Nobody Knows Who The Hell Villar: THE 2019 BALTIMORE ORIOLES

few can say theyre setting a new mlb record w every at bat

would you rather eat it with or without him playing, a la Chico Marx?

i can see myself putting up with a lot of shit for $23m a year, but chris davis has already made $120m. is he really prepared to be a laughingstock for the not-quite four years left on his deal?

Is that just too much money (another $70M) for one team to eat?

not sure what the alternative is. best thing they can do right now is set him up as a hot dog vendor - that's the most value they're gonna get out of him right now

Davis 0-5 tonight but hit the ball hard several times; maybe I'm a ridiculous optimist but I see that as a big improvement of the guy we've been seeing who looked frankly scared to swing.

5-5 so far. I'll take it! This is the way this season was supposed to work. You throw all these no-names on the field and you see if any of them can play.

Rio Ruiz at first base tonight

are they committed to Martin at SS?

they've now allowed 36 homers (in 12.5 games), 13 more than any other team

0-for-2, Davis walked his 3rd time up

it's kinda cool if you think about it

Sooo, does the Oriole bird have his mouth open or closed in their logo? 🤔https://t.co/eRvzvF29IU pic.twitter.com/Ctu1LRSvvA

— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 11, 2019

Davis singled to right, Mancini scored and Smith Jr. scored, Ruiz to second.

RIP legend...

...yet shouldn't count because it was against Porcello, arguable the worst starter in the majors.

There are ten Baltimore Orioles currently playing hacky-sack in left field. More updates as this story develops. #NewsYouCanUse

— Josh Kantor (@jtkantor) April 13, 2019

#stayloose

Davis OPS up to .294

Davis homers! past & future All-Star

Former Mets starter Gabriel Ynoa was called up to the Orioles for the first time since the conclusion of the 2017 season.

back on pace for 108 losses

1-10 at home

pitching staff was at 6.21 ERA and -1.4 fWAR before giving up 12 runs tonight

I really don't understand why we can't have better pitchers than these. Aren't there just a lot of pitchers floating around jobless who are better than this? Isn't that literally the definition of what it means when your staff as a whole is underwater in WAR?

I really don't understand why we can't have better pitchers than these.

I swear somebody said that at one point in Ball Four.

Aren't there just a lot of pitchers floating around jobless who are better than this? Isn't that literally the definition of what it means when your staff as a whole is underwater in WAR?

the 2019 baltimore orioles: redefining replacement value

With that Yonder Alonso home run, the Orioles have now given up 72 home runs this year, a major league record for March/April. The old record coming into this season was....50.

— Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) April 30, 2019

and they gave up no. 73 an inning later

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7DqLQOW0AAYhxi.jpg

Bad loss but you know, most of the time you give Mychal Givens a 2-run lead you're gonna get the win.

Still enjoying this team! Cashner and Bundy have been pitching pretty well for a month, and -- John Means, who's John Means? Rotation definitely looks better than it did a month ago.

Orioles have 6 regulars with negative defensive WAR right now which has got to be some kind of record. But

I forgot what I was going to say after that "But" so maybe I'll just let it stand.

Givens is excellent except against NYY.

why

Keon Broxton has been traded to Baltimore for $500,000 in international bonus pool money. #Mets

— New York Mets (@Mets) May 22, 2019

I like this guy but boy can he not hit right now. Maybe Chris Davis can give him a talk about "what to do when you're slugging under .200" -- Davis seems to be finding his way back to replacement level, maybe Broxton can too.

i don't mind them picking him up, but (the authority to spend) $500,000 in bonus pool money is actually useful! especially for a rebuilding team! there's no reason to give that up for a below-replacement quad-a player who'd already been dfa'd

2019 HOME RUN LEADERBOARD*

1. Gleyber Torres, 10
2. Gary Sanchez, 9
3. Clint Frazier, 5
4. Nelson Cruz, 4
Khris Davis, 4
Max Kepler, 4
Eddie Rosario, 4
8. Randal Grichuk, 3
C.J. Cron, 3

* Only vs. Baltimore, believe it or not

— patsfb (@patsfb) May 23, 2019

visiting Denver this weekend

recordkeepers, bring your biggest eraser

excellent -- a pair of 2 HR games by Arenado and Story tonight.

big win for dan straily (srsly)

Good win! Renatomania continues.

Somehow the "guess the ORIOLES final record" thread has become the Orioles thread but I wish to resist it! So let me just say: 12-12 for the month of July, lots of good performance from the rest of the leagues cast-off no-names, feeling good about this team + Mountcastle and sure, why, not, Dillon Tate the rest of the way (chatter seems to be almost silent about the rest of the team being traded, we'll see)

Chris Davis swings at his manager, misses

the orioles have allowed an american league-record 243 home runs

only seven weeks left

there will be at least one team on Gleyber Torres NTC

Orioles comeback last night was inspiring even though Jace Peterson almost ruined it by being a dodo on the basepaths

That comeback was a bit more historic than you may think:

https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/27369444/orioles-upset-astros-one-biggest-15-years

thanks, darren rovell

-460 is an absolutely insane line for any MLB game, even those September ones where half the starters sit

538 had it at 75%

stop
pitching
to
gleyber
ffs

Torres has 13 home runs against the Bad Birds in just 16 games, one of which he didn’t start—a pace of 131.6 home runs over 162 games.

just not fair, give the Stanks' win total an asterisk

exactly half of his home runs for the season have been against the orioles

pathetic that the orioles will not call up (international league mvp) ryan mountcastle

yes he needs to walk more, but having just torched a triple-a league, there's nothing he needs to learn in the arizona fall league. can't take at-bats away from chris davis i guess

Veteran lefty Tommy Milone, who went 4-10 with a 4.76 ERA for the Mariners last year, will be the Opening Day starter for the Orioles on Friday at Fenway Park. https://t.co/mgEUAMTTds

— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) July 21, 2020