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Orioles Spring Training 2013

  • jsh said...

    I forget, what is Denver's problem* again?

    *Besides being a helicopter parent

    He's a bit of an asshole?

    bkmalik ●

  • @danconnollysun
    Chris Tillman will be scratched from Sundays start. Dealing w muscle issue in abdomen. Gonzalez will start.

    fearthenoodle

  • fearthenoodle said...

    @danconnollysun
    Chris Tillman will be scratched from Sundays start. Dealing w muscle issue in abdomen. Gonzalez will start.

    2011: Matusz
    2012: Britton
    2013: Tillman

    Titanterp ●

  • @masnRoch
    Tillman said soreness on left side but not his oblique. Expects to pitch in few days. Markakis downplayed MRI. Said neck better today.

    Markakis said doctors have told him they don't think neck stiffness is anything serious, so he's not worried. #orioles

    fearthenoodle

  • 2B Roberts
    LF McLouth
    C Wieters
    1B Davis
    DH Betemit
    SS Hardy
    CF Dickerson
    3B Machado
    RF Flaherty
    RHP Gonzalez

    fearthenoodle

  • Mentioned this as a discussion point a couple weeks ago, seems like a good time to re-ask... is gausman:mussina, bundy:mcdonald? (In terms of hype, potential and reality)
    edit: to clarify, i am not trying to suggest that Bundy will be a bust.

    This post was edited by BrotherAbstract on 3/10/2013 at 10:27 AM

    BrotherAbstract

  • BrotherAbstract said...

    Mentioned this as a discussion point a couple weeks ago, seems like a good time to re-ask... is gausman:mussina, bundy:mcdonald? (In terms of hype, potential and reality) edit: to clarify, i am not trying to suggest that Bundy will be a bust.

    This seems incredibly early and unfair. If Gausman is Mussina I'd be ecstatic. If Bundy was McDonald I'd be disappointed. No reason to start boxing in our expectations for either when neither is close to establishing themselves. That way, if Gausman ISN'T Mussina you won't be disappointed, and if Bundy struggles for a year or two you won't immediately find yourself writing him off as another bust (though I am sure many fans with little patience would)

    Flops ●

  • I've always been thinking Bundy = Lincecum and Gausman = Cain in terms of reliability/stuff.

    But the McDonald/Mussina thing may actually make more sense.

    turtleinchains ●

  • In terms of hype it's definitely Bundy/McDonald and Gausman/Mussina. Bundy/McDonald were both top prospects whereas Gausman/Mussina are/were around 20.

    It's terms of actual skills I don't think any of them are that identical. Bundy is almost a combination of McDonald and Mussina in that he has all the physical tools but he's also suppose to be advanced in knowing the finer aspects of pitching. Gausman's arsenal (fastball/changeup) is different from the other three who all had/have good breaking balls.

    jsh ●

  • turtleinchains said...

    I've always been thinking Bundy = Lincecum and Gausman = Cain in terms of reliability/stuff.

    But the McDonald/Mussina thing may actually make more sense.

    I always wonder which of the two types of careers I would prefer out of a player, 4-5 years of pure dominance and 2 Cys before falling off a cliff (though its certainly very possible that Lincecum will bounce back) or a decade+ of being very, very good, but never quite truly elite (I assume Cain will sustain this level of play for at least a few more years). I would definitely take either of those careers for either of our guys, obviously

    Russell Jones

  • Five outs from international indignity. Just five outs stood between the United States, a team loaded with $141 million worth of players, losing to Canada, a team that had shut down the upper-tax-bracket stars with four pitchers with the combined career Major League win total of ... one. Only five more outs, and Team USA would be relegated to a last-place finish in Pool D of the World Baseball Classic, an embarrassment that would force the Americans to win a qualifying tournament in 2016 just to gain admission to the next WBC, along such baseball superpowers as Israel, France, Great Britain and Thailand.

    ------------

    And then one man saved America. Saved the tournament, at least on this soil. Saved Bud Selig from a miserable next 10 days. Saved Marlins Park, site of the second round, from thousands of empty seats.

    It was the same man who first came to mind of Team USA manager Joe Torre two days earlier when he was asked which player, after being around this group for almost a week, most impressed him.

    "Adam Jones," Torre said. "The way he goes after it is impressive. He wants it."

    With win over Canada, Team USA avoids WBC disaster - MLB - Tom Verducci - SI.com

    Five outs from international indignity. Just five outs stood between the United States, a team loaded with $141 million worth of players, losing to Canada, a team that had shut down the upper-tax-bracket stars with four pitchers with the combined career Major League win total of ... one. Only five more outs, and Team USA would be relegated to a last-place finish in Pool D of the World Baseball Classic, an embarrassment that would force the Americans to win a qualifying tournament in 2016 just to gain admission to the next WBC, along such baseball superpowers as Israel, France, Great Britain and Thailand. Maybe Burkino Faso joins the fun.

    sportsillustrated.cnn.com

    jsh ●

  • Schoop and the Netherlands in a do or die game against Cuba this morning. Starting now on MLBN.

    jsh ●

  • 3rd game in 4 days against the Pirates as the Orioles head back to Bradenton. Then off tomorrow (intrasquad game).

    fearthenoodle

  • jsh said...

    Schoop and the Netherlands in a do or die game against Cuba this morning. Starting now on MLBN.

    Netherlands lead 4-2 after 4. Schoop is 0-1 with a sac bunt and a walk.

    fearthenoodle

  • Just waiting on one person to sign up for the fantasy league. Not 100% sure who we are waiting on, but if you could sign up today, that would be great.

    fearthenoodle

  • David Ortiz is likely to miss at least the first few weeks of the season as both his heels continue to bother him.

    fearthenoodle

  • Yankees may have found their replacement for Mark Teixeira.

    They have asked the retired first baseman Derrek Lee whether he would come out of retirement, according to a person with knowledge of the talks who asked to remain anonymous.

    As of Sunday night there was no deal pending, the person said, but Lee was interested and the situation could always be revisited.

    Yankees Are Said to Pursue Derrek Lee as Replacement for Mark Teixeira - NYTimes.com

    After Mark Teixeiras wrist injury, the Yankees were in talks with the retired first baseman Derrek Lee, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

    bats.blogs.nytimes.com

    fearthenoodle

  • The travel line-up today:

    SS Casilla
    CF Ford
    1B Jackson
    DH Pearce
    RF Canzler
    3B Valencia
    2B Navarro
    LF Hoes
    C Exposito
    RHP Arrieta

    Britton and Ayala will also pitch.

    This post was edited by fearthenoodle on 3/11/2013 at 7:12 AM

    fearthenoodle

  • Schoop with a single in the 7th.

    jsh ●

  • jsh said...

    Schoop with a single in the 7th.

    And caught stealing.

    fearthenoodle

  • And Schoop thrown out on a hit and run.

    jsh ●

  • All this rinky dinky small ball crap in the WBC is really pissing me off

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9 ●

  • JDawgBBall9 said...

    All this rinky dinky small ball crap in the WBC is really pissing me off

    Whether you like Passan or not, he CRUSHES Joe Torre in this article for almost costing the US the game yesterday.

    American Exceptionalism: USA overcomes upstart Canada, Joe Torre's mismanagement in WBC - Yahoo! Sports

    From Yahoo! Sports: Despite Joe Torre managing as though the analytical breakthroughs of the last 20 years never happened, Team USA turned into Team USA before advancing to the next round of the World Baseball Classic.

    sports.yahoo.com

    fearthenoodle

  • Schoenfield ripped him too.

    My favorite part:

    Down 2-0 in the fourth, Torre then bunted again with two on and no outs. The bunt "worked" when Green hesitated on Zobrist's bunt down the third-base line and Zobrist beat the throw to first. How rare is a bunt when trailing by two runs? Torre managed the Yankees from 1996 to 2007 and the Yankees had 13 sacrifice bunts when down two runs -- one by a pitcher, three by Miguel Cairo and the others by weak hitters other than two by Derek Jeter in 2004. In other words, Torre almost never bunted in that situation. It's like Torre was watching all the small ball played by the Asian teams and forgot he has the best lineup in the tournament. If Green makes the play, the U.S. scores only one run that inning instead of two. Good outcome, but the wrong call.

    This post was edited by jsh on 3/11/2013 at 7:59 AM

    U.S. survives Torre's questionable moves - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN

    They call this the World Baseball Classic and Sunday's United States-Canada game certainly qualifies as a classic, with a David-versus-Goliath storyli

    espn.go.com

    jsh ●

  • Fangraphs Top 100:

    3. Dylan Bundy
    15. Kevin Gausman
    57. Jonathan Schoop

    FanGraphs Top 100 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

    The Top 100 prospects list is extremely challenging -- much more difficult to do than the Top 15s. Trying to intertwine the best prospects from 30 different

    www.fangraphs.com

    fearthenoodle

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