Series Thread: 8/12-8/19: vs WAS, vs BOS

[ThomasTomasz]

8/12: Off

8/13: vs WAS @ 6:35 pm EST

8/14: vs WAS @ 6:35 pm EST

8/15: vs BOS @ 6:35 pm EST

8/16: vs BOS @ 7:05 pm EST

8/17: vs BOS @ 7:05 pm EST

8/18: vs BOS @ 1:35 pm EST

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Big series this weekend against Boston.

I have tickets for Wednesday and Friday. I am not sold on going on Thursday, but the wife and I will be there Friday for the Corbin Burnes bobblehead.

 

[hattersgonnahate]

[Reporting live from the 8/13 game]

Unfortunately, Rogers and almost everyone else who pitched for the Orioles tonight were as bad as what the box score would suggest...

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Rogers was not a good get, at all. This is a move we are going to regret.

 

[hattersgonnahate]

Rogers was not a good get, at all. This is a move we are going to regret.

At least the situation in my section was entertaining: There was a family with divided fandom nearby, and the crowd behind me was still making noise as directed even well into garbage time. Also, Soto was somehow the best Orioles pitcher tonight (baby steps, I guess?)

Regarding Rogers, I guess the issue is that there is really no short-term alternative unless you're willing to call up Povich again. Failing that, perhaps the only workaround to minimize the damage is to consider ordering the rotation 1-5-2-3-4 and make the Rogers / Kremer starts "scheduled punt games." (Either way, if this is turning into another 2023 Jack Flaherty situation, the playoff rotation probably needs to be Burnes / Eflin / Rodriguez / Suárez.)