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[ravens8589]

I'm pretty excited by what we have seen from Arrieta so far this year.

I think pretty excited is an understatement. I'll say what i honestly thought. I honestly thought he was nothing more than a 3rd maybe a 2nd starter in the rotation at best. He is proving me wrong as i hoped he would. Great to see a low pitch count start in and start out.

[JeffLong]

Weaver has thrown 98% FBs and we have yet to make solid contact. Nice.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Top of the order to start the 4th, Chavez pops out to Aybar. 1 out.

[ravens8589]

I'm a bigger fan of Reynolds than most, but if the O's want to be done (and we've seen the reports from Stark, and Knobler), than get it done and move on.

Seems like you would want his bat to heat up at-least before you moved him though.

I'm not ready to ditch Reynolds. Why? Because he started slow last season and then began to rip the ball out of the park. I think patience should be exerted on Reynolds more than Gregg.

[Coker]

Everybody is swinging at the high pitch!

Markakis hit that on a rope. Good stop by Aybar.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Hardy pops out, Markakis grounds out to Aybar.

Bottom of the 4th coming, 0-0.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Amazing how much better baseball is to watch when the pitching is good.

[JeffLong]

What an odd split:

[BSLChrisStoner]

Arrieta enters the 4th with 33 pitches thrown.

[JeffLong]

Interesting note - Pitch f/x has 32.2% of Arrieta's pitches classified as Sinkers.

[Coker]

Hell of a breaking ball to get Abreu.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Filthy stuff from Arrieta to k Abreu. 1 out.

[BSLChrisStoner]

And Pujols can sit down as well. 2 out.

[Coker]

Filthy. Just filthy.

[SammyBirdland]

Jake is on fire.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Jake looks like a legitimate ace. We will see how consistent he can be over the season, but man it is great to see him start the year like this.

[JeffLong]

That CB looks almost like 11-5 or so. Despite Pitch f/x disagreeing with me.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Morales flies out to Chavez, ending the Angels' 4th.

[SammyBirdland]

This ump is on meth.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Jones reaches on an in-field base hit to 3rd.

Let him steal 2nd?