Can you remember that they brought in that pitching coach from Atlanta as the solution to our problems Mike? Forgot his name but they said he made Maddux great, of course he did nothing special because our pitchers were shite, collected a nice paycheck though ... 😎

Must the Orioles acquire a No. 1 starter?

https://www.masnsports.com/blog/questioning-exactly-what-the-orioles-need-in-their-rotation

You guys know a lot more about baseball than I do, do we need one and what went wrong besides the lack of hitting against Texas? Was it inexperience, our closer who got TJ surgery, not enough pitching or a combination ...

I don't know the cause, but I feel like we folded up our tent early. We backed into the playoffs, and I thought, just need a break to rest and heal. That was incorrect by an order of magnitude. I also hated the automatic outs, stealing playing time. Frazier and Mateo. Tons of guys who MIGHT get a hit available. The pitching was stronger than I expected, but you never say no to an ace. We automatically cash in some free agent turds, so maybe there's an upgrade out there. Upper level farm talent still fails to excite me.

Given Angelos' statements, I think gleaning that ace from within's the best chance we've got. Maybe that guy who won the Jim Palmer award will turn into the next Jim Palmer. Or maybe we trade for a minor leaguer who turns into Mussina. The money we get from releasing Frazier, etc., w/go for raises the others get, not for a big free agent.

Would y'all trade Mayo and the Heston outfielder guy for Mitch Keller?

Leo Mazzone. MI