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Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles:
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Jake Arrieta | The line wasn't pretty this week. Ten innings pitched, 19 hits allowed, 13 runs surrendered. Ouch. |
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Wei-Yin Chen | Led the Orioles to the lone win against Texas with 7.2 innings of 6 hit ball (2 runs allowed). |
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Dana Eveland | Got the job done. Of course, he walked 6 guys, but limited the damage to three runs. |
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Jason Hammel | DNP this week due to a sore knee. Expects to pitch tonight. |
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Tommy Hunter | Wasn't all that bad against a solid Texas offense. The seven strikeouts were solid, plus Josh Hamilton is hitting homers off of everybody. |
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Brian Matusz | Got thrashed by Texas in his first start of the week, but Saturday's start against Tampa Bay was definitely an improvement. |
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Luis Ayala | Had a few runs charged to him after JJ allowed a home run, but he also allowed his inherited runners to score. First earned runs of the season. |
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Jason Berken | Yikes. Back to Norfolk with you. |
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Kevin Gregg | Mopping up well. |
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Jim Johnson | Also allowed his first ER for the season (on a home run), but was otherwise solid. |
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Matt Lindstrom | Got hit pretty hard in Texas before landing on the DL with a ligament strain in his finger. |
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Darren O'Day | Allowed a home to Josh Hamilton (who didn't?), but was also good in his other appearances (good meaning scoreless). |
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Troy Patton | A little surprised he got three innings of work. Solid before allowing back-to-back home runs. |
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Zach Phillips | Got mashed over a short period of time and sent back to Norfolk. |
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Stu Pomeranz | Apparently back in Norfolk after 4 scoreless innings of relief. |
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Pedro Strop | Continuing to perform well in the setup role. |
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Robert Andino | Just 5 for 26 on the week. |
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Xavier Avery | Brings a little speed to a team that hasn't been very aggressive on the basepaths. |
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Wilson Betemit | Went 3 for 20 this week, although 2 of those hits were homers including a fairly key tater in the Orioles lone win in the Texas series. |
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Endy Chavez | Went 1 for 5 before heading off to the DL. |
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Chris Davis | Struggled at the plate (also did not receive any pitching opportunities). |
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Luis Exposito | One hit since being recalled from the minors. |
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Ryan Flaherty | Avoids the down arrow thanks to his first major league home run....which also happened to kick off a back-to-back-to-back homer spree. |
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Bill Hall | Homered in his first game as an Oriole. |
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J.J. Hardy | Looks as though he's starting to shake off the first month slump. Five of his 9 hits this week went for extra bases (2 of them didn't return to the yard). |
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Nick Johnson | Obviously the BA stinks after going hitless for how many games, but Johnson went 3-7 this week with two home runs. |
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Adam Jones | Only 6 for 26 for the week, but the two homers were key components of two separate one-run wins. |
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Nick Markakis | Also seems like he's breaking out of a slump a bit. Went 8 for 24 on the week with 2 doubles and 3 homers. Currently has the lowest BABIP of his career, but the best power numbers (SSS, of course). |
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Mark Reynolds | Kicked off the week with a 2 for 12 before landing on the DL. |
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Steve Tolleson | 2 for 7 in what will likely be a short stint in the majors (unless the Reynolds injury is significant). |
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Matt Wieters | Not one of his better weeks at the plate. Went 4 for 24, although he did break a 10-game HR drought. |