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Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles:
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Zach Britton | We've really seen both ends of the spectrum from Britton this season. He's either sparkling or awful. Saturday's start against Detroit was one of those sparkling situations: seven shutout innings with just six hits allowed. |
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Wei-Yin Chen | After an extremely solid stretch of pitching, Chen has struggled with consistency. Tuesday's start was a solid 6 innings (even with the 9 hits), but yesterday's game included an awful first inning. |
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Miguel Gonzalez | Continuing to pitch rather effectively. He's been hit hard at times, but, for the most part, has been steady. Wednesday's start was no exception (6 innings, 2 earned runs). |
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Tommy Hunter | Still struggling with the long ball, but he did turn in a quality start. |
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Chris Tillman | Extremely inefficient over 4.2 innings on Thursday. Needed 110 pitches to get even that far (gave up 3 earned in the process). |
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Luis Ayala | In just 2-ish innings of relief, Ayala allowed 3 earned runs (plus a loss) and prevented the Orioles from sweeping the Red Sox. |
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Kevin Gregg | Saw just three batters this week. |
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Jim Johnson | Three perfect innings this week and now 8 straight scoreless appearances. That'll do. |
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Steve Johnson |
After a nice first start, Johnson returned to Baltimore in a relief role. Got two innings of action and allowed just 1 hit while striking out 4. |
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Matt Lindstrom | Also riding a streak of eight straight scoreless appearances. |
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Darren O'Day | Did give up a run (and took a loss), but he saw 4 innings of relief (most on the team) and was solid overall. |
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J.C. Romero |
Troy Patton is better. |
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Pedro Strop | One of those rare weeks where Strop allows runs. |
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Robert Andino | Saw almost zero playing time thanks to Machado and Quintanilla. |
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Chris Davis | Hit .273 for the week, which is decent, but the homers were huge in two separate close games. |
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Lew Ford | DNP |
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J.J. Hardy | It's been pretty hard to give J.J. up arrows this season, so he'll get one for his 6-22 week. |
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Adam Jones | At 4 for 23, Jones had one of his worst weeks at the plate. Did contribute 4 RBI, however. Hasn't homered in 14 games. |
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Manny Machado | Not quite the flair of the first week (back to earth with a .190 average for the week), but did have two doubles and a walk. |
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Joe Mahoney | One AB. |
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Nick Markakis | Just a .318 week with 3 doubles and 4 walks to boost his team-leading OBP. Looking pretty dialed in right now and has failed to reach base at least once per game just three times in August. |
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Nate McLouth | Nothing significant, but the triple was pretty nice. |
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Omar Quintanilla | Only 1 for 13 this week...but hey....the one hit was a homer! |
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Mark Reynolds | Came alive to feast on Boston pitching (3 homers and 7 RBI). |
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Taylor Teagarden | Same as last week. |
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Matt Wieters | Just 4 for 17, but added a homer, 4 RBI, and 3 walks. |
