Pitchers | ||
Brad Brach | Allowed 1 ER in a loss to the Washington Nationals, breaking a streak of 7 straight scoreless appearances. | |
Zach Britton | Just 2 innings of work - both scoreless. | |
Wei-Yin Chen | Got into trouble in the 6th of his last start, knocking him out of the game before the inning was complete. Still got the win and posted a decent line overall (3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K). | |
Kevin Gausman | Thanks to bad weather, Gausman got credit for a complete game after 5 innings of work and 1 ER allowed. Other than a mistake to Brett Gardner early in the game, Gausman was solid and lowered his season ERA to a solid 3.29 (3.56 FIP). | |
Miguel Gonzalez | Did not receive a win for his efforts in a 3-2 extra innings win over the New York Yankees on Friday, but Gonzalez was excellent. Struggled a bit early, but fell into a rhythm and posted a second straight start of 8 innings and 2 ER allowed. Optioned to the minors in order to keep pitching during the AS break. | |
Preston Guilmet | DNP | |
Tommy Hunter | Another reliever who saw limited action. | |
Brian Matusz | This year has been a struggle for Matusz, but this was an up week by his somewhat lower standards (is that harsh?). Just over 2 IP and no hits or runs allowed. | |
T.J. McFarland | He's typical the long reliever, but Buck called on TJ to work out of a different role over the past week and he stepped in perfectly. He saw some action late in games, including extra innings and came out with 2 wins and no ER allowed over 3.1 innings. | |
Bud Norris | Struggled mightily against the Nationals on Wednesday with 6 hits and 5 ER allowed. Norris gave up two homers in the game. Optioned to AA following the game in order to keep on schedule during the break. | |
Darren O'Day | Very sharp in 3 innings of work. Just 2 hits allowed and 5 strikeouts while working as the primary setup man for Zach Britton. | |
Chris Tillman | ESPN called Tillman's Saturday start against the Yankees "mediocre," probably because he walked 3 and allowed 3 ER, but Tillman posted a pretty decent line for the week. In 13.2 innings, Tillman allowed 5 ER (3.29 ERA) and 4 BB while striking out 10. Not entirely sure what's mediocre about that. | |
Ryan Webb | Like his fellow bullpen mates, Webb picked up 2 scoreless relief innings. | |
Catchers | ||
Steve Clevenger | Saw his first MLB game action since the end of May | |
Nick Hundley | Played pretty solid defense and had a big game-winning hit in extras on Friday. | |
Caleb Joseph | Hundley got the bulk of the action this week, but Joseph added 2 hits in 7 trips. | |
Infielders | ||
Chris Davis | While he's up to 15 homers for the year (2 this week), his statistics have been pretty dismal. He went 4-22 this week, but hit two pretty big homers and added 6 RBI. | |
Ryan Flaherty | Got a bit of extra playing time, but went 1-7. | |
J.J. Hardy | Dismal 3-21 week. OPSing just .671 for the season. | |
Manny Machado | Approach at the plate really sharpening. Machado seems to be getting away from "spring training" and moving into mid-season form with an 11--20 week that included 2 homers and 2 doubles. | |
Jonathan Schoop | Just 2-13, as Ryan Flaherty picked up some extra playing time. It's possible the O's look to upgrade at the 2B position soon enough. | |
Outfielders | ||
Nelson Cruz | Phenomenal last week, less so this week at 5-21 (just 1 XBH). | |
Adam Jones | Jones, too, struggled with just 4 hits in 24 trips. He also had 1 XBH. | |
David Lough | PR only | |
Nick Markakis | He's maintained a .350+ OBP, but added just 5 hits in 22 at-bats. His slugging % is down below .400 once again. | |
Steve Pearce | Morphing into something of a regular player, but had to sit this week with a few NL games and went 3-15 with a home run. | |
Delmon Young | Almost forgot he was even on the team. | |
Disabled List | ||
Ubaldo Jimenez | Sprained an ankle in his own parking lot. You know...just to add insult to injury - er, injury to insult - on his 2014 campaign. | |
Matt Wieters | Still on track to begin his rehab soon enough. |
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Birds Up, O's Down - 2014 Week 15
Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles from July 7 - 13
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