WEBVTT - O's begin critical homestand after TB series win 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.480 For the Orioles close, but no Cigar or that four 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:13.560 game sweep man they got a few outs away from 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.880 possibly taking four at the trop would have been stunning. 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.680 As it is a really good series. It kind of 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.239 turned a lot of things around here in Birdland and 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.520 welcome in the latest edition of Birdland Territory with Steve 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:28.720 tim and Brad so guys. A seven to six loss 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:33.240 Monday Night at Tropicana Field and now comes a critical 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:39.000 homestand Yankees four to three rays for three starting out 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.519 to stretch, wondering can they have a winning record? I 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.080 think now it's more possible than maybe we thought at 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.680 the beginning because of this series. What are your guys' 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:51.440 thoughts on the week ahead in Birdland at Camden Yards. 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:52.320 Yeah. 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.360 To me, it's it's exciting watching this offense now. 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.480 I feel like this is the offense we've been finally 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.960 waiting to see run it all cylinder and just the 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.720 approaches the team has been making one through one through 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:07.080 nine in the lineup to me is extremely encouraging. It's 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.839 everyone's getting involved and everybody's just having really solid at bats. 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:14.000 It's making it really difficult for that Tampa Bay rape 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.760 pitching staff is really good, and they made them work 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:20.720 the entire series and struggle for those four games. Like 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:22.760 we said, unfortunately they didn't get it done yesterday. But 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:25.920 it's very very encouraging watching what this offense is doing. 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:28.399 And for me, the biggest thing moving forward is what 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:30.640 we kind of talked about all year. Can they keep 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.840 the momentum going and they're going back home, it's going 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.040 to be probably a good crowd, especially against the Yankees, 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.319 and then you figured this weekend if they're able to 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:39.800 have a good series against the Yankees. 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.600 So just a lot of positives in my mind looking 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:43.360 forward for this team. 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.720 And it's I feel like the most positive it's been 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:47.840 for the last i'd say six weeks or so. 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.200 It's just been has been really consistent baseball. 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.080 Yeah, I think you have to look at this from 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:54.919 a glass half full perspective. 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:56.680 Like last night was disappointing. 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.840 You were up two runs late in the game and 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.720 you long, but he took three or four at the 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.960 trop which everyone would have signed up for heading into 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.840 that series, with how hot this race team is, with 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:10.760 how great of a home team they are. 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.120 But Brad, I'm with you. 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.840 I think my biggest reason for optimism right now is 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.360 this offense. And you can go back their last eight games, 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.959 they've scored fifty one runs. And I think the biggest 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:28.000 thing that sticks out to me about this offense, it's 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.840 not just one or two guys going right now. You 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.919 can go up and down this lineup guys Tyler O'Neill 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.720 for a while has been going. Jackson Holliday over his 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.880 last thirty three games is hitting over three hundred. Gunner Henderson, 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.320 the chase rate has gone down exponentially this month, and 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:49.240 he's producing. Pete is on an absolute tear. Pete is 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.200 just putting the team on his back right now, Christian 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.880 and Karnassi on strand what a godsend he's been. He 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.400 leads the team in RBI since getting called up in 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.400 the middle of July. So I think what has me 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.760 most excited is you got a handful of guys maybe 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:08.440 even more, that are all going at the same time 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:09.000 right now. 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.760 Yeah, and then you're right, that offense is clicking. And 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.960 there's the stat. You gave fifty one runs in eight games, 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:21.600 and during the previous seven games they scored eleven runs. 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.840 In those seven games, they were three for twenty five 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:30.160 with runs in scoring position these seven they were twenty 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:34.400 one for sixty five, so you see both many more 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.120 hits and many more chances to have those hits. That 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.080 to me is the biggest thing here. Twenty five attempts 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.320 in seven games is not a lot. Sixty five and 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.800 seven games is more like it. And those clutch hits came, 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:50.520 especially that seven run inning the other night, so that 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.840 was big in Berdland. Like you said, Tim, a lot 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.280 of guys contributing. It's no shock to me that when 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.480 we've been waiting for Gunner and Pete to be going 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.960 together at the same time, this output happened. And I'm 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.480 not saying it's only then, because clearly it's much more 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:08.600 than them, but a big run for this team. Maybe 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:10.680 we're finally going to see the hitting and the pitching 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:11.480 come together. 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.880 Yeah, that would be awesome. And I think when you 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.479 talk about Pete and Gunn are going together, I think 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.680 it takes a lot of pressure off of everybody else. 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:22.479 You don't have to do as much, just kind of 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.440 get on base and let those guys drive you in. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:25.760 And that's really what I'm seeing. 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.359 I think that's been the biggest difference watching the approach 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.159 they've had with runners in scoring position, is they're just 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.480 trying not to do too much. They're trying to move 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.360 guys over, they're trying to hit the ball the other way. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.920 I really have seen a middle of the field approach, 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.440 and I know as a for like as a pitcher, 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.120 those are the worst approaches that you want to face 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:44.560 because you want to have guys that are trying to 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.320 hit the ball out of the yard pull the ball 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.640 because then they have holes when you're trying to keep 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.479 the ball up the middle and stay you know, up 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.120 the middle or opposite field. Those are their bats become 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.800 really tough, especially with runners in scoring position. And they 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.640 just did a great job with that this entire series, 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.920 and even in Minnesota they did a great job with it. 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.440 Also. It just makes it really difficult. 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:04.720 To get that third out when you're trying to get 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:06.760 out of innings without letting up runs. 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:10.800 And it has to give the pitchers so much more 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.120 confidence because it's only human nature to think the prior 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.520 seven game stretch that you were talking about, Steve, where 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:19.640 you score eleven runs, if your pitcher, I gotta be perfect. 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.200 If I make one mistake, I might end up losing. 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:26.680 And that happened the night in Arlington with Shane Bonds 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.400 when he went eight innings, he gave up the two 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.200 run omer and he took the loss because of it. 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:34.400 Where now this offense is producing and the offense is 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:38.120 giving themselves a ton of chances. Steve the graphic you 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:42.080 flashed up there, twenty one hits with runners in scoring 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:46.520 position where they had twenty five chances in the prior 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.360 Sex Games, they almost have as many hits as they 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:55.200 had chances, very similar sample size. So I think that's 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.720 a testament to this offense right now. 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.799 So the Aros went three in the series against the Race. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.320 They went five and five on that road trip which 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.000 started poorly and finished well. They are seven and six 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:12.280 since the trade deadline and they begin today this homestand 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.279 starting at Camden Yard to night against the Yankees, tied 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:18.919 for the wild card lead, a third wild card in 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.120 the American League. 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Against the current AL Division leaders, 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.560 the Orils are six and four versus Tampa, four and 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:00.520 two versus the White Sox, five and one against Houston, 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:05.680 they have a six eighty two winning percentage against American 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.560 League Division leaders. And oh, by the way, they have 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:13.120 swept each one of those three teams this year. They 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.880 almost had two sweeps against Tampa. I don't know what 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.080 to make of that. It's crazy because then the other 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.800 question comes, well, how they have such a more record. Well, 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:25.240 they have their six games under against the National League, 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.160 or two and five against the Yankees, or one three 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:30.680 against Cleveland. You can see how the math works. But 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:32.400 this is a little surprising to me. 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:35.840 Yeah, definitely they have a winning. 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:37.920 Record against these teams, but look how good it is. 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:41.240 Yeah, that is a very honestly surprising stat that when 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.560 you would think if you're fifteen and seven against those 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:46.880 three teams you have up on the screen, I mean, 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.000 you'd be well above five hundred, or at least above 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.319 five hundred, and they're still struggling to get above five hundred. 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:53.760 So it's just interesting. 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.160 It goes to show that it's the major leagues and 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.400 every single game counts exactly the same, and it's at 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.120 the end of the year, it's not who you beat, 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.960 it's how many times you win. So it's just it 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.120 goes to show about the marathon of the season and 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.240 it's all coming down to these last thirty something games 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.079 they have left, and you just got to hope that 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.400 they can continue. They're gonna be playing some of the 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.080 better teams in baseball and nationally again American League here 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.400 moving forward, So you just got to continue to play 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.719 good baseball against no matter who you're playing, and give 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.120 yourself a chance to get into this playoff mix. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.600 Steve adding another stat that makes no sense, and that's 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:32.200 that's crazy. But the Orioles have a winning record against 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.640 teams above five hundred. So what that means is they 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:39.360 have a losing record against losing teams. 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:42.120 Which is total Bizarro Land. 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:45.040 But Steve, you pointed that out so many times throughout 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:49.480 these episodes, where you know what this Orioles team is 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.959 capable of because they've beaten all of these top teams. 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.199 They just took three or four against the Rays, who 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.839 had the best record in baseball heading into that. They 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.640 won their last series against the Yankees, a series in 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.160 LA against the Dodgers, should have swept that series. They've 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.800 beaten a lot of these top teams, and obviously the 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.560 record against teams above five hundred indicate that. 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:14.760 And over the years, when the Oils are floundering and 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.240 they won some games, fans would always come back with, 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.720 yet beat somebody good, and now I'll get my attention. 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.559 Well they have. They have done that. That's the point, 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:24.719 and that's the point we've made on the show a 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.040 couple times this year, is look at what the potential is. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.880 If you're beating some of these teams, you have the 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.480 potential to do it more often. So maybe we're finally 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:35.960 going to see it. So that brings us to this 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:41.560 stat The Yankees took four straight from the Orioles earlier 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.880 this year by a thirty nine to ten score. The 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.400 Oriols did not have one lead in that four game series. 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.400 So not a couple week later, they came to Camden 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.760 Yards and the Oils won two out of three by 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.480 a twelve to eight score. Very different run scoring in 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:00.280 that second series. So they're two and five against the 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:04.000 Yankees and they're three and thirteen against the Yankees. Op, 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.920 so that hurts to say that one. So this is 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:09.840 a good time to show they can beat the Yankees. 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:14.360 They have a good chance. Jaron Judges not playing free, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.520 just went on the injured list. Yes, Garrett Cole's going 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.200 to pitch for a Don's coming back apparently tonight tonight, 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.800 what better time to show you can beat the Yankees. 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:25.400 Yeah, completely agree, Steve. 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.040 I think right now is kind of a time you 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.199 want to face them without Judge and Daland's coming back. 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.520 But apparently he could have used one or two minor 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.079 league starts, but he wanted to come back to the 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.640 big league. So they're saying tonight they don't know what 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:38.319 his pitch count is going to be. To me, it's 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:42.280 it's a great opportunity at home to keep them momentum going, 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:45.000 like we've harped on over and over and maybe maybe 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.280 me almost too much at this point. But it just 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:49.160 really it just goes to show you just got to 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.640 especially against Indivision rivals, and when you're right there, you 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:54.599 control your own destiny. At this point, you're tied for 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:57.160 the wildcard. You just have to keep them momentum going, 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.839 get into this bullpen, get them in there early, and 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.480 really take advantage of kind of the Yankees team that 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.240 is kind of waiting for everybody to come back and 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.079 to get healthy. And I just feel like it's a 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.199 perfect opportunity to go and take at least two of 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.160 three and just keep this going and get ready to 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.640 play the Rays again this weekend coming up. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.839 It is funny to say this with how it's been 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.560 the opposite all season long, Like I'm keeping an eye 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:24.719 on the pitching here. How are these guys going to 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.240 bounce back? Where Shane Boz He's coming off the shortest 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.559 outing of his season where he just went three innings, 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.400 and how's he going to respond tonight against the Yankees. 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.440 Bassett he did really well pitching around some traffic at 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.240 the trop over the weekend, going up against the Yankees, 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.160 a team he's done really well against throughout his career. 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.280 And then of course Bradish who talked about not having 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.679 his best command his last time out. This offense is 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.079 in a groove. It's kind of funny to say this. 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.800 I'm expecting them to hit this series, even with Rodan, 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.760 even with Cole, I'm expecting this offense to hit where Now, 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:03.400 if this pitching holds up their end of the bargain, 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.000 this team's going to have a really good shot at 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.160 winning this series against the Yankees. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:14.199 On paper, Surprisingly, the Orioles runs per game outscore the Yankees, 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.600 believe it or not, over the full season. The pitching 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.000 is the disparity. The Yankees not only have the best 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.959 ERA in the American League, they have the best team 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.079 ERA in Major League Baseball three twenty six. They have 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:29.760 the best rotation ERA in Major League Baseball, second in bullpen. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.200 So there you go, Tim got, you know, real test 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:36.559 for the offense if it's cooking as it has here, 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.160 eighty one runs the last fifty or what is it, 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:40.959 fifty one runs the last eight games. 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.920 Well, and Steve, you know, like we were saying, the 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.280 Rays had a heck of a pitching staff themselves and 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.679 they couldn't figure out this Orioles offense. So I think 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.400 you got to give the Os offense credit. You know, 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.400 it's not like they were beating up against the worst 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.439 team in baseball. It was quite the opposite over the weekend. 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.439 So I think this is another big test for them, 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:04.839 and I'm excited to see it because this team, we 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.439 said it someday like that, they seem like they're in 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:09.960 such a good headspace. 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.359 They seem like they're playing a really loose. 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.080 Brand of baseball where I don't know if we could 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:17.800 have said that a couple of weeks ago. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.960 Yeah, that's interesting, and what makes that happen? I don't 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.600 think anybody in baseball knows the answer to that question. 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:30.960 Yeah, it's I've always heard the expression breeds success, breed success. 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.680 It's you can't put an equation to it. There's no 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.120 perfect science to it. It's just when everybody starts to 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.320 feel good, they start. I mean, they were borderline cocky 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:42.800 at times this series with some of the gestures they 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:46.080 were making towards after some home runs and Brian Baker 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.720 gave it back to him. So that'll be interesting to 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.080 see this weekend here at Camery Yards against the Rays again. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.400 But this is a confident bunch right now, and I 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.280 just think it's kind of that cloud of the trade 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.440 deadline is finally gone, and I think that's moved on, 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.200 and everyb knows that there's gonna be nobody walking through 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.880 the door that's gonna, you know, come to this team 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:06.800 or is gonna be leaving. You still have Samuel Basil 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:08.760 that is going to be joining this offense here soon, 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.160 which is will be another boost and I'll be nice 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.080 to have back. So I just think it's a very 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.360 confident bunch right now, and I think I think they're 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.320 finally showing what they've always talked about all season about 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:20.200 how much confidence they have with each other, how much 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:21.240 they believe in one another. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:22.560 Even last night when they. 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.040 Gave up that lead, I'm watching that game thinking they're 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.120 gonna score tw runs, They're gonna win this game. That 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.320 was just me as a former player, as a fan 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.080 watching that game. There's just something about this team. They 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.000 were one hit away from tying that game back up 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.920 and taking the lead. So for me, there's just a 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.120 different different confidence and a different way they seem to 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.040 be playing in the last especially the offense side of things, 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.760 in the last six to seven days, that just looks different. 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:50.360 And Steve also think about how Kevin Cash was managing 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.640 that game last night. Brian Baker, he's never gone more 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:56.960 than an inning. He had a five out save. He 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.600 knew how important it was to avoid being swept in 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.160 a four game set to where they put Baker out 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.960 there to close out the game with five outs to go. 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.600 Sounds crazy to say it, but his team in first 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.360 place needed to prove they could beat the Orioles. Yeah, 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.640 they lost sixth straight. They weren't scoring a lot of 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.160 runs against the Oriols, even I've scored two to one 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:21.120 in those games, and they kind of needed to secure 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.480 that win. And as you said, he almost managed that 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.200 like it was a game in October, and Brian Baker 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:28.480 came up big for him. The former Oriols having a 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:32.280 great year. 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So, Brad, there's been discussion about the 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.400 innings he's over at the most innings he's ever thrown 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:12.640 in his life. He also mentioned a finger issue after 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.600 the game last Night's first I've heard that, So maybe 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:19.080 one or both it's contributing to his performance being a 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:20.880 little less than recently. 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:23.480 Yeah, I think so. I think it's kind of it's 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:25.600 a mental hurdle. It's a physical hurdle to kind of 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.120 get over when you've thrown the most innings your entire 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:30.480 life in your career, doing it at the big league 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.959 level is tough. And he's been up there pretty much 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.800 since April or the end of April. I think he's 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:37.920 been up in the big leagues. And when you're pitching 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:39.760 that many innings for the first time, it's tough, no 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:41.560 matter who you are, no matter how good you are. 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:45.520 It's a definitely mental hurdle to get over to pitch 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:47.320 that long in the big leagues for an entire season 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.360 and sustain success. And he's been grinding these last three 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:52.880 or four or five outings he's had. It's been it's 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:54.760 been a grind. His pitch out has kind of gotten 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:56.280 up there, and I think he's just been kind of 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.600 I think he's held he's held it afloat. He hasn't 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.760 really Donkey hasn't had one of those really really bad outings, 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:04.800 But he also hasn't had the outings we've kind of 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:07.480 almost grown to expect, which is kind of crazy when 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:09.240 you think about it to the beginning of the season, 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:11.840 but you know, it could be one of those things 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:13.440 where it just takes these couple outings and then he 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:16.400 finds his footing again and kind of hits his second, third, 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:18.440 fourth win of the season and is able to carry 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:20.359 that through the end of the year. But it's definitely 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.720 a tough thing to go through and throw the most 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:24.320 amount of innings in your life, most of them at 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:25.800 the big league level for the first time. 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:31.359 Yeah, his career high was one hundred eleven in twenty 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:33.920