and provide some relief.

I think its rotation or bust for him.

I don't see him being successful out of the pen.

As I mentioned before, his best comp seems to be Carlos Silva(Drungo was actually the first to mention this I believe).

Silva gave the Twins 4 years of league average baseball...BB has a chance to be somewhat similar to that IMO.

I do agree that he needs to refine his secondary stuff though.

[Miller192]

He is going to have to expand upon two pitches. His slider is just not MLB quality. His second time through the order was somewhat difficult and I think it will get harder as he becomes more exposed. That said, he was placing his 4 and 2 seamers quite well. He has those two pitches down. They are not great, but his command of them is quite good.

He looks like a middle reliever to me in the long run. Hopefully, he can toil around in the starting rotation for the rest of the year and provide some relief.

I think he showed flashes of having a solid major league slider but I agree with you here.

He looks like a great reliever but again, hopefully he can develop into a solid piece of the rotation.