Break up the Orioles!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 27 July 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
and of course there are still three years left on perhaps the worst contract of all time
the 2016-23 $31M AAV miguel cabrera extension could potentially be very bad as well
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 27 July 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
the largest contract ever, at the time (by AAV)
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 27 July 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
true, but miggy is at least a hall of famer; you could hope he'd stay healthy and maybe hit a bunch of doubles instead of homers, and you could also reward him for years of valiant service. maybe not smart, but at least understandable
davis, at that time, was heading into his age-30 season with a career .255/.330/.506 line and 14.7 bWAR. he'd just led the majors in strikeouts and was a year removed from a .196/.300/.404, 0.7 bWAR season. there was never a chance
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 July 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
Get out your brooms, the Mighty Baltimore Ducks are going for the 4-game (!) sweep of Los California Angels of Anaheim in the suburb of Los Angeles today.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 28 July 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
Also, they quietly set an MLB record over their last streak:
In Saturday’s 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, home runs from Pedro Severino and Jonathan Villar made the Orioles the first team in major league history with multiple home runs in 10 consecutive games.
#juicedballz
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 28 July 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qx5VA3f.jpg
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sI9diDf.jpg
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Orioles won their 47th game tonight, matching last year's total with 17 still to play, largely against weak opposition. Fangraphs projects them to end up with 54-55 wins. We were too pessimistic!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 12 September 2019 04:24 (four years ago) link
take that, naysayers
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 September 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
They have settled into a nice groove where every time they win they look like a good team and every time they lose it's more comical and ridiculous than depressing (this week: giving up a walk-off grand slam in the 12th to the worst team in baseball, losing 5-3 after giving up two runs on a dropped third strike the pitcher failed to cover)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 16 September 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
rarely before has losing 108 games felt like such a step forward
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 September 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
O's finish better than anyone on this thread dared predict, Pythag record of 60-102, some decent talent found among the players abandoned by other teams (John Means, Hanser Alberto, Anthony Santander, etc.), a lot of fun memories (strangely many of them involving Stevie Wilkerson.) I enjoyed this!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 30 September 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
The Orioles had the 2nd-worst record in MLB in 2019. But they led the league in heartfelt, handwritten ‘thank you‘ notes. In a twist on fan appreciation, some season-ticket holders are getting notes from players saying “thanks & hang in there.” The story: https://t.co/dZ8OjbkcsV— Dan Connolly (@danconnolly2016) October 3, 2019
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link