Jake Arrieta eats Rays for breakfast. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles.
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Jake Arrieta | Brilliant in one start this week vs. Tampa Bay. Took a no-hitter into the sixth inning (blame Jim Palmer for wrecking that one) and ended the night with 7 innings pitched, 4Ks, 0ER, and just 2H. |
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Zach Britton | Rebounded from several shaky starts with a gem against Oakland. Allowed 4 hits and an earned run over 6.1 innings (also notched 6Ks). Pulled after just 79 pitches (likely due to the insane humidity), but a great start nonetheless. |
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Jeremy Guthrie | Some what shaky in his one start this week, allowing 8 hits and 3ER. Evan Longoria had his number, but Guts still left his team in perfect position to win the game. |
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Chris Jakubauskas | Picked up a spot start and performed admirably, allowing only 3 hits over 5IP. Apparently that was good enough to keep him around a little bit longer, as he'll get the nod in tomorrow's game. |
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Brian Matusz | Somebody teach this guy how to hold a runner. Started the week with an okay start against Oakland (allowed just 2 runs, but gave up 7 hits over 5.1IP) and followed up with disaster against Tampa. Knocked around for 4 runs and didn't make it out of the second inning. Maybe its that ridiculous thing he calls facial hair. |
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Jeremy Accardo | Four innings pitched and three earn runs allowed. Ouch. Took the loss in extras against Tampa on Saturday and followed it up yesterday by allowing a home run (although that wasn't really his fault). |
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Mike Gonzalez | Oh...he's still here? Ahh....didn't notice. Or maybe tried not to notice. |
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Kevin Gregg | Just another blown save. Still more walks than Jeremy Guthrie. |
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Jim Johnson | Got the blown save on Saturday after allowing a run that wasn't his fault. Also allowed a run to score vs. Oakland, but still gets an up arrow for being one of the few bright spots in this bullpen. |
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Clay Rapada | Gets an up-arrow for pitching a full inning without allowing a run. Rarely sees game action seeing as though he can't get righties out. |
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Alfredo Simon | Seeing mostly long relief and not doing a horrible job. Only saw one appearance this week and allowed just 1 ER over 4.2 innings. |
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Koji Uehara | Remember those bright spots I mentioned with Jim Johnson? Yea....this guy's the other one. |
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Ryan Adams | Not really getting the opportunities, but not really doing anything with the opportunities he does get. |
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Robert Andino | Actually providing some value. Not crushing the ball, but getting some hits and filling in at multiple positions. |
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Vladimir Guerrero | Vladdy G: Singles Machine. Although he did hit a homer this week. |
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J.J. Hardy | Hitting leadoff seems to agree with James Jerry. Hit home runs in the first AB of his first two career leadoff appearances and probably should have had another if |
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Adam Jones | Gettin' the hits, but what the heck happened on that inside-the-parker?? |
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Derrek Lee |
Couple of hits before heading to the bereavement list. |
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Nick Markakis | We're getting there. Starting to rebound from that disgusting slump with some hits, including his first XBH in 89 ABs (which happened to be a grand slam if you decided to go for a smoke instead of watching his AB). Still lots of lazy fly balls, but hey, improvement is improvement. Let's keep it going. |
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Felix Pie | What would you say ya do here? Yea...I had a hard time answering that one here, too. |
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Nolan Reimold | Did not have a hit all week. |
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Mark Reynolds | We asked for more bombs. Mark delivered. He added three more this week including his first multi-homer game as an Oriole. That'll play. His defense, however, will not. Hopefully the forearm contusion won't keep him out of the lineup long, but it couldn't hurt for a few days to work on that D (14 errors). K Tracker: 65 |
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Luke Scott |
Decent week at the plate for Luke. Delivered 2 homers, added a double and a stolen base. |
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Brandon Snyder | Silky D's return to the lineup likely means Not-So-Silky D is headed back to Norfolk. |
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Craig Tatum | He definitely isn't SHJ when it comes to throwing guys out. |
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Matt Wieters | Decent batting line this week has his average closing in on .280. Would love to see more power, but can't complain about the effort. |
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