Who's hot and who's not among the Orioles this week
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Jake Arrieta |
Can't fault him for Thursday's loss in New York. Rebounded from a poor outing with 6 fairly solid innings (5 H and 3 ER) and should have been allowed to start the 7th. | |
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Brad Bergesen |
Needed as the both the 5th starter and long man from the pen. Pitched well in both situations going two hitless innings in New York on Wednesday and making a start on three days rest. Forced 9 ground ball outs to just 2 fly ball outs. |
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Zach Britton |
Had to figure he was going to come back to earth eventually. Didn't pitch horribly, but allowed 5 ER over 6 innings. |
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Justin Duchscherer |
On the plus side of the week, the Orioles didn't send anybody home to their families depressed. The Duke is happy. | |
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Jeremy Guthrie |
One has to feel for this guy. Takes the loss when he pitches well and takes the loss when he doesn't. Saturday's game in Cleveland was one of those times where he just didn't pitch well. Ten hits (one being a HR) over 5 innings won't get it done. |
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Brian Matusz |
Continues to be out. In other news, water continues to be wet and the sky blue. Although one could argue seven straight losses has made it pretty gray for the O's.... |
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Chris Tillman |
Just got rocked in New York. No movement on his pitches and decreased velocity. Is he injured? Brian Matusz needs to hurry back. |
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Jeremy Accardo |
Didn't pitch poorly, but still has more walks than strikeouts. Guess that's okay considering the other "assets" in the pen. |
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Jason Berken |
Another good week for Berken. Did allow a run in New York, but got himself out the jam and had another scoreless inning in Cleveland. Keep it up, Jason. This bullpen needs some good performances. |
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Mike Gonzalez |
Just not going to cut it. Has allowed a run in five of his six appearances and can't throw strikes. ERA is now up to 10.38. We're now into the second year of this - when does the team call it quits with the expensive lefty? |
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Kevin Gregg |
Came in for the save against New York and promptly allowed a home run to a guy hitting under .200 on the year. Just not going to.....wait, didn't we just say that? |
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Chris Jakubauskas |
Off to the DL with a groin strain. Clay Rapada will take his place on the roster. |
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Jim Johnson |
Just one appearance for JJ this week. Not much need for your setup guy when you aren't winning games, is there? |
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Josh Rupe |
Tagged for four hits and three earned runs in a third of inning. Who is this guy....Mike Gonzalez? |
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Koji Uehara |
Nobody is quite sure why he didn't get the call with the Orioles leading the Yankees by a run. Koji is still sporting a 0.00 ERA after his 5th appearance with no ER on the season. |
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Robert Andino |
Picked up his first two hits of the season on Saturday. Hoping J.J. makes a quick return so he can go back to sitting on the bench. |
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Jake Fox |
Can we just have Matt Wieters catch every game? |
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Vladimir Guerrero |
OPS has now dropped below .600. That just won't work for the team's cleanup hitter. |
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J.J. Hardy |
Remains on the DL, but is apparently progressing. |
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Cesar Izturis |
Not going hit much, but did have a nice effort in New York on Thursday (both at the plate and in the field). |
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Adam Jones |
Poor week at the plate resulted in the OPS dropping to .542. Has a K in all but three games this season (not including yesterday's game that he missed due to "illness"). |
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Derrek Lee |
Getting some hits here and there, but just another sub-.600 OPS in the heart of the lineup. |
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Nick Markakis |
Dazzled against Phil Hughes (who hasn't this year?), but fairly irrelevant at the plate for the remainder of the week. At least his OPS is over .600 though. |
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Felix Pie |
Cost the O's a run in a game that they eventually lost. Hitless in his other appearance this week. |
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Mark Reynolds |
Sporting a .721 OPS (hey, that's good for this team!) and went a whole series (three whole games!) without a strikeout. |
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Brian Roberts |
Lollygaggin' much? Not this week! Had multiple hits in three of the five games this week and got his OPS up to a team-high .762 (not including Fox's four-game OPS). |
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Luke Scott |
Like Derrek Lee and Vlad Guerrero, scatters a few hits here and there, but the BA sits at .200 and the OPS at .672. Showed a significant lack of range in the field. |
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Matt Wieters |
Yet another guy who isn't hitting. On the plus side, has an absolute cannon for an arm and will throw you out while trying to steal. Consider yourself warned. |