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1 hour ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Too bad they can't hit worth a crap

Even if Julio was up to snuff, there’s nothing there. White Sox’s saving them from being 1st and worst pitching/batting.

 

…..losing to the White Sox is worse. 😠

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7 hours ago, US Egg said:

Even if Julio was up to snuff, there’s nothing there. White Sox’s saving them from being 1st and worst pitching/batting.

 

…..losing to the White Sox is worse. 😠

They did pick up Arozarena but they’re still lacking in hitting.

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13 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

O's won and Yanks are off so now knotted at 72-50. O's do currently own the tie breaker

 

It's going to be one hell of a race to see who wins the AL East between these two teams. Let's Go Yankees.

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Just saw some old time baseball, a complete game, and a shutout. Mets Severino.
 

That MLB is kicking around a 6 inning mandate for starters is interesting, but, don’t think it will fly.

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On 8/17/2024 at 6:52 PM, US Egg said:

Just saw some old time baseball, a complete game, and a shutout. Mets Severino.
 

That MLB is kicking around a 6 inning mandate for starters is interesting, but, don’t think it will fly.

That is a absolutely bad idea. I'm so sick of Rob Manfred and his stupid ideas

O's win and Yanks lose. Back to a tie

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45 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

That is a absolutely bad idea. I'm so sick of Rob Manfred and his stupid ideas

O's win and Yanks lose. Back to a tie

MLB wants to put the genie back in the bottle thinking they could reduce the frequency of exploding UCL’s. 
 

Too late.

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2 minutes ago, US Egg said:

MLB wants to put the genie back in the bottle thinking they could reduce the frequency of exploding UCL’s. 
 

Too late.

Thats because kids start throwing all year at a early age instead of playing other sports or just plain resting the arm in their offseason IMO

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1 hour ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Thats because kids start throwing all year at a early age instead of playing other sports or just plain resting the arm in their offseason IMO

It took awhile, but, the pitch count added to the problem MLB was hoping to diminish. Now they think they can change the pitching mindset that evolved from the pitch count. 

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11 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

O's win and Yanks lose. Back to a tie

Suarez has been the unlikeliest of key players for the O's this year.  With all the pitching injuries, he's constantly come up with quality starts. 

 

Of Suárez's 17 starts, eight have been scoreless. No pitcher in MLB has more scoreless starts in 2024 (with a minimum of two innings pitched in each outing), as Cincinnati's Hunter Greene, Atlanta's Reynaldo López and Seattle's Bryce Miller are tied for second with seven.

https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-suarez-extends-scoreless-streak-in-win-over-red-sox#:~:text=Of Suárez's 17 starts%2C eight,tied for second with seven.

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10 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Thats because kids start throwing all year at a early age instead of playing other sports or just plain resting the arm in their offseason IMO

It’s also because lazy organizations look for one type only……flamethrowers with swing and miss numbers.  Jamie Moyer is a good example of a pitcher that can augment a team’s season in a very positive way without being an ace.  He pitched until he was about 68.  There aren’t any of those any more.  Maybe 5 in the entire MLB.  The rest are all stars, injured stars, or lottery tickets with no control.  If one team decides to develop a couple Moyer types, they may end up with a Maddux. The kid Bloss from Houston looked like a guy who would fit that because he is super smart and conscious of changing speeds and locations, but they just had to try to get an extra 4 MPH out of him.

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40 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

It’s also because lazy organizations look for one type only……flamethrowers with swing and miss numbers. Jamie Moyer is a good example of a pitcher that can augment a team’s season in a very positive way without being an ace.  He pitched until he was about 68.  There aren’t any of those any more.  Maybe 5 in the entire MLB.

The pitch count created all heat, limited finesse. It’s been the mindset for decades. Kids coming up are trained in that mode. Going to be quite awhile to develop pitchers throwing like Moyer effectively. Baseball now wants more of what they eliminated. Good luck.

 

You got guys throwing 75-85 m.p.h. knuckleballs, who’d ever think that possible? Not me.

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2 hours ago, Ned Flanders said:

Suarez has been the unlikeliest of key players for the O's this year.  With all the pitching injuries, he's constantly come up with quality starts. 

 

Of Suárez's 17 starts, eight have been scoreless. No pitcher in MLB has more scoreless starts in 2024 (with a minimum of two innings pitched in each outing), as Cincinnati's Hunter Greene, Atlanta's Reynaldo López and Seattle's Bryce Miller are tied for second with seven.

https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-suarez-extends-scoreless-streak-in-win-over-red-sox#:~:text=Of Suárez's 17 starts%2C eight,tied for second with seven.

If they only gave him some run support his record would show it.

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16 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

And of course now he's going on the DL for 15 days.  SMH

Our IL would make a very decent rotation: Grayson, Eflin, Means, Bradish, Wells...with Bautista as the closer.

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