Maestrobjwa

They still have time. I still believe they're too good NOT to dig out of this. Not saying they will for sure, but...with this group, all it's gonna take is a spark. And getting players like Westy and GRod and Coulombe back may be part of said spark.

This is gonna be interesting with the Orioles' being home next week...lol Our record with rain delays is AWFUL this year for some reason, but hey...if we get an extra day or two off, who knows?

They're young players encountering their first real adversity with injuries and struggles at the plate. Too early to call Adley a bust, imo Gotta see if he breaks out of this. I think once they get over this they'll be okay. They just have to relax--that's what the problem is here. They're trying to hard right now...and Westburg said it best yesterday:

Is it just me or is intesification before landfall occurring with all of these storms now?

Not the first game you'd like to start with when you have a shaky O-line that needs time to gel and a rookie D-Coordinator, lol No need to cliff jump based off of this game though if we can't come back tonight. Just win next week, lol

That one game a couple weeks ago that you're probably referring to was one of the very few examples of Hyde missing on the pinch hitting this year--bad decision that game, smh But outside of that, though...it's worked like 95% of the time--numbers don't lie, man!

You sure about that part? Pinch hitter numbers to the contrary, lol

There are only 3 times this year where I said "bad move". Most of the time, I get it. Saturday, for example...at that point, Hyde had a choice: Use Cano for two innings and have him also unavailable if you need him on Sunday, or Kimbrel. Dominguez was the only other arm left. I mean I guess Irvin? (Not reliable for a close game either) Bad choices. I think folks don't always consider the nuances of bullpen management. During the regular season, It's as much about who you're gonna have the next day as who you use today. This year the bullpen arms have struggled--there have been times where people scream at Hyde but here's the thing: If you bring an arm in to matchup better when a starter is in the 6th over 90 pitches, he has to perform. If he doesn't, that's on him not the manager.

Dang you can't stand Harbaugh or Hyde? Lol I'm gonna start calling y'all HHH (Harbaugh Hyde Haters) It's amazing some of our fanbase can't stand either despite both coaching winning teams! In terms of adversity I was talking more about overcoming the injuries. As far as bringing Kimbrel in: I think that's more of an issue of not having somebody else up from AAA to send out instead. As it was, Kimbrel and Dominguez were the only two left Hyde coulda used. I can guarantee he didn't wanna use Kimbrel, but also didn't want to give Cano two innings either in case he needed him for the next day. (Remember, Kremer's early exit caused us to use like 4 arms) And you can't risk burning Cano for the next day (Sunday's game) because you had already used so many arms on Saturday. I find a lot of the Hyde dissatisfaction comes over bullpen usage. And 90% of the complaints I see are typical ways bullpens are used around the league. Matchups, sometimes one batter, no more than an inning...ya see this often. Yet people complain when Hyde does it, lol I don't think his bullpen usage is as bad as some make it out to be. It's just that our BP arms haven't been as good this year--and that can make any manager look bad because when they come in they've screwed up sometimes. Although lately... they have been doing better overall. Perhaps they can lock in more down the stretch (and get Webb and Coulombe back).

Talk about adversity, smh But hey, sometimes that can fuel a team down the stretch...you just never know.

To me, the one "decent" nina post 2016 was the nickel-and-dime winter of 2017-18 where we got 18 inches or so. That year was funny because most of the 1-2 inchers came right during the morning rush and the schools burned through all their snow days despite the small amounts, hahaha I'm my unscientific opinion (yes I have no shortage of those), that would be the top end of possibilities.

Ehh I wouldn't say that...remember, despite all of this, we are doing the first place dance with the Yankees, and nobody else in the AL is running away with it...thus buying us time to get healthy. I'd say that is a more of a blessing than the opposite--we could be in a much worse position right now!

Back in first place baby How we and NY keep copying each other is weird and hilarious, lol

Getting Coulombe and Webb back will help...beyond that you're right. We're gonna need somebody else to step up somehow...at least it looks like we have our new closer.

And so have the top 6 teams in baseball. Now this is from August 8th, but not a tone has changed in terms of winning percentage of these teams. So basically it's been a mid-off since June, lol But that's actually good news--it means we still have time to get our act together!

Wennie hope: Well, if the PDO is a decadal cycle and that would be 10 years...maybe then? (at least it would be worth watching since we don't know if a +PDO period still works or not)

This here. To me, this is the reason enso doesn't matter much to getting better snow chances...until this changes (if it does) there's no point in tracking, no point expecting anything more than what we've gotten in any year since 2016...just plug in a year and you'll get it right, lol Feels like there's nothing left to learn (I mean we've seen the worst with 0.2 inches) and that we've seen everything our winters can (or can't) be since then!

How can ya say that when all of the recent ones have been 2+ years? And in general don't most of them double dip?

So uh...go with the model with the least...rain? Or is it the reverse this time?

Having some serious wind with the thunderstorm here...wind started gusting even before the rain started! Ain't seen the rain go sideways in awhile, lol

I think Vavra is just unfortunate timing when it comes to perception...folks upset about the trade and then that transactional news comes, lol It could be that he's just up here for a day or two just to cover for the Norby vacancy (does Vavra play third?). I've always thought Mayo would be called up after the deadline.

I'm in North East, MD with a full view of the bay all the way to Havre de Grace...and it was the best light show this city dweller has ever seen! Felt like ya needed sunglasses, haha Truly spectacular...how great Thou art

Eh...only way it can be worse than anything we've seen the last several years is just numerically: if we finish with 0.1" or just plain 0"...we already got as low 0.2 in 2022-23! After that there's no worse to be had, hahaha But seriously though, we've basically seen every possible scenario that this winter can be, so no surprises, no new "Hm that could make things interesting/predictable". We've run out of "Oh this could be different"s! Literally exhausted all of those things to a point you can just put up a chart of the last 8 1/2 years, and just pick an outcome. Nothing new. (Side note if the PDO eventually flips again maybe then that can be something to look at since a +PDO isn't on the post 2016 list) Simply put...we already know what's up...been there, done that. For me that's where we're at only reason ya watch is if you're just in it for the science. But if you're watching it looking for anything different than 2017-now, you're wasting your time! In case ya can't tell...I'm kinda done with it. I mean could I be tempted to look this winter? I can't see a scenario where I am, but ya never know. Otherwise, could be better just to let it go and if a flake falls just say "Oh it's snowing--nice!" That and going skiing for the first time

Hey, hey look! My yard won tonight's tiny blob lottery

Yep--Atlantic calendar definitely broken. What's September gonna look like...all red? Lol Oh boy...who knows what having a Cat 5 this early and a basin looking like that this early could mean for the season. There any precedent?