moonslav59

I'm thinking the O's will be sellers, even if they are over .500 at the deadline. Has there ever been a division where all teams finished at or above .488? The ALE currently has 5 teams in the top 9 AL teams in wins. 5 in the top 17 in MLB!!! BAL is 1.5 games away from the ALE having 5 of the top 15 teams!

They did learn from their mistakes and by learning to no longer throw to 3rd.

Indeed. Think about where some of these players started out on our spring depth chart. We knew Paxton was out for the first 4 months or so, but here was our "all healthy" rotation depth chart: 1. Eovaldi 2. Sale 3. Paxton 4. Wacha 5. Pivetta 6. Hill 7. Houck 8. Whitlock 9. Crawford 10. Winckowski 11. Seabold 12. Bello Some could argue Houck & WShitlock were always meant for the pen, but either way, we just started our 9 through 12 starters, or 7 through 10, in our last 4 games (3 v NYY and 1 v TBR.) We've used 14 pitchers in relief, not counting Plawecki & JBJ). We've used 13 over 9 innings. Danish is 4th in relief IP, and Schreiber is 7th and moving up. Nobody had them on their radar, last winter or early spring. Who expected Cordero to have 195 PAs, at this point (10th on team?) Who expected Refsnyder to be at .968 after 74 PAs. Duran's 93 PAs (12th on team) may have been expected, but maybe not his ,809 OPS. In some ways, our bench and depth have held us together long enough to stay relevant. They may not be needed as much, going forward, but they should not be forgotten. Sure, some of these guys have had some very rough outings, and some stats look god-awful, but when we've needed them most, many have stepped up and delivered, unlike some of our most famous vets.

Crawford stepped up and gave us a decent start. Other than Brasier & Deek, our pen did well. Pretty amazing that 4 of the biggest stars of the game were Crawford, Downs, Refsnyder and Dalbec. (Verdugo, Schreiber and Houck, too.) On a downer note, Story went 0-4 and left 5 men on base.

I have about 3-5 guys ahead of Brasier on my demotion/DFA list. Before tonight, Brasier was doing pretty good for quite some time. 10 games 11 IP 6 H 1 ER (0.82 ERA) 2 BB 10 K .400 OPS Against 1.83 FIP Last 28 Days, before tonight, team OPS Against Leaders .296 Schreiber .409 Brasier .574 Diekman .605 Davis .648 Sawamura .667 Houck .731 Danish .755 Strahm Starters .562 Crawford .651 Pivetta .728 Wink .747 Hill .827 Wacha .984 Bello 1.296 Seabold n/a Eovaldi & Whitlock

WAR was a great band, just go with the grooves.

True dat! Shout out to Jeter. (Never thought I'd say that.)

DUGO Da MAN!

But, only his frozen head.

We have like 18 left fielders and 2 CF/RF'ers who can only play D- Refsnyder not included.

Big Nate will see you when it counts-- IN OCTOBER!

Mata had an interesting night: 4 IP 1 H 0 ER 5 BB 7 K Rafaela is 4 for 5, so far- all singles. Uberstine went 5.1 IP 2 H 0 ER 1 BB 10K

I'm not counting on him, either, but adding one more arm into the mix can never hurt. The financial damage might, though.

I’m glad you said that. You said the same about Big Nate.

The negativity is over the top. I understand temporary anger, but it is often not enjoyable for me. To each his own

HR Leaders in today's Line-Up: 30 Judge 22 Rizzo 21 Stanton 15 Story 13 Torres 9 Donaldson 9 Carpenter

IMO, if we trade for a 1Bman, Dalbec goes before Cordero, Duran & Refsnyder, unless he heats up before any trades or Kike's return.

They are like vitriol venting vessels.

1. Refsnyder RF (our new stud) 2. Vaz 1B (OMG!) 3. JD DH (time to wake up the echoes) 4. Bogey SS (keep the echoes awake) 5. Dugo LF (3rd in RBIs- comfortably ahead of JD and X) 6. Story 2B (time to earn your keep) 7. Dalbec 3B (leash is down to its last link) 8. Plawecki C (can he help Kutter negotiate the Yanks line-up?) 9. Duran CF (getting a chance v a lefty) SP: Crawford (Do you believe in miracles? YES!)

I've not given up on any of these young arms, but yes, this was a christening by fire for Bello and Seabold to a lesser extent. I'm hopeful we won't have to count on them for too much longer, particularly down this tough schedule stretch. It seems like our injured players are all taking longer than expected to return. I'm not predicting anything, but I think we get a win, tonight.

I can’t imagine after Wink’s experience, them not doing anything for Seabold.

Well said.

I'm not all that optimistic about Hill, either, but I would not write him off. He could become a key pen piece down the stretch and maybe allow us to pool our resources to get one solid RP'er rather than 2 decent ones. (Wink might be able to do that, too.)

Hey, look on the bright side: we shut out the Yanks for 2 innings, tonight!

The first 12th of his contract has been a very big disappointment. If it wasn't for the RBI total, we'd be talking about CC, Pablo & Story in the same breath.