2016 Baltimore Orioles

[Moderator 3]

Finally, Opening Day is here.  Let's have your projections for the season.

[codizzle]

No outfield depth and no starting pitching 

 

I'd be surprised with a .500 season 

 

but maybe gausman and bundy show up and someone steps up in OF and Orioles make a run.. Who knows 

[52520Andrew]

Yeah not sold on the starting pitching at all and while our bullpen is good, even the best bullpens get worn out. Gonna need a lot to go right if we want to make the playoffs

[Gordo52]

CD and Alvarez my picks to click today.

 

We're a 90+ win team if healthy IMO. Not so confident in playoff success with current SP though. 

[Moderator 3]

Enjoying the Ravens tweets with best wishes, etc. to the Orioles.  

 

I stand by my previous assessment that if our SP can be even okay, we'll do well.  

[Moderator 3]

I have to wonder if anyone on the Orioles staff has a weather app.  Almost 2 hour rain delay while it wasn't raining, then they take up the tarp and start the game as soon as the rain actually arrives.  Really?  

[Steve0x]

I say Let em play!! So what.. I have seen teams kept playing in this weather. I say this keep the game as much as you can til the top of 6th. Then if it still raining call it. 

[rmw10]

32 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

I have to wonder if anyone on the Orioles staff has a weather app.  Almost 2 hour rain delay while it wasn't raining, then they take up the tarp and start the game as soon as the rain actually arrives.  Really?  

Twitter tells me that they just want to gain some extra beer sales to pay Kim's salary.

[Moderator 3]

Joey Freakin' Rickard

[Steve0x]

But look at the bullpen. They're doing the job so far 

[Steve0x]

They just broke a rule. I thought there wasn't gonna be any more pie in the face? Will Adam Jones pay a fine?

[Moderator 3]

Jones said there would be a last hurrah.  I'm sure he'll pay the fine if one is levied.  Besides, that might have been a cake.

[Steve0x]

4 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

Jones said there would be a last hurrah.  I'm sure he'll pay the fine if one is levied.  Besides, that might have been a cake.

I knew theres some loophole around the rule,,,,,Like My dad told me,,You can bend the law but don't break it.

[Moderator 3]

Buck just said it was a cake.

[Steve0x]

See i knew there was a way around it. 

[Steve0x]

Wei-Yin Chen sucked in Miami debut. I guess O's made the right decision not to resign him.

[OriolesMagicPlease]

My prediction: We win 80 games and come in third place. What I want to happen: Tillman pitches like an ace, Gausman kicks butt, Ubaldo is the Good Ubaldo more than Bad Ubaldo, our hitting and relief pitching perform as expected and we win the division. A girl can dream.

[Steve0x]

2 hours ago, OriolesMagicPlease said:

My prediction: We win 80 games and come in third place. What I want to happen: Tillman pitches like an ace, Gausman kicks butt, Ubaldo is the Good Ubaldo more than Bad Ubaldo, our hitting and relief pitching perform as expected and we win the division. A girl can dream.

If that happens Buck gets the boot. O's spend more than the Yankees and Red Sox combined. So theres no excuse for not being at least a wild card team

[Steve0x]

ITS OFFICAL!!! O's are now in First Place! YAHOO!!!!

[OriolesMagicPlease]

On ‎4‎/‎6‎/‎2016 at 3:03 PM, Steve0x said:

If that happens Buck gets the boot. O's spend more than the Yankees and Red Sox combined. So theres no excuse for not being at least a wild card team

Buck is not getting the boot. I don't believe he is the one who failed to secure starting pitching.

[Cville-Raven]

On April 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Steve0x said:

If that happens Buck gets the boot. O's spend more than the Yankees and Red Sox combined. So theres no excuse for not being at least a wild card team

Thats completely incorrect. 

[rmw10]

Joey Rickard with the curtain call

[BmoreBird22]

Joey Rickard for ROY. That is all.

[Cville-Raven]

Going to ride the Rickard hype train till the end

Edited April 8, 2016 by Cville-Raven

[Steve0x]

6 hours ago, Cville-Raven said:

Thats completely incorrect. 

Got Proof? 

 

44 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

Joey Rickard with the curtain call

Hes unstoppable! 

[Cville-Raven]

1 minute ago, Steve0x said:

Got Proof? 

 

yeah, look at the top 3

http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/

[rmw10]

1 hour ago, BmoreBird22 said:

Joey Rickard for ROY. That is all.

ROY? Pssht he could retire right now and make the HOF. 

[Cville-Raven]

The player of the game for me was Ubaldo. He started off iffy but finished really strong with 7 IP, 9 ks, and most importantly no walks. All while in pretty crappy conditions.

[Moderator 3]

I'm loving the Rickard love.  Ain't baseball fun?

6 hours ago, Cville-Raven said:

The player of the game for me was Ubaldo. He started off iffy but finished really strong with 7 IP, 9 ks, and most importantly no walks. All while in pretty crappy conditions.

Caleb deserves a little credit, too.  Not only for the two caught stealing, but for the way he manages Ubaldo.

[rmw10]

47 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

I'm loving the Rickard love.  Ain't baseball fun?

Caleb deserves a little credit, too.  Not only for the two caught stealing, but for the way he manages Ubaldo.

Caleb can call a game. One of those severely undervalued guys. I like him a lot.