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LMAO he just homered again! #5 for Bohrofen. Bohrofen > Dylan Crews!

Bohrofen just homered again. #4 in Dunedin.

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Hi haters!

Singles, steals second - WHY IS THIS GUY PLAYING DURRR

Why would he lose support in the middle of a streak wherein he's been one of the best hitters on the team? Are you just trolling at this point? What, don't play him because he sucked in 2022 and 2021 when he's performing today LOL?

He's a guy being carried by defense, but it's not like we have long-term data to conclude that his current defensive output is actually going to remain consistent year over year. He really wasn't a good hitter in a short stint at AAA, and in AA he put up a good but not amazing 122 wRC+. His batting average from AA to now: .256, .236, .212. We'll see how he develops, but he looks like a guy that got overrated big time after his performance in A/A+.

"The Orioles are doing something never seen before since the dawn of baseball. Acquiring a pitcher to supplement their average rotation who proceeds to poop the bed. Truly next-level maneuvering, once again proving how far ahead of the curve this organization is." - Olerud

Oh yeah? Is that so? Name them for me. Under your hypothetical scenario, Springer is in the very final year of his contract. Gausman is in the final year of his contract. Ryu is long gone. Bassit is gone (contract ends at the same time Bichette and Vlad become UFA's). Berrios is literally the only player locked in beyond the year Bo/Vlad become UFA's. If the team is hypothetically not even attempting to resign either Bo or Vlad, then I assume they aren't even in the playoffs in which case you are rebuilding anyway and trading them. If you're doing that, then carrying Springer and Gausman for one season changes nothing as their contracts expire the very next season. Also, if you are trading Boi and Vlad then you are shedding their contracts off the books as well so it's a wash. You are making something up that doesn't exist. This "core" is all locked in for around the same timeframe. They either succeed and keep going, or the window ends and within a year later basically all of your big "old" contracts are off the books. Nah, I'm good. I'll just agree with you: by 2026, the Blue Jays will not have developed or produced a single valuable player from their minor league system. So from today till 2026, not one impact player will come up. Agreed. The system has nothing. By the way. if the core hypothetically fails and the run ends and the team has no interest in resigning Bichette/Vlad (this is your hypothetical, not mine) then they're both traded....for prospects.

A win, but so much whining you'd think it was a loss.

I agree. There's no way they'll be able to replace two whole players. One of whom is currently a 0.4 fWAR first baseman, which as we know, is irreplaceable. We'll be in a REALLY bad spot.

The last few games he is referring to in which Fujinami pitched included one blow-out win for Baltimore, one game that went into the 10th inning, and I think in all of the games being referred to the Orioles used 4-5 relievers. I'm not sure if their starter went over 5 IP in any of those games that Fujinami pitched in. He's making it sound like they're bringing Fujinami into the 8th inning of a 1-run game after the starter pitched 7 innings. No, they're bringing him in to pitch in blowout wins, or in games wherein they literally have no choice. Just like any other team in the league would treat a wild reliever they're hoping to "develop". The extra-inning save he recorded against the Mariners was a game wherein Bautista wasn't even available to pitch. Really ground-breaking stuff by the Orioles. The Jays literally used Nate Pearson in some high-leverage situations just a few short weeks ago.

Damn bro stop triggering everyone here. We're just trying to have a good time by simping for this front office, and you have to keep rekting and triggering .

Nimmala finishes 1 for 2 with 3 BB's. Season line: .308/.571/.538 with 8 walks to 4 strikeouts. Apparently one of the guys at BA just named him as one of the most impressive players he saw this past ~week in the FCL.

Nimmala finishes 1 for 2 with 3 BB's. Season line: .308/.571/.538 with 8 walks to 4 strikeouts. Apparently one of the guys at BA just named him as one of the most impressive players he saw this past ~week in thed FCL.

Arjun Nimmala just tripled in a continuation of yesterday's rained-out game, to go along with 2 walks. He now has 7 walks in 5 games. Obviously it's wild FCL-level pitching, but it's a good sign for a 17 year old to at least show restraint.

Royals were up 5-0 on the Mariners with a dominant outing from Singer. They try to bring him out in the 8th inning at ~100 pitches and he promptly gives up a double and hits a batter. Some reliever then comes in and gives up 4 runs to make it a 1 run game. Moral of the story, if your starter is cruising, he's good to pitch the whole game!

The element of luck is vastly underrated. When the Jays traded Happ for Drury, the underlying metrics on Drury were all positive. Yet he was horrible to the point wherein they couldn't even play him any longer. He immediately started hitting with the Mets and has been a 2-3 fWAR player the past two seasons when healthy. Even Billy McKinney is posting a 109 wRC+ season as a reserve for the Yankees. So they clearly weren't wrong in their targeting of those player(s). But the timing simply didn't materialize in their favour, and therefore the return looks horrible.

But it's really not this. Did you know that Espinal makes more contact than Merrifield? O-Contact Merrifield: 72.9% Espinal: 75.4% Z-Contact Merrifield: 88.6% Espinal: 90.2% Overall Contact Merrifield: 82.4% Espinal: 84.8% We're talking very miniscule differences in swing path or pitch selection which determine hit vs. out. Espinal and Merrifield have very similar exit velocities. The main difference on the surface is that Espinal hits the ball on the ground more (particularly this season), but even last year when Espinal ran a 23% line-drive rate (Merrifield is at 24.7% this season) it only amounted to a 99 wRC+. Keep in mind that Merrifield was at 105, 90, and 88 wRC+ the three seasons prior to this one, so you can see that his BABIP-driven success is definitely not something that is consistent. He's clearly in a season wherein seemingly everything he hits seems to be falling into play.

No doubt, I'm not suggesting signing him long-term. But what Belt does well he does really well, and it's easy to see why he's been such a successful hitter over his career. To me, Merrifield is the bigger anomaly. Nothing about his profile is 'impressive'. His hidden talent is basically making good contact but with such below-average exit velocity that it loops over the infield but falls into play well before the outfield can get to it. For most other players, the balls he hits would simply go to the out-field for outs. There are a few other guys like this (eg: Steven Kwan) but it's hard to imagine Merrifield being able to keep this up at his age.

He's in the 97th percentile in walk-rate and 98th percentile in chase-rate. He is in the 81st percentile in barrell percentage. What this means is that he generally only swings at balls in the zone, and he hits them really well - which is why his BABIP is so high (although there is luck at play this season). Yes he strikes out a lot, but he also draws walks at an elite rate. It can't be "pure luck" because he's done this his whole career. He is clearly declined, but this guy put up 3.4 fWAR in under 100 games just two seasons ago with a 157 wRC+.

SMH the very next batter homers to tie it for Seattle.

OMG what a catch to save a game-tying HR by Mullins.

Cade Doughty homers for the second game in a row. Kasevich is 2 for 2 with a double.

Orelvis 4th HR in Buffalo.