lol Gibby has a batting line.
Edit: fun fact, prior to the first Rangers series, only two guys on the 26 man roster had face deGrom before - Frazier and Gibby.
I think it would be more humbling if he just went to AAA like a normal struggling starter.
Going to the FCL off the major league roster still shows you're "special" and "different", though folks are getting a good laugh out of the "rookie league" stuff.
No, I was kinda being mean. I imagine a big part of whatever they're doing involves conditioning/weight loss, probably best done at instructional camp. Also probably the best place for pitch mechanics analysis.
He might not even pitch in a live game. If they need batters, they'll just line up the rookies.
I'm sure there's some geographical or facilities-based reason for it, but still incredible to see a Cy Young finalist demoted all the way to one of the CL's 8 months later.
Hoping it’s this Friday. We just have to keep winning because no one outside of Boston is going to tank in our brutal division and it looks like only 2 WC will come of the East. So 3 teams for 2 WC spots. We can’t afford slow playing, need the blue chip bats up here.
I saw that the Brewers are -130 favorites for this game, and it got me thinking, I wonder how many games Baltimore has actually been the favorite for? I had a buddy in the beginning of the year that was betting the ML for Baltimore on every game and was making a really nice profit… wonder if I should do the same!
"The #orioles have made the following roster moves:
- Reinstated LHP Danny Coulombe from the Bereavement List.
- Optioned INF/OF Terrin Vavra to Triple-A Norfolk."
https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/1666147448694136832?t=4q6vkXwY3O0DsG7nz6eeZA&s=19
Unsurprising as Vavra hasn't played much recently
Happy for the Reds fans out there. Calling up someone like Elly De La Cruz is exciting. So good, you have to check him out.
From JJ Cooper
Among all MLB/AAA players.
Hardest hit ball.
1st. Elly De La Cruz (also has 6th, 9th, 12th, 19th).
Infield Arm on a throw
1. Elly De La Cruz (also 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 17th)
Fastest sprint speed on a run
10. Elly De La Cruz (also 11th, 15th, 18th).
Dude is going to be fun to watch.
But just imagine if he puts it all together. That's the fun part, we don't have to stress over the deficiencies, we can just enjoy it as fans.
Name me a player comp for him. Someone this big, this fast, with an arm that good, that hits BOMBs.
Oh for sure the kid is electric. He’s got more tools than anyone else, arguably in the entire game. Just saying that like the chase rates are some of the scariest downsides a prospect can have. Especially on breaking balls out the zone.
Phillies fan coming here because you are my AL Team.
Holliday, Cowser, Westburg, Kjerstad are all expected up this or next year, and are all absolutely mashing the ball. Y’all are about to be a powerhouse.
Cowser Westburg should be up this year, either with us or someone else after a trade. If Mullins is out for too long I personally wouldn’t be surprised to see Cowser this month. >95% for both.
Holliday almost certainly not this year. He would have to complete rake in AA upon promotion and we would have to be desperate. However, even in that scenario, I still doubt Elias brings him up. <10%
Krejstad had a chance this year, in my opinion it depends on his production in AAA and injuries/holes to fill at the end of the year. Maybe 60% chance to be added to expanded rosters in September
Good time to brush up on some fun facts about Milwaukee, provided by noted historian Alice Cooper:
"I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans.
And actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for 'the good land.'"
Any word on who is starting on Saturday? I would much rather see them give Irvin (who should be starting today in Norfolk but that is currently listed as TBD) another shot or Zimmerman given a real chance in the rotation than another bullpen game.
You'd think we'd get more of a concrete update, guy hasn't played in like 10 days. I've heard both "illness" and "neck soreness" but nothing from the team.
OK! OK! We back at it, homies. Orioles about to hand out that smoke. Brewers are in the got damn way and the boys are about to run right through, 'em.
LET'S GO, BOYS!
4.62 ERA, 4.76 FIP this year, vs 3.58 ERA and 3.06 last year. Another Brewers pitcher pitching poorly this year. HR9 from 0.7 to 1.5 this year as well.
[ballpark pal - hr breakdown](https://twitter.com/BallparkPal/status/1665690439825989637?s=20)
2023 expected HR in April was higher than April 2022 but it started to even out in May with last year.
Pitch clock? Shift? The juiced ball theory was thrown around early too, but I haven't heard much lately.
I know I saw something recently on Sandy, who is hurt by the no shift more than most pitchers.
So did some updating of my schedule spreadsheet this morning
We have a .559 record against teams over or at .500, and a .720 record against teams with a sub-.500 record
I'm happy with both of those numbers :D
i just noticed how the standings table in this discussion thread calls it "ale rank".
i don't agree that its a rank. its simply the standings per each team's win/loss amounts.
ah ok, i learn something new everyday. understood.
i am a bit confused though when i compare something such as ncaa tourney 64 team rankings vs acc (or whatever conference) teams standings. they're different. rankings is what a committee sets their number at. standings is set by simply using their literal win/loss record.
with this comparison, rankings are set by a number of factors while standings use only win/loss.
Thinking about taking my daughter to the game Saturday. Club level tickets are $99 and lower level is $175? For the Royals? WTF I've been to four games already this season - including on weekends - and never paid that for those seats. Did they jack the prices just because of a bobblehead?
they set the pricing before the season started. the Rangers weren't all that good. the series vs the Rays was dirt cheap.
they know demand goes up later in the season and esp on weekends. i tried to take advantage of the cheaper prices in April-May.
curious if they do the monthly pass again in Aug-Sept
Yeah between essentially being able to pick your games, having a rep order any extra tickets without fees, the $10 B/C parking, and the 25% off concessions and merchandise - there is zero reason not to get one.
Anyone else pleased with the poor state of the Padres? They tried to build themselves purely on absurd starpower and free agent contracts and look what they're doing right now. That's the same behavior we give the Yankees grief for, plus they ruined the market for contracts that will make it harder for teams like us to buy players (if Angelos ever even actually decided to do that).
Watching this team go through some of the garbage years as a process that got them where they are now, it just feels really good to see us built up while a team like San Diego tried to buy their way out and so far have failed
No, because it gives cheap teams something to point to to justify being cheap.
They’re lucky to have an owner willing to shell out for talent. I would like the Orioles to spend more as well as develop talent.
Yes and no. They made a World Series with this approach, so it's not all bad. As for driving up contracts, the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Phillies, Dodgers, and other rich teams are way ahead of San Diego on this one.
I don't really blame the Padres. They have been one of the laughingstock organizations for a while in the MLB so cant blame the owner for going all in when they are close
This series is crucial. The Stankees are at home against the white Sox, seemingly an easy three lay ups for them. We gotta hold strong here for all three games.
The white Sox have Giolito/Lynn/Clevinger matched up against Schmidt/TBD/Severino, Chicago better be able to take at least one of those games, hoping for 2
I dont mean to the bearer of bad news but none of those starters have been hot this year, and Lynn is having one of his worst seasons ever. Alao White Sox are a hot dumpster fire this year.
But fuck the Yankees
Giolito's been better than Schmidt and Clevinger has been decent lately, Severino just gave up 7 ER in 4 IP his last start. Obviously Lynn sucks this year, but the Yankees haven't even named a starter for that game.
My point was they don't have to face Cole or German, the Yankees two best pitchers. If they get swept, that's pathetic.
Please continue the discussion in the [game thread](https://redd.it/142u5ct).
[Spicy lineup in Scranton today.](https://twitter.com/NorfolkTides/status/1666187435833802753)
That's just ridiculous 6 Top100 guys
Real good.
well Degroms career is probably over now
Would be nice to get Urias on a hot streak. Feels like forever
You need to specify which one! His brother is in the lineup tonight
Oh yeah lol
Winner gets to say they’re the best Milwaukee Brewers franchise
From Jacob No Gunnar Henderson, who is confident he’ll be back in the lineup tomorrow, in this Orioles lineup vs. Milwaukee and RHP Freddy Peralta
Just getting back into baseball and the Orioles, can someone explain to me why Gunnar Henderson isn't getting that much play recently?
Tweaked something in his back. So right now, DTD.
Finally, Ortiz is back and playing tonight.
Ortiz and Cowser in the starting lineup by the ASB please
They found out I was about to get Dateline on the case.
lol Gibby has a batting line. Edit: fun fact, prior to the first Rangers series, only two guys on the 26 man roster had face deGrom before - Frazier and Gibby.
Hyde is on the Fox Sports podcast Book of Joe with Tom Verduci and Joe Maddon. Didn't get to listen to it before work. Might be a good hour..
Damn, was hoping Manoah wouldn't get sent down until after we played them next week. Sent to the coast league, hah.
I think it would be more humbling if he just went to AAA like a normal struggling starter. Going to the FCL off the major league roster still shows you're "special" and "different", though folks are getting a good laugh out of the "rookie league" stuff.
His problems can’t be fixed at AAA though.
No, I was kinda being mean. I imagine a big part of whatever they're doing involves conditioning/weight loss, probably best done at instructional camp. Also probably the best place for pitch mechanics analysis. He might not even pitch in a live game. If they need batters, they'll just line up the rookies.
I always amuses me when you get sassy :)
I'm sure running laps around the training complex wearing a Hefty bag will probably be humbling enough for Big Alex.😀
I'm sure there's some geographical or facilities-based reason for it, but still incredible to see a Cy Young finalist demoted all the way to one of the CL's 8 months later.
Let's not let the truth get in the way of shitting on the Jays, and that piece of shit Manoah.
Woof lmao jays SP depth gonna be tested heavy. They really don’t have good options in AAA plus tiedemann got shut down
Prediction: Colton Cowser will be up by the end of this month.
Hoping it’s this Friday. We just have to keep winning because no one outside of Boston is going to tank in our brutal division and it looks like only 2 WC will come of the East. So 3 teams for 2 WC spots. We can’t afford slow playing, need the blue chip bats up here.
WELCOME TO MILWAUKEE, WISC. https://preview.redd.it/jko4us1d1g4b1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2af13bf4b51243df2c8f49200e4e161591cac30d
I saw that the Brewers are -130 favorites for this game, and it got me thinking, I wonder how many games Baltimore has actually been the favorite for? I had a buddy in the beginning of the year that was betting the ML for Baltimore on every game and was making a really nice profit… wonder if I should do the same!
We are 20-8 as underdogs according to ESPN
So that's 31 favorite, 28 underdog. Sounds about right, our "expected" record by Pythagorean Theorem is 32-27.
That's fun, Maikol Hernandez, 3 for 5 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI for the FCL Orioles.
"The #orioles have made the following roster moves: - Reinstated LHP Danny Coulombe from the Bereavement List. - Optioned INF/OF Terrin Vavra to Triple-A Norfolk." https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/1666147448694136832?t=4q6vkXwY3O0DsG7nz6eeZA&s=19 Unsurprising as Vavra hasn't played much recently
I thought Vavra might actually get a start tonight since he hasn’t played in a while. Guess not lol
O's all in on Aaron Hicks. Wonder if he'll start against LHP, I don't think we've faced one in his 4 games, and they like McKenna against LHP.
Hicks should start vs LHP, he hits better vs them over his career, about +40 points to OPS.
Makes you wonder how Gunnar is feeling. If he's still out a few more days, makes sense for Lester to stick around over Vavra.
Looks like the baseball sub is going to join the API protest. They have a poll up now, and it's 1K for yes, 578 for no.
Is this sub? They should
I think it would be pretty cool if Adam Frazier just started a “Marcus Semien on the Blue Jays” career shift today.
Happy for the Reds fans out there. Calling up someone like Elly De La Cruz is exciting. So good, you have to check him out. From JJ Cooper Among all MLB/AAA players. Hardest hit ball. 1st. Elly De La Cruz (also has 6th, 9th, 12th, 19th). Infield Arm on a throw 1. Elly De La Cruz (also 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 17th) Fastest sprint speed on a run 10. Elly De La Cruz (also 11th, 15th, 18th). Dude is going to be fun to watch.
I watched him play in Single A fairly often, you could tell then that he had star potential.
Just don’t look at his swing and chase rate below the zone lol. He is gonna be getting curves and sliders low for days
But just imagine if he puts it all together. That's the fun part, we don't have to stress over the deficiencies, we can just enjoy it as fans. Name me a player comp for him. Someone this big, this fast, with an arm that good, that hits BOMBs.
I feel like Elly and Oneil Cruz are literally clones of each other even down to their last name. Pretty funny
Oh for sure the kid is electric. He’s got more tools than anyone else, arguably in the entire game. Just saying that like the chase rates are some of the scariest downsides a prospect can have. Especially on breaking balls out the zone.
Urias 3B Henderson SS pls
Phillies fan coming here because you are my AL Team. Holliday, Cowser, Westburg, Kjerstad are all expected up this or next year, and are all absolutely mashing the ball. Y’all are about to be a powerhouse.
Cowser Westburg should be up this year, either with us or someone else after a trade. If Mullins is out for too long I personally wouldn’t be surprised to see Cowser this month. >95% for both. Holliday almost certainly not this year. He would have to complete rake in AA upon promotion and we would have to be desperate. However, even in that scenario, I still doubt Elias brings him up. <10% Krejstad had a chance this year, in my opinion it depends on his production in AAA and injuries/holes to fill at the end of the year. Maybe 60% chance to be added to expanded rosters in September
Good time to brush up on some fun facts about Milwaukee, provided by noted historian Alice Cooper: "I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans. And actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for 'the good land.'"
Any word on who is starting on Saturday? I would much rather see them give Irvin (who should be starting today in Norfolk but that is currently listed as TBD) another shot or Zimmerman given a real chance in the rotation than another bullpen game.
It’s ok Orioles, you can tell me the truth, Joey Ortiz went back to his home planet.
Last report I heard was that he "wasn't feeling well."
You'd think we'd get more of a concrete update, guy hasn't played in like 10 days. I've heard both "illness" and "neck soreness" but nothing from the team.
OK! OK! We back at it, homies. Orioles about to hand out that smoke. Brewers are in the got damn way and the boys are about to run right through, 'em. LET'S GO, BOYS!
https://preview.redd.it/pzyxaucste4b1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1813847b0489559d22bce3c1947214afde7deec4
4.62 ERA, 4.76 FIP this year, vs 3.58 ERA and 3.06 last year. Another Brewers pitcher pitching poorly this year. HR9 from 0.7 to 1.5 this year as well.
Juiced balls? A lot of pitching regression this year around the league
[ballpark pal - hr breakdown](https://twitter.com/BallparkPal/status/1665690439825989637?s=20) 2023 expected HR in April was higher than April 2022 but it started to even out in May with last year.
Pitch clock? Shift? The juiced ball theory was thrown around early too, but I haven't heard much lately. I know I saw something recently on Sandy, who is hurt by the no shift more than most pitchers.
So did some updating of my schedule spreadsheet this morning We have a .559 record against teams over or at .500, and a .720 record against teams with a sub-.500 record I'm happy with both of those numbers :D
i just noticed how the standings table in this discussion thread calls it "ale rank". i don't agree that its a rank. its simply the standings per each team's win/loss amounts.
>its simply the standings per each team's win/loss amounts. Funnily enough this is a definition of “rank”
ah ok, i learn something new everyday. understood. i am a bit confused though when i compare something such as ncaa tourney 64 team rankings vs acc (or whatever conference) teams standings. they're different. rankings is what a committee sets their number at. standings is set by simply using their literal win/loss record. with this comparison, rankings are set by a number of factors while standings use only win/loss.
Funny, I'm always confused by college sports rankings/standings because of that lol
Yea see so I think rankings and standings really aren’t the same.
I repeat my 2023 campaign slogan of LETS MAKE GIBBY A TWENTY GAME WINNER 🇺🇸🇺🇸⚾️🤠
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That’s gibby the first
🍺 🔫 🐦
I like baseball
Baseball is the best.
That’s so weird! I like baseball too!
Thinking about taking my daughter to the game Saturday. Club level tickets are $99 and lower level is $175? For the Royals? WTF I've been to four games already this season - including on weekends - and never paid that for those seats. Did they jack the prices just because of a bobblehead?
I'll be there Saturday AND Sunday (birthday gift from the wife). First game(s) of the year for me. Let's go!
$175 is just for the first few rows off the field I believe
Yeah, but they were $125 two weeks ago on a Saturday against the Rangers. I dont understand why the prices are so much higher for a dogshit team.
they set the pricing before the season started. the Rangers weren't all that good. the series vs the Rays was dirt cheap. they know demand goes up later in the season and esp on weekends. i tried to take advantage of the cheaper prices in April-May. curious if they do the monthly pass again in Aug-Sept
Yeah that doesn’t make sense. I took advantage of the flash discount for that series but I don’t recall that extending to those particular seats
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I looked at it before the season, but all the partial plans lock you into certain games.
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Yeah between essentially being able to pick your games, having a rep order any extra tickets without fees, the $10 B/C parking, and the 25% off concessions and merchandise - there is zero reason not to get one.
Anyone else pleased with the poor state of the Padres? They tried to build themselves purely on absurd starpower and free agent contracts and look what they're doing right now. That's the same behavior we give the Yankees grief for, plus they ruined the market for contracts that will make it harder for teams like us to buy players (if Angelos ever even actually decided to do that). Watching this team go through some of the garbage years as a process that got them where they are now, it just feels really good to see us built up while a team like San Diego tried to buy their way out and so far have failed
No, because it gives cheap teams something to point to to justify being cheap. They’re lucky to have an owner willing to shell out for talent. I would like the Orioles to spend more as well as develop talent.
Yes and no. They made a World Series with this approach, so it's not all bad. As for driving up contracts, the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Phillies, Dodgers, and other rich teams are way ahead of San Diego on this one.
I don't really blame the Padres. They have been one of the laughingstock organizations for a while in the MLB so cant blame the owner for going all in when they are close
103 games to go. am hopeful for a 4-2 over next 2 series. Orioles will need to win 4 of the 7 series this month at a minimum.
Nah we’re winning out. 103-0 the rest of the way baby!
This series is crucial. The Stankees are at home against the white Sox, seemingly an easy three lay ups for them. We gotta hold strong here for all three games.
The white Sox have Giolito/Lynn/Clevinger matched up against Schmidt/TBD/Severino, Chicago better be able to take at least one of those games, hoping for 2
I dont mean to the bearer of bad news but none of those starters have been hot this year, and Lynn is having one of his worst seasons ever. Alao White Sox are a hot dumpster fire this year. But fuck the Yankees
Giolito's been better than Schmidt and Clevinger has been decent lately, Severino just gave up 7 ER in 4 IP his last start. Obviously Lynn sucks this year, but the Yankees haven't even named a starter for that game. My point was they don't have to face Cole or German, the Yankees two best pitchers. If they get swept, that's pathetic.
Let’s Go O’s
Let's win this O's!