![]() ![]() ![]() Game 4 TBA (Chris Tillman, 15-5, 3.76 ERA?) vs. The Orioles going to have to string together base hits against a guy who throws his sinker nearly 60% of the time. Not a heavy strikeout guy, Roark induces ground balls at a 50% clip, and his fly balls don’t ever really turn into home runs. You have to respect a guy who was bucked to the bullpen a season ago and wasn’t quite the same, btu he’s returned to the starting staff with a vengeance. Trying to bounce back from what was probably the worst of the Orioles current 56 losses, Miley is capable of being, as Dan Szymborski so eloquently put, “simply lousy, not horrible”, so who knows.Įven in a rotation with Strasburg, Lopez, Joe Ross and Max Scherzer, Roark has been the most consistent. Whaddya know, the Miley plague is contagious. 430 batting average against the soft-tossing southpaw. Combined, the current Nats roster is 37-86, equating to a. That’s worth a Keanu “whoa” right there, baby.Īnd this is a lineup that’s gotten the best of Miley. Not only does Wade Miley pitch like a guy whose name is Wade Miley, but as an Oriole, Wade Miley has managed to pitch worse than Wade Miley who pitches like a guy whose name is Wade Miley. On to Nationals Park! Behind enemy lines! In case you forgot how to get there, we’re very resourceful here at Camden Chat. ![]() Implications, big stage, genuine dislike in the stands, etc. Also a two-pitch pitcher, Gausman hasn’t had much of a history fooling any of the current Nationals incumbents, including Wilson Ramos who is 2-3 with a dinger. The scoring of runs for a certain pitcher seems to me to be a happenstance of baseball weirdness, but Gausman’s constant pressure of high-intensity innings has certainly had its effect. ![]() He’s primarily a fastball/curveball pitcher, the kind of guy the Orioles can certainly grind out mistakes. His heavy arm has marked a lot of strikeouts early (25.0%), but he’s also had command issues (9.8 BB%). He flashes a fastball that sits around 96 MPH with a changeup and curveball, and so far he owns a nearly even fly ball to ground ball ratio, leaning ever slightly to the air. Lopez is only making his fifth career start, so we’re still glimpsing into what he can be, but thus far, it looks like the Nats have yet another dominator in the stable. Game 2 Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 4.37 ERA) vs. The Orioles are going to desperately need someone to set the tone in what is now the biggest series of the year for the O’s to date, and Bundy would be the obvious choice as the guy to light a fire under a team whose ass is bare cold. He’ll be tough, per usual.Īs for Dylan Bundy, no current Nats have any history versus the O’s hottest pitcher, so the odds are obviously in his favor. Strasburg is still a high-explosive, pump-the-strike-zone pitcher with the stuff do it, and the only Oriole with any successful history is “shockingly” Manny Machado, who’s 3-3 with two singles and a double. He’s also pitched to many more sliders (0.5% in 2015, 17.1% this year) while throwing fewer fastballs. He’s diversified his arsenal, having nearly erased the curveball from his repertoire. He’s seen fewer chases, more contact out of the strike zone, and fewer whiffs, but the Orioles won’t be seeing the kind of Strasburg they’ve grown accustomed to. However, his walk rate (7.5%) is slightly high, a cause of having less success out of the zone. His current 30.4 K% would be the highest he’s ever had as a full-timer, as would his 10.7 HR/FB rate. The former number-one pick is having yet another Strasburg-like season, and somehow, evolving into more of a force. Game 1 Stephen Strasburg (15-4, 3.59 ERA) vs. And those Walgreens-lookin’ hats.Ĭaptain Obvious is here /EVxLk1vNFV- Dan Steinberg April 7, 2016 Well, there’s also Bryce Harper and his hair, a very unlikeable combo. Having never really confessed to a proper explanation, I still hold a grudge, albeit a small one, but a grudge nonetheless. When the Gnats moved back into town, I had a pair of cousins defect from the Rebel force and place their allegiance with the Dark Side. #RallyMantis is alive and well, and so is La Canfora’s continued bother.Īnyway, in regards to Orioles rivalries, I most look forward to the annual back and forth with the Nationals, a cause of family squabbles. The best thing about being an Orioles fan is certainly not the reveling in others misery, especially when said misery is a current eight-game winning streak and wins in 13 of their last 15 games. Oblivion serves them well- Jason La Canfora August 21, 2016 Best thing about an O's fan is that even on my darkest day I don't have to support the Royals. ![]()
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