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Monday’s O’s Links: Taxed Bullpen Finally Falters

Darren O'Day of the Orioles enters his windup.
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So the O’s won’t go 162-0. They were the final MLB team to lose in 2017 though, finally falling to the New York Yankees on Sunday, 7-3, despite building a 3-0 lead early. It was a bit of revenge on the part of the Bombers, who blew 5-1 and 4-1 leads en route to losing the first two games of the series.

The Birds have – ugh – another off day today, before kicking off a two-game set at Fenway Park, followed by four in Toronto.

To the links.

Bullpen Implosion was Inevitable – Starters Must Pitch Deeper

Yup! Five games in, and we’re already talking about taxing the bullpen. That doesn’t seem to bode well. Kevin Gausman throwing 97 pitches in 4 2/3 innings on Saturday was particularly inexcusable. Wade Miley going five innings isn’t ideal, but it *could* be fine, if the guys in front of him in the rotation were turning in six or seven. Hurry back, Tilly.

The AL East is Off to a Chaotic Start

We’re ONE WEEK into the season, and these writers are already shocked that the Red Sox haven’t ran away and hid with the AL East title. Of course, they’re at the ready with excuses, the first of which is that Boston has the flu.

They Are Who We Thought They Were

Bird’s Eye View’s Jake English wrote some words about Friday’s win over New York, which was Orioles baseball in a nutshell. From up-and-down Ubaldo, to the heroic dingers, to the lights-out bullpen, the Birds followed their preferred recipe to the letter.

O’Day on his Struggles in the Ninth, Plus More Bullpen Quotes

The O’s bullpen was perfect through the season’s first four games. On Sunday, Mychal Givens gave up a game-tying home run to Aaron Judge, and then the flood gates opened. Darren O’Day was unable to get any close calls from the home plate ump, and was thus unable to stop the bleeding as New York hung five runs on the Birds’ pen. The guys talk about the rough afternoon.

Could Manny Machado be One of the All-Time Great Third Basemen?

Ken Rosenthal, full-time Fox Sports reporter, part-time O’s shit-stirrer, asked Manny Machado about moving to shortstop as part of Fox’s pre-game show before Saturday’s game. Manny said that he still thinks about it, and Rosenthal muses about how it could affect the O’s and/or Manny’s upcoming free agency. If you’re like me, and would rather just live in the damn present, I’d understand if this was a link that you skipped today.

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