ORIOLES

[shemptiness]

Machado has played every inning since the Orioles called him up from Double-A Bowie, and he's hit second in every game this season. You may have noticed that the results are favorable. The experiment thus far has been a rousing success.

School of Roch rules!

[James Ford]

Wow, second slump of season. Hope it doesn't drop them to fifth.

[K8teebug]

All will be fine.  It's a marathon, not a sprint!

[StoneTheCrow]

Wow, second slump of season. Hope it doesn't drop them to fifth.

In this division that could very well happen

We'll rebound. Eventually.

[atomicfront]

Wow, second slump of season. Hope it doesn't drop them to fifth.

In this division that could very well happen

We'll rebound. Eventually.

Once Chen gets back we will be solid.  Well we still will only have 4 decent starters.  DD really dropped the ball on getting another starter.  He should have traded Bundy or Gausman to get a solid guy who could pitch now. 

[shemptiness]

I don't like that idea at all.

[K8teebug]

The thing is, with pitching, you never know.  You could pay millions and then he could mess up his arm the second week of the season.  I think they did what they should have done.

[James Ford]

Still say they should have re-signed Saunders.

[atomicfront]

The thing is, with pitching, you never know.  You could pay millions and then he could mess up his arm the second week of the season.  I think they did what they should have done.

You mean you had faith that Arrieta was going to be a legitimate big league starter? 

[vansmack]

Still say they should have re-signed Saunders.

I don't know.  5-7 with Seattle is not a very defining statistic, but his 4.48 ERA and his home and away splits seem to indicate he's benefiting greatly from Seattle's pitcher friendly park.  2.53 ERA at home, but 6.46 on the road probably doesn't bode well in Baltimore's hitter friendly park. 

But he's cheap at $6.5m and he eats up innings, which has been a problem for the O's.  He's gone into the 7th in 9 of his 15 starts...6 of which were in Seattle, of course.

[atomicfront]

Still say they should have re-signed Saunders.

I don't know.  5-7 with Seattle is not a very defining statistic, but his 4.48 ERA and his home and away splits seem to indicate he's benefiting greatly from Seattle's pitcher friendly park.  2.53 ERA at home, but 6.46 on the road probably doesn't bode well in Baltimore's hitter friendly park. 

But he's cheap at $6.5m and he eats up innings, which has been a problem for the O's.  He's gone into the 7th in 9 of his 15 starts...6 of which were in Seattle, of course.

Bundy joining his brother on the long term disable list.  Having surgery tomorrow Tommy John style. 

[vansmack]

Bundy joining his brother on the long term disable list.  Having surgery tomorrow Tommy John style.

When I saw he was visiting Dr. James Andrews, I feared that.  Bummer.

[shemptiness]

Thinking positive thoughts.  He'll be back better than ever in '15.

And I don't think we'll be subjected to the sturm und drang of Strasburg's TJ ordeal.

[hutch]

sometimes I think modern day pitchers are being asked to do something the arm, mostly, wasn't meant to do..

[shemptiness]

Throwing a baseball repeatedly at over 90 mph is certainly an unnatural act, but pitching has always been pitching.  Is it the reliance on the breaking ball at too young an age?  Are high school and college coaches blowing out arms in order to win tournaments?