July Banter 2025

[Chris78]

7 hours ago, CAPE said:

The Orioles are so lost right now. Their core young players now look mediocre/are injury prone, other than Holiday(way too soon to know). This team is at a crossroads and I don't think Elias is the one to figure it out and find the best path forward. First and foremost, he needs to go.

I think they need to add a professional bat or 2 during the off-season to balance out the line up. Not enough good at bats during crucial times of the game.

I think the young core could of been over valued some. Over the Long haul I think there good enough to win if you give them some outside help. 

Losing Santander's 40+ Homer's from last year has certainly hurt the line up. And when you combine that with Gunner's power outage,It's a significant drop off in production.  

In Adley's case He's been better this year than last. His surface numbers don't show it but deeper stats show he's been one of the most un luckiest hitters in the league.  He's hard hit rate and barrel rate suggest his BA should be significantly higher than it is.

I don't have much faith in Elias. It's been a rough 12 months for him going back to last years trade deadline. His wheelhouse seems to be the draft but building a major league roster isn't.

[Maestrobjwa]

3 hours ago, Chris78 said:

I think they need to add a professional bat or 2 during the off-season to balance out the line up. Not enough good at bats during crucial times of the game.

I think the young core could of been over valued some. Over the Long haul I think there good enough to win if you give them some outside help. 

Losing Santander's 40+ Homer's from last year has certainly hurt the line up. And when you combine that with Gunner's power outage,It's a significant drop off in production.  

In Adley's case He's been better this year than last. His surface numbers don't show it but deeper stats show he's been one of the most un luckiest hitters in the league.  He's hard hit rate and barrel rate suggest his BA should be significantly higher than it is.

I don't have much faith in Elias. It's been a rough 12 months for him going back to last years trade deadline. His wheelhouse seems to be the draft but building a major league roster isn't.

This. Talk about ownership responsibility...NOW they have a huge decision to make this off-season. If they decide to keep him and things get worse, that's gonna be on them too. I also don't have much confidence that Elias can fix this. We need to have a fresh start from GM down, imo

Now funny thing about last year's trade deadline...what if Rogers really does work out? That would make it not nearly as bad, lol Efflin was also a good move but we got unlucky with his injuries (but he certainly shut it down in the playoffs).

[WVclimo]

Every GM has hits and misses with players they bring in. But if Elias really came into the season with the plan that his offense would compensate for a mediocre rotation until he got some pitchers back from injuries/ surgeries as the year wore on, that borders on malpractice.

[Dendrimer77]

I don't how many different ways to say it, but this hot and humid weather can suck it. 

[snowfan]

Ryne Sandberg died of cancer. Was only 65. As a kid of the 80s, this one hits. Dude was one of the best second baseman. 

[nw baltimore wx]

O’s putting on a “I want to be traded to a playoff team” display of late.