Congrats on the win, Troy. See also: proof he really did pitch. (Photo by Brad White/Getty Images)
Sorry about the tardiness of your favorite weekly article. "Upgrade" to Windows 7 caused all sorts of computer issues. Better late than never, here's who's hot and who's not for your Baltimore Orioles:
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Zach Britton | Two starts...nearly identical lines in both. Four earned runs over 5 innings. It isn't awful, but it isn't getting the job done completely. Needs to find a way to go deeper into games on a consistent basis. |
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Jeremy Guthrie | Guts knows how to win! In his lone start this week, he allowed just 3 hits over 7 innings. |
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Tommy Hunter | Started twice and took two losses after allowing 4 earned runs (5 and 6 runs total) in each game. Allowing far too many home runs. |
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Brian Matusz | Made one start and immediately allowed 5 runs. ERA is cruising up towards 10.....can it get any worse? |
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Alfredo Simon | First start this week was short and marred with control issues (6 walks in just 4 innings). Last night was a good rebound (2 walks to 9 strikeouts). |
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Rick VandenHurk | Suppose the start last week was to determine his viability for the starting rotation. After just 2.1 innings, nobody is convinced. |
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Jeremy Accardo | He's back and already up to his old antics. |
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Brad Bergesen | 1.2 innings of scoreless relief. |
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Jason Berken | Returned from the DL for his first appearance in nearly a month and pitched one scoreless inning. |
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Willie Eyre | Three innings of uneventful relief. Its good when relievers aren't allowing runs. |
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Kevin Gregg | You know you're doing something wrong you're a pitcher on a baseball team normally forgotten by the media and they're writing articles about how you should never be allowed to close a baseball game again. |
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Chris Jakubauskas | Got hammered in his first appearance (3 runs in less than an inning), but recovered nicely with 2 straight scoreless outings. |
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Jim Johnson | Doing a much better job closing games than Kevin Gregg was. |
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Troy Patton | Pitched very well from the pen. Even picked up his first career win last night. Not bad for a guy who doesn't exist. |
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Zach Phillips | Has yet to allow a run during his short tenure on the Baltimore staff. |
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Clay Rapada | You can essentially repeat the previous comments. Hey......the bullpen has actually been sort of decent lately! |
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Jo-Jo Reyes | Bumped from the starter role and picked up 2+ scoreless relief innings. |
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Pedro Strop | Also has not allowed a run during his short tenure on the Baltimore staff. |
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Ryan Adams | Saw limited playing time and added a few hits. |
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Robert Andino | Very limited power, but he gets the job done. OBP holding around .330, which isn't too bad. |
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Matt Angle | He's fast........but that's about it. Hasn't hit much since making the roster and has made some questionable defensive plays in the outfield. |
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Josh Bell | More K's....but has hardly played since the September call up. |
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Chris Davis | Has shown a few flashes of competency at the plate, but strikes out far too much. Not to hit on the whole "soul-crushing" strikeouts thing again, but a sub-.300 OBP isn't going to get it done. |
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Pedro Florimon | He's also fast.....but that's about it. Three ABs and 3 Ks. Also made an error in that one game he played in. |
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Jake Fox | Has exactly one AB in the month of September. It was a double. An RBI double, at that. |
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Vladimir Guerrero | OPS might be at a season high right now (all of .725). |
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J.J. Hardy | Quite possibly the first down arrow he's received all season. Hasn't homered in the month of September and has just two XBHs. |
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Kyle Hudson | Stinks, but did pick up his first two career RBI. |
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Adam Jones | Just one hit this week. OPS dipping back down away from .800 |
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Nick Markakis | Had a number of hits to bring his OBP close to .350, but the OPS is still holding well below .800 |
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Nolan Reimold | Walk Machine didn't pick up a ton of hits, but added 7 walks. |
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Mark Reynolds | Outside of the game on Sept. 5th, did not hit the ball well this week. Well....he really didn't hit the ball at all. 181 soul-crushing strikeouts. |
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Craig Tatum | Maximum Tater: OPS holds at an Izturian .515 |
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Matt Wieters | We'd all love to see him get on base more often, but no complaints here. |
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