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[ivanbalt]

Sure. But that doesn't explain Adley and both Ryans going to crap.

Adley concerns me the most.  Not sure how he went from a solid approach, big doubles and walks to now hitting like Jay Gibbons (pop out king).

[You Play to Win the Game]

When you say you think something isnt right what do you mean.  Some kind of clubhouse drama?

I don't want to really speculate because it's not really fair to point fingers without knowing anything - and Elias runs a tight ship, we'll likely never know. But yes, something like that. Some sort of mis-alignment, disagreement, maybe some ego's popping off due to rising stardom for some, I don't know. I have no idea. I just know this isn't normal. You don't go 250+ games of playing exceptionally great baseball to a bad baseball team for a prolonged stretch just because of a slump.

[mdrunning]

Sure. But that doesn't explain Adley and both Ryans going to crap.

I think O'Hearn is pretty easy to understand. He's a platoon lefty who now has to face lefthanded pitching due to Mountcastle being out. My concern is if he has to keep going out there every day, his swing is going to be so messed up he won't be able to hit righties, either.

[Nigel Tufnel]

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Going back to their 8-1 loss to the White Sox, the Orioles are 3-8 in their last 11 games and have been outscored 54-21

[Pedro Cerrano]

NYY is about to go to Oakland and polish off the A's in their last series ever in the Coliseum while we battle with Detroit, maybe the hottest team in baseball.

 

Of greater note -- we need to watch what KC and Minnesota are doing

 

KC gets the Giants, Nats and Braves (who may have nothing to play for)

 

Twins get Boston (have quit), Marlins and, of course, us.

 

We may need to win 2 of those last 3 in Minnesota to make it...

[Nigel Tufnel]

I think O'Hearn is pretty easy to understand. He's a platoon lefty who now has to face lefthanded pitching due to Mountcastle being out. My concern is if he has to keep going out there every day, his swing is going to be so messed up he won't be able to hit righties, either.

 

You're phrasing this as if it's something that might happen in the future, but since the ASB, O'Hearn is slugging .336 and has a 654 OPS.

[Pedro Cerrano]

O'Hearn was a turd with a ton of polish -- the polish has worn off.  Not much further explanation needed.

 

Honestly, guys like Mullins, O'Hearn, hell even Santander are just place fillers, if they suck, oh well.  We just won't win much while they're here, and we haven't.  Fortunately, a lot of them will likely be gone after the next few weeks of misery.

 

The guys we need to show signs of life are the young dudes and that worthless sack of potatoes behind the plate. 

 

Gunnar is the only batter that has done anything of merit recently.

[russsnyder]

O'Hearn was a turd with a ton of polish -- the polish has worn off. Not much further explanation needed.

Honestly, guys like Mullins, O'Hearn, hell even Santander are just place fillers, if they suck, oh well. We just won't win much while they're here, and we haven't. Fortunately, a lot of them will likely be gone after the next few weeks of misery.

The guys we need to show signs of life are the young dudes and that worthless sack of potatoes behind the plate.

Gunnar is the only batter that has done anything of merit recently.

Lol.

The Orioles have actually won more than they have lost the last few years with these guys in the lineup. You can look it up!

Santander did a nice job of hitting 40 homers while holding ( Kjerstad's?) place. Love to have that type of placeholder back, but I think someone is going to overpay for placeholder power.

Mullins struggled early, but He's one the few hot bats lately. But yeah, He's been place holding for about a decade!

O'Hearn faded during the stretch last year as well. Mountcastle being hurt has exposed some of his flaws.The guy can hit a bit and He'll likely place hold for another year.

The Orioles getting Westburg and Urias back will help more than Mayo & Holliday actually doing something at the plate. If both Westburg & Urias are healthy, I'm leaving Mayo & Holliday off the playoff roster. I have very little faith that either of these two guys can put their struggles behind them this season.

[jamesdean]

I see where Irvin was picked up by the Twins.  How ironic would it be if the Orioles faced Minnesota in the play-offs and Irvin shut them down?  

[Nigel Tufnel]

I see where Irvin was picked up by the Twins.  How ironic would it be if the Orioles faced Minnesota in the play-offs and Irvin shut them down?  

 

Somewhere between rain on your wedding day and a free ride when you already paid.

[russsnyder]

I see where Irvin was picked up by the Twins. How ironic would it be if the Orioles faced Minnesota in the play-offs and Irvin shut them down?

This scenario is not possible I'm afraid

Irvin is not eligible to be in the Twins playoff roster.

[JoyinMudville]

The O's have DFA'd Kimbrell.

 

There should be no hard feelings from the pitcher because we gave the guy every conceivable opportunity to right the ship.

[Mackus]

Should've been done some weeks ago, though I guess I understand why you'd try and fix him since you fixed him once before early in the season. But he's been broken for a while and even if you'd have gotten him right he's been so bad that it's been your fault and not his if he blew up in the playoffs.

[russsnyder]

They had to DFA him after that debacle last night.

You can't trust the guy when you are down four runs.

[Nigel Tufnel]

This scenario is not possible I'm afraid

Irvin is not eligible to be in the Twins playoff roster.

 

But the O's finish the regular season against the Twins, so he could keep them out of the playoffs altogether.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Thanks to Craig for his AS caliber first half

[You Play to Win the Game]

At least we can exhale that they wouldn’t try to squeeze him on the postseason roster out of hubris, which until now wouldn’t have surprised me. I have nothing good to say about the guy. So I’ll leave it at that.

[russsnyder]

But the O's finish the regular season against the Twins, so he could keep them out of the playoffs altogether.

True, but Irvin won't be facing anyone in the playoffs.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

At least we can exhale that they wouldn’t try to squeeze him on the postseason roster out of hubris, which until now wouldn’t have surprised me. I have nothing good to say about the guy. So I’ll leave it at that.

Sure you can. He was good in the 1st half. Its a fact. 

[You Play to Win the Game]

Sure you can. He was good in the 1st half. It’s a fact.

The baseball season is 6-7 months, not 3. Screw that guy. Good riddance. He f’ed us. And got paid a lot of money to do it.