Comments on: Orioles Cut Six, Terps over Tigers?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:13:33 +0000

I’ve got Guthrie, Uehara, Eaton, Hendrickson, Simon. The following people will probably also be making starts in 2009: Brad Bergesen, Rich Hill, Hayden Penn, Brian Bass, Danys Baez, and Troy Patton. When we get really desperate, we’ll see Radhames Liz, Matt Albers, David Hernandez, and Chris Waters again. Maybe Jon Leiceister if he’s still around (he isn’t).

By: dan the man

dan the man — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:04:33 +0000

I’m glad Guthrie is back, and I’m glad he didn’t pitch last night.

Guthrie
Uehara
Hendrickson until Hill comes back.
Eaton
Penn/Simon?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:28:00 +0000

@Joe the Guy – Absolutely correct. But it is frustrating.

Bring on April 6 – let’s do this!

By: Joe the Guy

Joe the Guy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:43:14 +0000

Don’t Panic.

These kids are going to the farm – not being deported or receiving Lifetime Bans from the game.

If our rotation was penciled in as Guts, Koji, Beregsen, Matusz, Tillman, etc… I’d bet everyone would be all riled up over that, too.

It sucks, but come on people. The Orioles are who we thought they were. Especially in 2009.

Let’s see if we can build a foundation around the lack of pitching and prepare for the reinforcements to arrive.

Let’s see if we can patch a flat the first time the wheels fall off, and not damage the rims.

It’s still March.

“Baseball may be the national pastime in the United States,” observed Brian Roberts, “but it is played all around the world. And as you can see, it’s played very well all over the world.”

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:44:57 +0000

I am really not happy with the Oriole pitchers right now. I’m not frustrated with the front office as much as I am almost sympathetic to their problems. They went in with 37 pitchers, and they can’t seem to drag five decent age 25+ starters out of that group? The only players who are actually performing are those that are in our farm system.

The good news about that is that we will definitely see the young guns very soon in the Orioles rotation if things continue to go as they are.

The bad news: I don’t want to see Brad Beregsen have to come up here and rescue the Orioles. I want the Orioles to be able to have healthy and able pitchers without needing help from their AAA reserve. We shouldn’t have to wonder if Uehara and Hill are healthy. We shouldn’t have to wonder if Guthrie is stretched out enough to start the season. We shouldn’t have to wonder if Penn will ever put it together. We shouldnt have the huge question marks that every other team doesn’t have. God it makes me so mad to think about all these guys given the golden opportunity to play big league ball and NO ONE is stepping up to the challenge.

You know things are bad when Alfredo Simon pitches for four innings of shutout ball in one game and he’s already pencilled in as the #5 guy, despite showing up to camp 2 weeks late. Talk about ‘lost season’. Ugh. Rant over.