Rotation | ||
Wei-Yin Chen | After allowing 4 ER in his previous start, Chen recovered to allow just 2 over 7 innings against Tampa. Buck smartly pulled him after 7 even though he was under 100 pitches. | |
Scott Feldman | He's put together a decent string of starts, but gets killed by inefficiency. Yesterday's start was great outside of the 4 walks allowed. 100 pitches through 5 innings forced the O's to turn to the pen quite early. | |
Miguel Gonzalez | Another guy who could do with a little more efficiency. Knocked around for 8 hits (and allowed 4 walks), which cut his start short. | |
Bud Norris | B-Rob tried his best to help him out, but Norris wasn't playing. Probably should have been pulled even earlier than he was. | |
Chris Tillman | Struggled a bit earlier in the week, allowing 4 runs to Tampa, but came back with an outstanding 8 against Oakland. | |
Bullpen | ||
Tommy Hunter | Earned a save in JJ's place and ended with two scoreless innings. | |
Jim Johnson | Still full of struggles, but his most recent inning was about as dominant as he's been in quite some time. | |
Brian Matusz | He's as situational as situational can be....and he wants to start? | |
T.J. McFarland | Not all 6 runs were on him (several inherited), but he hasn't had a clean outing since July. | |
Darren O'Day | Allowed the unfortunate home run which cost the O's a chance at an eventual sweep. Rebounded quickly, however, and still finds a way to dominate. | |
Troy Patton | Struggled a bit in relief of Norris on Friday night. | |
Francisco Rodriguez | Appeared a bit rough in his first outing after a groin injury, but bounced back nicely with a dominant inning on Friday. | |
Catchers | ||
Taylor Teagarden | Did not see any game action. | |
Matt Wieters | Decent week both offensively and defensively, even is his two homers did nothing beyond helping jakattak in fantasy baseball. If he were to hit .273 with a homer or two every week, you wouldn't hear any complaints from me.... | |
Infielders | ||
Alexi Casilla | Clearly behind Roberts and Flaherty on the depth chart | |
Chris Davis | It's awesome that hitting .263 for the week with just one homer constitutes an "okay" week for Thor. | |
Ryan Flaherty | Admittedly, I'd like to see him as the starting 2B for a full season. | |
J.J. Hardy | With the exception of his low OBP, it's hard to complain too much about an 8 hit Hardy week. | |
Manny Machado | Reached base in a but one game this week and took 3 walks. | |
Brian Roberts | Struggled overall, batting just .143 for the week, but that grand slam was huge. | |
Danny Valencia | Only played in one game, but went 3-4! | |
Outfield | ||
Adam Jones | Average week at the plate (6-24), but had two very well-timed homers. | |
Nick Markakis | If Markakis has two extra base hits in a blowout win, does anybody notice? | |
Nate McLouth | Broke out of a slump with a solid week, including a few walks (3), a stolen base, and a homer. |
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Week 20 Birds Up, O's Down (19 - 25 August)
Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles
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