Says the man whose team has the best starting rotation in baseball.:rolleyes2::wink2:^&grin -- Al
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The trend continues as today's O's starter, Gallardo, has allowed 6 runs in 3 innings, and trails 6-5 after 3.{eek3} -- Al
In what has become a pattern, the O's rained Hr's and runs in winning this game 16-8, but Gallardo gives up 7 in 3.2 innings. It is all hit, no pitch, from the look of things.:rolleyes2: -- Al
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Yes, but overall the team hasn't looked great and Matz has been terrible. A lot of fans have been freaking out but one of the radio guys has told everyone to relax as its only "training." If they play like this after it starts to count, then our worries will be ok.
Since Strasburg is a FA after this year, lots of talk that he wants to 'go west' to play ball. All speculation, as he hasn't mentioned it. I'm sure he will hit FA though, as signing an extension will not happen. Good chance he could end up in 'Frisco. -- Al
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Haven't posted much for the Grapefruit play but time is running out for the O's starting pitching, no doubt they will be a top 5 team in HR/Runs but I sadly believe your right Al on the 12-10 wins or the 16-12 losses
if we could have just picked up at least 1 reliable starter it would have helped, oh well, "swing for the fences boys!!!" should be the O's rallying cry for 2016...SammyPanzer ace
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Rather 'Frisco than in our own division or in the O's division. :wink2: -- Al
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The Dodgers will no doubt make a run at him too, they did not spend much this year and I fear a spending spree is near. It is tough to keep up with them financially.
-Jason
Jason, I am almost resigned to losing Stras after the Nats let Zimmermann go. Still have a glimmer of hope that the Nats will resign Stras, but not much.:rolleyes2: -- Al
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Good news. Matz pitched pretty well and we didn't lose the Nats as we have all this spring. Of course, we didn't beat them either. A 4-4 tie. In the 8th inning I saw Terry Collins signaling his Washington counterpart (Dusty wasn't there today) if he wanted to go ten (Terry held up 10 fingers. The Washington manager signaled back nine.
There do seem to have been a lot of tie games this spring. O's and Nats have a few apiece. Maybe I'm just forgetting about ties from previous springs, but I don't remember this many before. -- Al
I know ST is just warm ups and everything is different when the season starts, but Jeesh, the O's starting pitchers haven't shown any indication that they can get anyone out. The O's Big 4, Gallardo, Gonzalez, Jiminez, and Tillman have started 15 games this spring. They have a total of 39.1 innings pitched between them, allowing 72 hits and 55 earned runs for an ERA of 12.67 (if my math is right). None of them has a sub-9 ERA and Jiminez has only managed 7.1 innings in 4 starts. And these guys are supposedly healthy. Buck and the front office have got to be tearing their hair out. I'm not going out on a limb when I say the O's currently have the worst pitching in ST baseball. I sure hope they can turn it on when the real stuff starts, otherwise... -- Al
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Hey Al, 2 days in a row the O's haven't giving up 10 runs!!! were rollin!!! ^&grin can't wait until next Monday!!!! nothing like opening day and the hopes of chasing a pennant (dreaming big here!!) I guess I could wear my lucky draws all 162 games but not sure if it could stand all the washing
plus I need to be able to wear them for the NFL season as well!!:smile2:...Sammy
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Time to break out them lucky Draws Brad!!^&grin
Sammy, I have another downer post about the O's stating pitching that I picked up from the daily O's talk show. As of today's game, the O's starters (any and all) have combined for 74.1 innings, allowing 113 hits, 30 walks, 79 runs, and a .352 BAA. Tillman has been named the Opening Day starter based on his ST ERA of 9.31 being the lowest of the O's pitchers. That's a lot of bad to fix in 6 days.:rolleyes2: -- AlHey Al, 2 days in a row the O's haven't giving up 10 runs!!! were rollin!!! ^&grin can't wait until next Monday!!!! nothing like opening day and the hopes of chasing a pennant (dreaming big here!!) I guess I could wear my lucky draws all 162 games but not sure if it could stand all the washing
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Well as of this Sunday you can toss all those numbers out the window and let's both hope for the best, I'm ok winning 12-11
...Sammy
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They got all used last year!