Birds Up, O's Down for July 19-26
by duck on Jul 27, 2010 1:16 PM EDT
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Here’s a weekly look at players making an impact, for good and bad, for the Orioles this week, July 19-26:
Birds Up
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Matt Wieters (CA) - Matt returned from the disabled list to go 3-for-6 with two homeruns. But even Matt can't win games by himself. Unless he starts pitching again. |
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Luke Scott (DH) - Luke is as hot as you think he is since his return. He's batting .452, has an OPS of 1.517 and has five home runs in seven games. Not a bad week. |
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Craig Tatum (CA) - The Tater wondered what he'd done to deserve demotion. Well, after a week of batting .389 in five games, I'd say it had something to do with having an option left. And that's about it. |
| That's it. Seriously, that's it. |
O's down
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Scott Moore (2B) - Scott got the axe this week as a quarter of the projected Opening Day lineup returned within six days of each other. Going 0-for-11 in his last four games certainly didn't help his cause. |
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Jason Berken (RHP) - Just when we thought Jason had hit a small bump in the road last week, he completely implodes this week. When batters are hitting .389 against you, that's not good. Giving up five runs in 3.2 IP? Not good. Allowing four out of six inherited runners score? Not good. |
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The Entire Starting Pitching Staff (except Jeremy Guthrie) - Let's see... Kevin Millwood? Meh. Brian Matusz? Yuck. Brad Bergesen? Double Yuck. Jake Arrieta? Double Yuck, too. |
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Nick Markakis (RF) - Brutal week for Nick. He batted just .111, and had an OPS (.342) that just 50 points higher than his AVG for the year. He's done enough this year that I won't give him a down arrow, but Nick Markakis, you're on notice. |
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Julio Lugo (2B) - b2b appeared in just three of the past seven games, and figured to lose the most playing time of anyone still on the roster with all the starters coming back. And considering he went just 2-for-10 in those three games, I'd say that's not a bad thing. |
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No love for Guts?
6H, 0BB, 6Ks, 2 ER in 7 IP. Because of the calendar, he only had one start in your timeframe, but his last start was a doozy as well.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
That's why he didn't get a down
But honestly, I was so pissed off at every other pitcher, I just forgot to put Guts on UP
"Overdrive the sound and make it sound pretty rude." - Jimmy Page
Also worth noting that with Matt's two walks
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
that's not a sentence
With Matt’s two walks, he had an OBP of .625 for the week.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
I'm surprised Felix didn't make the cold list
He’s been miserable.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
i hate it when we only have 3 in the "birds up" list
and one of them being there for getting demoted…..
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I didn't enjoy writing it...
but honestly, aside from Guts, who else would go there?
"Overdrive the sound and make it sound pretty rude." - Jimmy Page
I think maybe you could have put Wiggy on there
Maybe. He only had seven hits from the 19-26th but he had 2 HR, 2 2B, his first triple since 2008, and one badass ejection.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
I said he only had seven hits, so I'm aware of his OBP.
But even with a .286 OBP he slugged enough for a weekly OPS of .915. That’s why I said maybe.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
nobody
this team sucks. wiggy’s ejection could work tho
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 27, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Correct me if I'm wrong on this please
By sending Tatum down, the O’s go back to paying him minor league salary? So by keeping Fox, the O’s save themselves approximately $100,000. Talk about penny-pinching.
I seriously doubt that figured into it
By keeping Fox, he’s your back-up catcher AND can play corner IF positions.
"Overdrive the sound and make it sound pretty rude." - Jimmy Page
But as your backup catcher
you don’t want to start him to be playing other positions should anything happen to Wieters in-game. Since we no longer have a 3rd catcher I would assume Fox would be the last guy off the bench.
With Wiggy suspended
They had him at 1B with a bench of Corey and Lugo. Gross.
Oh and now we’re warming up Uehara. He’ll die. He will actually DIE if he pitches in this heat. -KenDixonFanClub
Yeah but thats only 2 games
Wiggy’s suspension wasn’t exactly planned, and if Wieters were to re-injure himself (knock on wood) tonight we would be totally fucked.
not entirely
fox would go to catcher and i presume luke would take over at first
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 27, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I forgot about Luke at first
For some reason I couldn’t think of who else would play there. Alright, I concede. I’m convinced. I guess I just like Tatum better.
I lied. I'm not convinced
That situation would cause us to lose the DH. But in a non-Wiggy suspended game, I would assume Fox would start at as much as Tatum did so that we are not in a position to lose the DH should an injury occur. I would rather see Tatum batting over Fox in any situation.
i would probs just start luke at 1b tonite anyways to avoid any of these issues
felix can DH and scorey can play in left
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 27, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
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