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shemptiness

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« Reply #900 on: June 21, 2013, 09:54:16 am »
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.

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« Reply #901 on: June 25, 2013, 08:07:05 am »
Wow, second slump of season. Hope it doesn't drop them to fifth.

K8teebug

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« Reply #902 on: June 25, 2013, 10:49:37 am »
All will be fine.  It's a marathon, not a sprint!

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« Reply #903 on: June 25, 2013, 11:00:22 am »
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.

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« Reply #904 on: June 25, 2013, 11:03:03 am »
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

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« Reply #905 on: June 25, 2013, 11:09:32 am »
I don't like that idea at all.

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« Reply #906 on: June 25, 2013, 11:58:24 am »
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.

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« Reply #907 on: June 25, 2013, 12:09:30 pm »
Still say they should have re-signed Saunders.

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« Reply #908 on: June 25, 2013, 12:19:40 pm »
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? 

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« Reply #909 on: June 25, 2013, 04:19:24 pm »
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.
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« Reply #910 on: June 26, 2013, 05:11:16 pm »
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. 

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« Reply #911 on: June 26, 2013, 06:49:56 pm »
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.
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shemptiness

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« Reply #912 on: June 26, 2013, 08:16:56 pm »
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.

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« Reply #913 on: June 26, 2013, 08:20:59 pm »
sometimes I think modern day pitchers are being asked to do something the arm, mostly, wasn't meant to do..

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« Reply #914 on: June 26, 2013, 09:15:35 pm »
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?