uh, giddyup.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 2 February 2024 01:43 (four months ago) link
...just one day out of life.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 2 February 2024 01:56 (four months ago) link
When does Bautista return?
Current projections say 2025.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 2 February 2024 01:56 (four months ago) link
Corbin Burnes, jesus christ. i'll bet money they move to lock him up long term, if these new owners are for real.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 2 February 2024 02:14 (four months ago) link
Wow. Knew things were changing but didn't know it'd happen this fast.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 2 February 2024 02:29 (four months ago) link
Kyle Bradish had a 2.83 ERA in 2023Corbin Burnes had a 2.94 ERA in ’22, 2.43 in ’21 and 2.11 in ’20the last time the Orioles had 2 qualified SP finish with sub-3.00 ERAs in the same season?1976: Wayne Garland + Jim Palmer— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) February 2, 2024
― j.q higgins, Friday, 2 February 2024 02:32 (four months ago) link
That's an astonishingly good trade.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 2 February 2024 02:33 (four months ago) link
At first glance seems like a pretty great move for both teams. Ortiz is a legit prospect who is going to struggle to find a place in Baltimore's infield. The Brewers get him and DL Hall, who still has real upside, and the Orioles add the one thing they need most, frontline starting pitching; sure he may leave in free agency but the window is the window and this is what you do when you have a chance to win.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 2 February 2024 02:34 (four months ago) link
welllllll, shit...
So what we've found out in the last five minutes in summary is...Bradish - right UCL sprain, open the season on ILMeans - month behind, might miss ODHenderson - oblique aggravation, likely for ODBasallo- stress fracture, won't catch till Apriloriginal sources: @JakeDRill— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) February 15, 2024
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 15 February 2024 17:44 (three months ago) link
Damn
― H.P, Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:06 (three months ago) link
holliday...it would be so nice
see you in September, sweet prince~
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:58 (two months ago) link
He did ok in ST I think. No way he’s in AAA for more than a month or two. Otoh with such an insane amount of prospects anyone could step up and get promoted ahead of him.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:43 (two months ago) link
O's are logjam city unless they follow the Reds' path of injuries/PEDs or start trading pieces away.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:44 (two months ago) link
This is the year to win every game you can, it's gonna be a strong division, it's time to put the best guys on the field and Kolten Wong is not the best guys
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:49 (two months ago) link
my guess is up by memorial day. guys get hurt (and mateo and urias seem sort of prone, anyways), schedule will allow for some roster fandango...
― j.q higgins, Friday, 22 March 2024 20:35 (two months ago) link
oh...wong's opting out, i think.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 22 March 2024 20:36 (two months ago) link
...and then they signed tony kemp. masterful troll.
anyways, happy opening day. i can't believe the o's have corbin burnes.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:17 (two months ago) link
liking what I'm seeing guys
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 28 March 2024 21:00 (two months ago) link
I think these O's might be for real
― H.P, Thursday, 28 March 2024 21:02 (two months ago) link
Corbin Burnes, 10th and 11th Ks.Thru 6. Making a Statement. pic.twitter.com/ryPzYib1KQ— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 28, 2024
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 28 March 2024 21:33 (two months ago) link
rodriguez nearly punch for punch w/ burnes today. god, this offense, though...
― j.q higgins, Saturday, 30 March 2024 21:51 (two months ago) link
. . . yeah, this offense
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 1 April 2024 13:14 (two months ago) link
I am already seeing that Craig Kimbrel is not gonna be good for my heart
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 02:19 (two months ago) link
Unfathomable pick up by the O's. Incredibly funny he gets the win for this game.
― H.P, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 02:34 (two months ago) link
They were obviously hoping to plug a Bautista-sized hole.
Tbf, the tying run came as a result of two stolen bases.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 12:57 (two months ago) link
Let's actually go O's
― H.P, Thursday, 4 April 2024 00:40 (one month ago) link
Wasn't sure about the bunt move, but cooler heads prevail!
― H.P, Thursday, 4 April 2024 00:41 (one month ago) link
sooooo nice...
This box score from the Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Orioles, is insane 😲The team features three @MLBPipeline Top 35 prospects, including No. 1 prospect Jackson Holliday. pic.twitter.com/WVu0KfFtpD— MLB (@MLB) April 4, 2024
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 4 April 2024 14:33 (one month ago) link
But seriously, what are we gonna do? "Too many players you want to see on the field" is a good problem to have, but -- eventually somebody's got to get traded or released, right? But who? And when?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 4 April 2024 14:40 (one month ago) link
or hurt
― na (NA), Thursday, 4 April 2024 14:52 (one month ago) link
Accidents will happen…
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 4 April 2024 21:20 (one month ago) link
I was just looking at that AAA lineup and it’s basically the 1927 Yankees. I figure by mid summer they are going to have to deal someone from that backlog for pitching.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 4 April 2024 21:23 (one month ago) link
Norfolk Tides game free to watch on mlb.tv right now
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 4 April 2024 23:32 (one month ago) link
Norfolk up 10-2 in the first inning
― JoeStork, Friday, 5 April 2024 23:50 (one month ago) link
The thing about this team is there are a lot of games Burnes and Rodriguez aren't pitching
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:15 (one month ago) link
I will relax a little bit once Bradish and Means are back
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:16 (one month ago) link
PS the Tides won that game 11-10 in extras after being up 10-0!
I miss Bautista
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 7 April 2024 19:45 (one month ago) link
UGHHHHHHH
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 7 April 2024 19:49 (one month ago) link
bats gotta wake the fuck up, though.
― j.q higgins, Monday, 8 April 2024 01:22 (one month ago) link
I was just talking to my son about this last night. When he came out to close a game last season, there was a high level of confidence that he was going to get it done. The O's really lack that this year, and it may be a difference maker in too many close games.
Baumann was an embarrassment on Saturday.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 8 April 2024 15:30 (one month ago) link
bradish is starting his rehab assignment. means has looked...meh.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 20:17 (one month ago) link
Means may in retrospect be the defining pitcher of the Spidertack Era
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 20:26 (one month ago) link
Thread namesake getting called up!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 01:27 (one month ago) link
i try not to complain about bad calls too much but this is pretty egregious, like at least 3 runs are down to this umpire in the last inning.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 11 April 2024 00:50 (one month ago) link
Curious as to when all this generational-player hysteria began. I remember a lot of hype for David Clyde's first start in 1973--cover of Sports Illustrated--because he came out of high school. (Hype then not being what hype is today.) After that, I really don't remember anybody until Griffey Jr. came along.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:06 (one month ago) link
And the SI cover came after his first start, not before.
I feel like there might have been extra hype when the baseball card market started to take off, I just remember everybody getting kinda hyped the same year Griffey was coming up about other guys like Gregg jefferies, Steve Avery, Ty Griffin (lol), etc. Before griffey, there was definitely hype around Bo Jackson but that obviously was of a different nature entirely. Post-griffey, you had other guys but they were a bit less hyped, they had to start to prove themselves in the majors before people fully committed to it. Even someone like Frank Thomas who in retrospect was definitely a can't miss kind of guy.
― omar little, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:16 (one month ago) link
But I do feel like once you hit 1989, every several years you started to see one or two guys everyone would start to flip out over. Now it's multiple guys per year.
― omar little, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:18 (one month ago) link
Yeah, of course--rookie-card mania, timed perfectly with Upper Deck's launch and Griffey's arrival.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:18 (one month ago) link
As truly dreadful as his .033/.094/.033 (.127 OPS) is... it's really the 2BB:16K that's more concerning (should note it was 1BB:15K before yesterday).
He was 138BB:138K for his MiLB career (12BB:8K this year).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 April 2024 22:11 (one month ago) link
Albert Suarez, huh. No MLB appearances since 2017 and 11 scoreless innings in two starts.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 04:33 (one month ago) link
definitely curious to see if opposing hitters catch up to suarez. his stuff looks legit to my untrained eyes.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:37 (one month ago) link
Suarez is surely the Jim Traber of 2024 but I'm enjoying this for as long as it lasts
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:55 (one month ago) link
A name that hadn't crossed my mind in ~40 years.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 15:25 (one month ago) link
well, shit...
We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gatOuLknN9— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 26, 2024
― j.q higgins, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:29 (one month ago) link
That is a surprise. Happened with Delgado and Halladay and no doubt many others who came back fine. Hopefully his confidence not too shaken.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:38 (one month ago) link
heck, cowser came up before the asb last year, got sent back down in august and that was that until spring training. seems okay, too.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:59 (one month ago) link
One impressive stat is he somehow scored 5 runs despite only 2 BBs & 2 singles.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:00 (one month ago) link
...and 1 HBP. I guess you could say he's very productive once he gets on base.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:02 (one month ago) link
Henderson's HR last night makes him the the youngest player ever to hit 10 before May 1st.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:04 (one month ago) link
Feel like that's a tricky stat as opening day began around April 22 then over time shifted to the second Saturday in April and now in 2024 we had games played on March 28.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:16 (one month ago) link
...but still impressive!
Still surprised in that he's 22, and there have been a number of Griffey- and Matthews-type players who were already regulars at 19 or 20 (another: Giancarlo Stanton). I would have thought one of them would have done that.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:29 (one month ago) link
what happened to grayson rod??
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 17:05 (one month ago) link
first i had heard about the shoulder inflammation that supposedly put him on the dl was...when they put him on the dl. no idea whether or not it's legit.
also curious to see how bradish is used going forward.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 2 May 2024 15:10 (one month ago) link
feel like this sort of thing is maybe more common these days, but everyone in the o's starting infield today is a former shortstop.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:13 (one month ago) link
padres too: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danepstein/2024/02/28/the-san-diego-padres-want-to-build-a-lineup-out-of-shortstops/?sh=1f539d423c64
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:22 (one month ago) link
Feel like the A's did that in the Moneyball era (at least moving SSs to 2B/3B)? I know the A's were also starting 3x CFs in their outfield for a while when CFs were undervalued.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:38 (one month ago) link
San Pedro de Macoris Orioles
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
Jays send out a veritable Mendoza-Line infield every day.
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:12 (one month ago) link
This team’s pretty good huh
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 4 May 2024 03:47 (four weeks ago) link
doomers calling last year unrepeatable get off this wild ride please
― H.P, Saturday, 4 May 2024 04:07 (four weeks ago) link
i like that there was a matchup between Buck Farmer and Heston Kjerstad tonight - the two poles of extremely white names.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 4 May 2024 04:26 (four weeks ago) link
lol. o's need a francis winterbottom or somesuch.
― j.q higgins, Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:43 (four weeks ago) link
I was one of those doomers who thought last year was our best chance to win, but I thought the rest of the AL East would be better this year than they've been, and I didn't think we were going to change ownership and sign a guy like Burnes.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:01 (four weeks ago) link
really can't believe the weekend's pitching performances in cincy.
― j.q higgins, Monday, 6 May 2024 13:11 (three weeks ago) link
My doominess is now almost exclusively playoff-Kimbrel-focused
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 16:15 (three weeks ago) link
strength, my friend. i wish you strength
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 16:16 (three weeks ago) link
i'm not stressing at the moment. ask again around memorial day!
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 16:29 (three weeks ago) link
My doominess is now almost exclusively playoff-Kimbrel-focused― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 02:15 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 02:15 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I stand in solidarity with you
― H.P, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:00 (three weeks ago) link
Fucking Kimbrel!!!!!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 9 May 2024 01:27 (three weeks ago) link
well, not great.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 9 May 2024 01:43 (three weeks ago) link
Offense bailing him out big time
― H.P, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:12 (three weeks ago) link
Maybe not
― H.P, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:17 (three weeks ago) link
The no-sweep streak goes on!
― H.P, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:21 (three weeks ago) link
just tuned into the orioles game and they had a shot of the new owner walking up and down the aisles in the stands giving out merch from the team store...new era hats, things of that nature. i also blinked and they'd scored a couple more runs.
― j.q higgins, Monday, 27 May 2024 19:00 (six days ago) link