Orioles (Kremer) vs Red Sox (Buehler): 5/25/25, 1:35pm

[iortiz]

The way I see it, we have 2 problems. Big ones. Consistency and execution in clutch moments especially by our offense. 
 

Regarding consistency, this team plays like world champions one day and like Colorado the next. Look at this series for a proof. It has been the same through the season. 
 

Regarding execution, we have left on base a lot of runners that could be the difference in key moments; the latter ended up taxing the outcomes in a lot of games. There’s no surprise we have lost a lot close games. Again, look at yesterday’s game which have been pretty much the story of several games through the season. 
 

In short, poor execution in key moments in daily basis is translating in poor consistency thus far. 

 

 

 

[jdc69]

38 minutes ago, iortiz said:

The way I see it, we have 2 problems. Big ones. Consistency and execution in clutch moments especially by our offense. 
 

Regarding consistency, this team play like world champions one day and like the Colorado the other. Look at this series for a proof. It has been the same through the season. 
 

Regarding execution, we have left on base a lot of runners that could be the difference in key moments; the latter ended up taxing the outcomes in a lot of games. There’s no a surprise we have lost a lot close games. Again, look at yesterday’s game which have been pretty much the story of several games through the season. 
 

In short, poor execution in key moments in daily basis is translating in poor consistency thus far. 

 

 

 

I say it is philosophy, not talent that is the problem. 

[Bellhorn04]

8 hours ago, jdc69 said:

I say it is philosophy, not talent that is the problem. 

To me talent is kind of a fuzzy word when it comes to major league baseball.  Talent only proves itself by performance, so performance is what counts.

But it does seem like this team is underperforming, and I have expressed my own suspicions that something is amiss in the approaches this organization has been using the last few years. 

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

13 hours ago, iortiz said:

The way I see it, we have 2 problems. Big ones. Consistency 
 

 

They are super consistent, they've been at .500 for almost a season and a half!

[mvp 78]

On 5/26/2025 at 1:48 AM, jdc69 said:

I say it is philosophy, not talent that is the problem. 

Narvaez was the #3 hitter yesterday. 

Hitters 4-9 included two rookies, Story (668 Red Sox OPS), Hamilton (648 career OPS) and Toro (644 OPS).

[Bellhorn04]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

Narvaez was the #3 hitter yesterday. 

Hitters 4-9 included two rookies, Story (668 Red Sox OPS), Hamilton (648 career OPS) and Toro (644 OPS).

You trying to say our talent might be a tad overstated?

[mvp 78]

18 hours ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

They are super consistent, they've been at .500 for almost a season and a half!

10 games under .500 since the start of '22. 

[Bellhorn04]

Just now, mvp 78 said:

10 games under .500 since the start of '22. 

-6 -6 0 -2 - I get 14 games under.

[mvp 78]

Just now, Bellhorn04 said:

You trying to say our talent might be a tad overstated?

Mayer and Campbell are talented, but the results aren't going to really be there right away. It takes a breaking in period for young guys. Xander 2014. Devers 2018. They might be good every day players, but they probably aren't going to be the All Star, near All Star guys we're envisioning. I'd say the same for Roman if he's called up. These guys might have a hot start and then a period of cooling off once the book gets around on them like we're seeing with Campbell right now. 

I'd rather them go through it this year and get it over with though.

[mvp 78]

4 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

-6 -6 0 -2 - I get 14 games under.

You're right. I was thinking 4-4-0-2. 

[jdc69]

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Narvaez was the #3 hitter yesterday. 

Hitters 4-9 included two rookies, Story (668 Red Sox OPS), Hamilton (648 career OPS) and Toro (644 OPS).

Actually I think it's philosophy and poor roster management. The whole Bregman/Devers thing was handled very poorly, and I don't think Devers is the main culprit. That itself is the cause of not having a replacement for Casas, and Yoshida being stranded in no mans land.

I can't prove it but I also think all the K's are because of a batting philosophy that is anti-contact, pro-long ball. The worse to me though is the pitch count philosophy on starting pitchers. Taking pitchers out that are doing fine, with pitch counts under 100, makes me think that the offense has to not only overcome difficult pitching but moves by their own manager that lack common sense. 

[Kimmi]

3 hours ago, jdc69 said:

Actually I think it's philosophy and poor roster management. The whole Bregman/Devers thing was handled very poorly, and I don't think Devers is the main culprit. That itself is the cause of not having a replacement for Casas, and Yoshida being stranded in no mans land.

I can't prove it but I also think all the K's are because of a batting philosophy that is anti-contact, pro-long ball. The worse to me though is the pitch count philosophy on starting pitchers. Taking pitchers out that are doing fine, with pitch counts under 100, makes me think that the offense has to not only overcome difficult pitching but moves by their own manager that lack common sense. 

I also think the Bregman/Devers thing was handled poorly from the beginning.  Devers comments back then make it pretty clear that there was poor communication between management and the FO.  Largely because of that, we are very short in depth at both 1B and 3B.  Had Devers been left at 3B to open the season, he might now be more willing to transition to 1B and Yoshida could DH.