Chris78

Os are 1-12 against teams above .500 lol Let that sink in.

Shockingly (not) the weaknesses of the Os that everyone knew prior to the season is Costing them games. Defense, starting pitching, one dimensional offense all shortfalls of the 2026 Os. They might end up being worse than last year. And alot more expensive sadly

This Os team might be worse than last years. Verdict still not out.

Orioles roster construction is a mess. It's Home runs or bust. It's been this way for a while. This weekend shows just how bad this roster is when compared to a contender. It's sucks we went through multiple 100 loss seasons for basically 1.5 seasons of contending baseball. Most of their young core has been busts or not able to stay on the field. And Elias's unwillingness to actually sign a proven front end starter long term is frustrating. Baz doesn't look like a 1 or 2 at this point.

As an Orioles fan I'm so tired of this same shit game after game. It's been going on for 2 seasons. Started after the allstar break in 2024 and has continued up till now. Complete suckage. Orioles fans endured a 5 year tear down to the studs rebuild to end up with this crap. A president of baseball operations that refuses to go out and sign a legit front of the rotation starter. Who is also a prospect hugger who's missed out on selling high even while having Log jams at the MLB level. Other than Gunner, the young core has been a disappointment, either from poor play or injuries.

3 players that get regular at bats are all hitting under .180. 6 regulars are at .220 or under. Team average is .234. Tough to score consistently with these numbers. Gunner and Alonso will be just fine but Mayo,Basillo and Mayo and Cowser.... Yikes. Basillo's underlying metrics say he should be fine. Lots of hard hit balls. The other 3 though not looking good.

What do you do with Ward? He can't DH on a regular basis with Basillo/Adley and Alonso all taking turns there. And you still have O'Neil in the mix if he's actually healthy. This is all comes back to poor roster construction and being stuck with your off season decisions.

@Maestrobjwa This was my point. With the current roster construction you can only do so much. Maybe just sub par compared to God awful?

More time behind the plate should show improvement for Basillo. A few games ago he had 2 past balls and some of it looked like laziness to me. That can't be tolerated and I'm sure Albernaz has let that be known.

I agree with the 3 wild card spots if you can be around .500 around the trade deadline you have a chance. Disagree on the defense Ward and O'Neil are not going to be different players than they've been for several seasons Beavers has not been good either. Cowser is better suited in left. Not sure how you fix the D this year. Basillo is not good behind the plate. There bottom 5 in most defensive metrics

There defense is awful. Not much they can do to fix that this season. I'm guessing there plan was that the hitting would overcome there defense but so far that hasn't happened on a regular basis. This team feels like a better team than last year but not a playoff team. Poor roster construction on Elias's part. I think if they miss the playoffs again he should be fired but who knows if he would be. He just got a promotion last year. There outfield defense is really really bad. Not just in errors but balls that average defenders get too and catch that our guys do not.

Great win tonight. Have yourself a career game Jeremiah Jackson.

If this materializes it won't end well for any of us....

Framber Valdez so far 0.75 Era through 2 starts.

Chris Bassett - Charlie Morton vibes