Orioles at Brewers; Wednesday, May 21 @ 12:10 p.m.: Chad Patrick (3.35 ERA, 3.66 FIP) vs. Tomoyuki Sugano (3.08 ERA, 4.85 FIP)

[RobertCrawley]

5 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

where is Contreras?!?

He has a bad middle or index finger in his non-throwing hand. Last night, a foul ball bent his glove back in the location of his sore finger, and he was in lots of pain. The man needs a day or two.

[Brewer77]

What are we going to do when we go to the 11th and we don’t even have Bauers available to come in and pitch!?

[tmwiese55]

don't love the chances with the short BP but never know with the new extras format.

My question here would've been why not Megill to finish that 8th instead of Payamps. Had day off yesterday, would hope he could get 4 outs. 

[Bulldogboy]

The bullpen situation is so tiresome. We keep using 7 guys a night when we are giving up 3 runs or less. Makes zero sense. 

[ecjimg]

I cant stand the Manfred runner but I guess this offense probably wouldnt get a runner on 2nd on their own.......

[TURBO]

geez

[RobertCrawley]

could have been a lot wurst

[RobertCrawley]

Rock, you can hit it better than that. You can hit it over the fence.

[wildcat2237]

Christian with another 0-for today. Now hitting .185......

In all seriousness, gotta wonder how long the leash is there? 

[MilwaukeeBeers]

Hoping that one was the slump buster for Jackson

[wildcat2237]

Check that, make it an 0-5 for Smellich.

Guess the back surgery wasnt a cure all.

[Simba2020]

Well at least he didn't pound another one into the ground.

[edfunderburk]

Here’s the song that comes to mind when I watch Yelich bat these days:

https://youtu.be/EQN3gvu9oZo?si=Oxz83-lab_nAA8D7

 

[igor67]

I believe the strategy is now hold them to a run and hope for another Rhys homer

[ecjimg]

Time for the Orioles to just give Mayo a chance to sink or swim.  Odd that hes back down in AAA.

[adambr2]

Serious question, is Murphy scared of having the necessary conversation with Yelich of dropping him in the order? I get that it’s hard and there’s a lot of past and pride here, but my God, it is way overdue. He is completely toast.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

Serious question, is Murphy scared of having the necessary conversation with Yelich of dropping him in the order? I get that it’s hard and there’s a lot of past and pride here, but my God, it is way overdue. He is completely toast.

That's why Murph gets the big bucks.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Blech.

[yfinn6]

Is there a reason Alexander stays on this roster? Dude stinks. 

[edfunderburk]

8 minutes ago, wildcat2237 said:

Christian with another 0-for today. Now hitting .185......

In all seriousness, gotta wonder how long the leash is there? 

We would be much improved if he (a) spent significant time on the bench, & (b) was moved to the bottom of the order IF he has to play

[RobertCrawley]

BP fail today.  Ruined a nice start by Cy Patrick.

[Brewer77]

Only took 8 pitches to give up 4 runs. Efficiency

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Serious question, is Murphy scared of having the necessary conversation with Yelich of dropping him in the order? I get that it’s hard and there’s a lot of past and pride here, but my God, it is way overdue. He is completely toast.

Why is a conversation (to get permission) necessary? He is an employee & Murphy is his boss. He needs to be “informed” of the decision & it should be a short conversation. 

[BruisedCrew]

One good thing about a team that is obviously going nowhere is that games like this don’t upset me.

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Why is a conversation (to get permission) necessary? He is an employee & Murphy is his boss. He needs to be “informed” of the decision & it should be a short conversation. 

Yeah, but this is different. Yeli isn't just an employee. It's a hard but necessary conversation.