Chris78

I agree that Elias needs to go. 2 full seasons of games is a pretty big sample size for the players. At some point players need to play and they haven't done that in 2 years. The majority of this current roster hasn't won crap at the Major League level. Take a look at the 2023 roster that won 101 games. Most are gone now. I'm not sure if their underachieving or just not as good as they were all billed to be. For Adley he's having a better season but his last 2 were disasters . If you look at his numbers he's probably back in the top 10 catchers in the League conversation but being the number 1 pick he also hasn't lived up to the billing.You can see his decline Athletically over the past 2 seasons. I hate to see when he's 33,34 years old. I certainly wouldn't entertain extending him. There's plenty of other Catchers that are better offensively and defensively. If Adley and Gunner are your big 1 ,2 punch to build around, that's a pretty soft 1 and 2 compared to other teams around the league.

Yeap. This team is much less talented than they were made out to be. Lots of AAA mashers that weren't able to replicate the same success against MLB pitching. And most are below average defensively. Pair that with Free agent signings like Tyler O'Neil and stop gap starters like Charlie Morton and Chris Bassett and this is what you get.

Go back and take a look at their 2023 roster that won 101 games. Most are gone. If there still here they've been progressively worse the last few years. I think some of those players Elias lucked into as he was not planning on actually contending in 2023. He was thinking they were still a year away. Look at them the last few years when Elias thought this was the time for them to contend lol. Time for Elias to go bye byes.

Going back exactly 2 years from today since 7/07/24 they are 151- 174. That's a .464 winning % Time to do something different here. It's not working. This team is not good and hasn't been good with this core in 2 years. Pretty much everyone that is considered there core is either underperforming or not available.

If we can't snow with that look it's time to Cloe the blinds for good

Pending rain right now just south of you

It's really hard to fiquire out exactly why, but it's been 2 full seasons of bad baseball going back to about the half point in 2024. It's not a small sample size anymore. The team just isn't as talented as what they were made out to be. Even Gunner has been on a downward spiral for the last 2 seasons. I'm torn on what direction they need to head in long term but what there doing now isn't working and hasn't worked for 2 full seasons now.

Lol Os

Can we sell the GM and Manager too. This team is awful. I loved when they puffed there chest out after taking 2 of 3 from the dodgers saying they can play with anyone.

Yeah. At this point Elias and Albernaz both need to go. I think they messed up with not brining back Showalter.

Somethings never change

I actually think there worse than last year and will end up with a worse record. Their run Differential is atrocious. Probably time for another rebuild Lol

Yeah. Not looking good. My son has a tournament in Winchester this weekend. We're supposed to play Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Sunday looks like it could end up ok. Sucks to go right to Bracket play on Sunday. Not sure what they would do

Just saw the video of Mayos bat flip of a long foul ball. Lol It was against the nats on Saturday I believe. What a dumbass.

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.