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Interesting that you mention that jnevel. I was thinking yesterday that Donnie reminds me of prime Carp minus some of the power.
JJ – that’s 3 outside of the zone strikes to Gorman in this game. 2 were close. One wasn’t that close.
A rather flaccid performance overall today. I hope things resume on a more positive note tomorrow.
I note that Walker, after a brief sign of life, has returned to his look of total bewilderment at the plate.
Gorman and Walker should be sent to AAA together, pronto. (Should’ve been weeks ago, in fact.) Removes a bit of the embarrassment from each by doing it in tandem. Call up Saggese and Siani, or perhaps a Memphis relief arm. Granillo has needed a season of adjustment at each level, so bring him up now, use him 15 or 20 times in Woodford Situations, i.e., zero leverage, and get him ready to be a good MLB reliever next year. Of course, since Marmol is incompetent, if you give him Granillo, he’d probably use him first time out in the 8th inning of a tied game….
Anyway, Jordan & Nolan are both still young enough to markedly improve their plate discipline — especially Walker. The way they’ve each hit since the start of 2024, they are wasted roster spots. And their long-term potential is being diminished every day they spend pointlessly struggling in the majors.
Does anyone in the organization honestly think Gorman can hit his way out of a two-season funk by starting 10 games a month? Does anyone honestly think Walker’s pitch recognition is any better than it was in the spring of 2023?
One of the worst teams in baseball as far as pitching goes. And we can barely score two runs in a hitters ballpark.
Like I keep saying, we don’t have anybody that can hit.
They’re all important, but let’s put an asterisk on tomorrow’s game shall we? Lose it and there’s a strong possibility that the team is poised to spiral it’s way towards mediocrity. Win it and hope springs eternal…..the sky’s the limit as to what this 2025 squad can accomplish is still in play.
My apologies to the over/under players on today’s game. I had the winner(Baltimore) selected and also the exact number of runs(3) they would win the game. But my 7-4 Orioles prediction put the total runs scored over the 8.5. I can and will do better, gang.
Looks to me like they were lucky to score 2 runs. I didn’t get to see it, but the grand total of 4 hits in the box says this one should go into the books as a loss. I see that Gorman relieved Nado at 3B and gets 2 hits, but his 2 TB’s just reminds me of what Mickey Mantle said about Pete Rose and singles…In any case, the box score says the bats flat lined today in Maryland.
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