Bats have been better tonight but Manny needs to snap out of this. At least he's barely missing on some of these instead of looking like a complete idiot like Davis and Schoop do at times.
Imagine it would be Tillman though he looks hurt. We have Miley and Gallardo this weekend so let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I think it could actually be Ubaldo. Reminds me of 2012 when they started Saunders in the WC game against the Rangers. Hoping they find a way to not pitch Gallardo. Miley has been good his last 2 so hopefully that keeps happening. Scored 4 runs tonight without a homer. Going to need lots of that if they want to make a run.
Jays and Tigers both up in their games. Hopefully Os can manage a sweep and Jays drop a game. Os really need that WC game at home!
Need a win and a jays loss. No interest in having to play a tiebreaker game against the tigers just to then go to Toronto for the WC. Let's go gas man
Tillman is one of the leaders of the team, had to go with him even if Ubaldo is pitching better than him. Sure he'll be watching him closely and helps having Bundy/Ubaldo as long men if it comes to it. We've had success vs Stroman, gonna need it to continue.
shit, bad hitting team we saw the majority of the second half also showed up to Toronto tonight. Bad swings, bad at bats.
Haven't posted in a while as I haven't had a ton of time to watch more so box score tracking the last month. However I have to post after Kim is almost nailed with a bottle while trying to make a play. Wtf
guess buck made the right choice not starting ubaldo. he couldn't even get an out. shitty way to watch the season end.
Not discouraged about losing the WC but am about so many other things about this team especially the free swinging bullshit. Always next year or 20 years down the line.
sounds like buck just gambled and thought he could get an inning out of ubaldo and then go to britton. I don't think that was a ridiculous thought, but once he had those 2 base runners you needed to go to britton. Dude is a ground ball machine. Sac fly and your season ends, can't put Ubaldo in that position. In any case, if you only get 4 hits and a walk over 11 innings you probably lose that game every time.
Trumbump "Trumbo’s return to Baltimore makes a ton of sense for both sides, and not just because another team would have had to surrender a first-round draft pick to sign him. Because while Trumbo is an awful outfielder, he fits right in with the Orioles’ organizational philosophy in that he can hit the dick off the ball. " http://deadspin.com/mark-trumbos-discount-dingers-belong-in-baltimore-1791418420
Reasonable deal for Trumbo, got out of Gallardo, and got a cheap replacement for Wieters that has had similar production. Like it so far.
So uh happy spring opener day. Let's all celebrate that Steve Pearce is gone again. 2017 projected lineup Kim/Rickard Machado Jones Davis Trumbo Schoop Smith/Rickard Castillo Hardy Lot of K's in that lineup to go with a ton of bombs. Same recipe as last year. Projected Rotation Tillman Gausman Miley Jimenez Bundy Guessing Wright and Wilson end up in that Rotation somewhere Brach,Oday,Givens and Britton should make up the key component in the bullpen with another couple arms tossed in. I'm not sure what to expect, my brain tells me we aren't going to be very good but we've found a way to be competitive with big holes previously so maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised again.
Wade Miley sucks. I think tilman is hurt to start the year. Buck said they can play 12 games or something before they need a 5th starter. Hopefully this is the year that Bundy and Gausman break out. Go O's
Yeah a ton depends on the two young guns Glad they got Seth smith and happy Bourn had a shot to be on the bench to spell Jones Maybe they'll pull a starter out of their ass somehow someway
Kevin Gausman has officially been named opening day starter. Dylan Bundy is the number 2 to start the season.
One day away gentleman. Of course there's a bit of rain in the forecast, wouldn't be an Orioles opener without it. The good news is it looks to be late afternoon arriving and possibly into the evening.
Would be great if we could finally get a decent leadoff hitter, his numbers were a lot better before he went to hitter graveyards.
Unfortunately I can't help as I just pay for MLB.tv Of course all of the major sports try and lock their shit up tight unfortunately. So I'd be willing to bet it's frustrating as hell.
Crazy to think about the difference between the Hyun-soo Kim situation between last year and now. Man did Oriole fans really hate him for a while. Glad he's still an Oriole to be honest, think he can play a great role for us as a contact hitter.
Very frustrating but after 30 minutes I finally found one that was actually broadcasting the game. News Radio 1470 for future reference if anyone needs it.
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