Baltimore Orioles 2015

[rmw10]

Duquette blew the whole offseason, so blame him.  He's struck gold on some of these minor league retread contracts that can come in and fill a role for a short period.  Duquette thought he could count on those types to be full time players, and it completely backfired in his face.

 

Now, we made a trade for a rental outfielder that has no impact on our playoff chances.  I hate seeing guys go, but selling was the right move this year and we chose not to.  We'll get some comp picks out of it, but I really can't trust this organization to develop any of those guys.

 

"Grow the arms, buy the bats."  Seems that statement ended up being completely false.

[52520Andrew]

KC is still my favorite to win it

 

Yeah I don't know if anyone is beating KC in the AL as much as I hate to say it

[BmoreBird22]

Yeah I don't know if anyone is beating KC in the AL as much as I hate to say it

Deep lineup, best bullpen in baseball, solid starting pitching with Cueto now in. 

 

The Blue Jays downfall will be their bullpen if they aren't consistently putting up massive amounts of runs.

[52520Andrew]

Deep lineup, best bullpen in baseball, solid starting pitching with Cueto now in. 

 

The Blue Jays downfall will be their bullpen if they aren't consistently putting up massive amounts of runs.

 

Yeah everyone is a good team come the playoffs, pitching is better, bullpens are better, bats are better. Also as the temperatures cool down and the Jays go to a big ballpark like what Kansas City has, I don't see them being as effective there, not to mention Kansas City's insane defense.

[BmoreBird22]

Yeah everyone is a good team come the playoffs, pitching is better, bullpens are better, bats are better. Also as the temperatures cool down and the Jays go to a big ballpark like what Kansas City has, I don't see them being as effective there, not to mention Kansas City's insane defense.

I havne't seen as much KC this year, but I was wondering if they still had that crazy speed on defense

[52520Andrew]

I havne't seen as much KC this year, but I was wondering if they still had that crazy speed on defense

 

From what I have heard, that defense is still going strong

[BmoreBird22]

From what I have heard, that defense is still going strong

From what I have heard, that defense is still going strong

Speed kills and it's what got the Orioles

[codizzle]

Redo last offseason and do literally everything opposite

[rmw10]

Arrieta just threw a no hitter against the Dodgers.  Props to him.  It's a shame we ruined him, but glad to see him doing well elsewhere.

[codizzle]

Arrieta just threw a no hitter against the Dodgers. Props to him. It's a shame we ruined him, but glad to see him doing well elsewhere.

Makes it fun to see Miguel not make it past five innings for how many starts?

[BmoreBird22]

Arrieta just threw a no hitter against the Dodgers.  Props to him.  It's a shame we ruined him, but glad to see him doing well elsewhere.

I was just about to come in here and post about that. He does absolutely abysmal in Baltimore, but then goes to Chicago and in his first full season, he's got a sub 3.00 ERA and he's throwing a no-no. Maybe the Orioles need to re-evaluate their pitching coaches. 

[rmw10]

I was just about to come in here and post about that. He does absolutely abysmal in Baltimore, but then goes to Chicago and in his first full season, he's got a sub 3.00 ERA and he's throwing a no-no. Maybe the Orioles need to re-evaluate their pitching coaches.

Saw a quote on Twitter earlier that the Cubs told him to forget everything the Orioles taught him. Looks like he did and it worked out quite well for him and the Cubs.

[codizzle]

Saw a quote on Twitter earlier that the Cubs told him to forget everything the Orioles taught him. Looks like he did and it worked out quite well for him and the Cubs.

Lovely

[rmw10]

Lovely

Sad, isn't it? We're pretty good at ruining young pitchers. It's no secret that Bundy blew out his elbow not long after we told him to stop throwing fastballs and focus solely on breaking balls.

[Moderator 3]

Arrieta just threw a no hitter against the Dodgers.  Props to him.  It's a shame we ruined him, but glad to see him doing well elsewhere.

  

I was just about to come in here and post about that. He does absolutely abysmal in Baltimore, but then goes to Chicago and in his first full season, he's got a sub 3.00 ERA and he's throwing a no-no. Maybe the Orioles need to re-evaluate their pitching coaches.

Our pitching development/coaching is ridiculously bad.

[Gordo52]

Well the Jays hired someone for team President so I assume they're no longer in it for Dan...

They successfully distracted him long enough to ruin us.

[FerrariFan87]

Manny's making his MLB debut at SS tonight, so, there's that 

[Gordo52]

I know Jake has been beasting this year but wow, check out Strop as well... Smh. Our current pitchers probably can't wait to escape

[codizzle]

Manny's making his MLB debut at SS tonight, so, there's that

Man now I actually wanna watch the game online... Oh well

[LosT_in_TranSlatioN]

Man now I actually wanna watch the game online... Oh well

Over/under good defensive plays made tonight?

[codizzle]

Over/under good defensive plays made tonight?

Bout 35

[Gordo52]

Inevitable gem made.

https://twitter.com/barstoolrdt/status/638517214509944832

Disgusting dirty filth

[52520Andrew]

Rays had 3 nice defensive plays in the first as well from what I saw(although they had an error as well for some reason)

[codizzle]

Inevitable gem made.

https://twitter.com/barstoolrdt/status/638517214509944832

Disgusting dirty filth

[cobrajet]

Beyond depressing!!!!!!!!

[Gordo52]

Some more bright spots depending on how you see it:

@masnRoch: 100 career doubles for Machado. Youngest #orioles player to get there. Also 2nd-fewest games by an Oriole. Markakis is 1st

@masnRoch: Now Machado steals 3rd base. His 17th steal this season. Previous career high was 6 #orioles

[Moderator 3]

Other than that, this is just sad. Getting blown out on such a meaningful night.

[rmw10]

This team is unwatchable at this point.

[BmoreBird22]

I don't know if I can blame Duquette as much as I blame Angelos for not allowing Duquette to spend money

[codizzle]

Some more bright spots depending on how you see it:

@masnRoch: 100 career doubles for Machado. Youngest #orioles player to get there. Also 2nd-fewest games by an Oriole. Markakis is 1st

@masnRoch: Now Machado steals 3rd base. His 17th steal this season. Previous career high was 6 #orioles

Who's first? Smudge on my screen so I can't read it