I'm pretty amused at seeing that Gamble is a Commander Game Changer but Entomb, the instant speed version, is not.
Dan Moroz
@danmoroz.bsky.social
Orioles (wrote about baseball in the before before times), Ravens, movies.
I don't really expect him to say he's screwed up a lot, but this answer doesn't make me think there's any shift in thinking after things went poorly. Things just didn't work out (injuries, regression) but next time should be different.
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 2d ago.@kylegoon.bsky.social asked Mike Elias why the fans should believe in him to lead the Orioles out of this current mire. "Baseball is very, very humbling and it doesn't go linearly," Elias said. Elias' answer, below:
Mike Elias at the deadline: We're not that far out of a playoff spot but I don't think the team is good enough to get there or win if they do, so we're selling.
Here's the thing; they expected to win 100% of their games the rest of year already, so they still think they can win 70% of the games with 70% of the roster. All according to plan, no worries.
Am preemptively mad at Rubes saying that they couldn't sign Adley and that's why they need a salary cap.
Lol, I completely missed that Taylor Ward was also traded. Uh, oh no!... sure, whatever.
I'm not sure trading Adley even hurts the Orioles playoff odds much more than trading Kremer did, and given how up and down the AL has been this year it's still possible they can squeak in with some good luck (which they were always going to need to some degree).
Getting so mad at Basallo for not playing through pain makes more sense now, since they'll be expecting him to catch a ton.
Well, *you* can't clip these wings. He's keeping all the wing-clipping to himself.
Alan the Baltimoron@bmorons.bsky.social · 2d agoMike Elias: the fuck I can't.
Seems I picked a good day to start looking at my EDH decks again.
I really didn't think he would trade Adley. It's bad for the franchise in a larger sense sort of irrespective of if the return is "good" or not.
Played an EDH game for the first time in some years, took a good 25 turns like the olden days. Don't think that's how things typically go now.
I'm honestly more bothered at Andy Pages and Justin Wrobleski being good than the Dodgers trading for Skubal. If they had to rely on only expensive over-30 players it would be more fair.
I'm not going to be mad until the Dodgers win the World Series again/Skubal signs a contract with them with $300M in deferred money.
Pretty cool to see the White Sox buying at the deadline after their recent seasons.
Would love to hear the thought process behind Antz. Woody Allen, with a Sharon Stone love interest and Sly Stallone best friend? A joke about influencing politics via campaign contributions?
I was looking at all starting rotation WAR for the last 10 years, and if your #5 start is at 1.5 and each better pitcher is +0.5 wins from the previous one, you get to 12.5, which would rank 90th out of 300.
Patrick Dubuque@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 4d agoThe Dean Kremer analysis you demand and deserve is now live on the BP website. It begins: "The Minnesota Twins are in it to win it. Or at least, win a little of it."
I'm still getting used to it, but people don't appreciate how hard it is to consistently pitch 150 innings a season in the Majors now.
Just occurred to me that it's July 31st, but then looked up to find the deadline is Monday. So this isn't the last thing happening I assume.
Trading a Major League starter for an 18 year-old in A-ball also strikes me as not the kind of thing you'd do if your job as GM was on the line.
I think people are underestimating Dean Kremer based on him allowing 12 homers in 36 innings this year. From 2022 to 2025 only 30 pitchers in baseball pitched more innings than Kremer, and his ERA is in the neighborhood of Nick Pivetta, Jameson Taillon, and José Berríos.
It's very possible that something like 7 teams end up with better records than the AL West winner. Or something completely different and crazy.
Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 5d agoLook at all these negative run differentials
Hey, the Orioles won! I'm glad everyone got to enjoy a nice relaxing afternoon watching the game.
This team is giving me anxiety about the name of a sports bureau.
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · last wk.This loss is the worst shutout defeat the Orioles have suffered since 2004. Baltimore allowed runs in all eight innings in which Detroit hit — making the Tigers the first team to score in every inning against the Orioles (since 1954) to do so, per Elias Sports Bureau
Getting a call from BGE saying they're working on fixing my power while I still had power turned out to not be so funny an hour later.
The big-bad serial killer in the latest Criminal Minds seasons is named Elias. Wonder if there's an Orioles fan in the writers room.
I was so happy when I got a job that didn't require wearing a tie.
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last wk.Riveting TV and I'm not joking... Girardi: "What was easier for you, facing Randy Johnson or putting this tie on?" Kruk: "Oh, Randy. A lot easier than this"