Category: Baltimore Orioles
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Craig Kimbrel and Gregory Soto tapped for the closer role in Philly
May 11, 2023 Philadelphia Phillies — As we alerted you yesterday afternoon, Jose Alvarado went on the injured list Wednesday, but an MRI showed nothing more than inflammation. Craig Kimbrel looked effective in the tenth inning against Toronto on Wednesday, and Rob Thomson will use him and Gregory Soto in the way he had been…
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Carlos Estevez, Kyle Finnegan kick their asterisks
May 1, 2023 Seattle Mariners – After Paul Sewald kept the game tied with a scoreless 9th inning, Matt Brash earned his first save of the season in the bottom of the 10th after Seattle took the lead. Seattle continues to use a number of arms in mixing-and-matching its way through the late innings. Updated…
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It’s Time You Met Yennier Cano
April 25, 2023 Baltimore Orioles – Cuban-born Yennier Cano made his MLB debut last season, and his cup of coffee in the bigs yielded an 11.50 ERA across 18 innings, so you’d be forgiven if he wasn’t on your radar coming into the season. But the 29-year-old righty made some mechanical tweaks in the offseason,…
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A tour of league bullpens this Opening Day
March 30, 2023 Miami Marlins — Skip Schumaker has tabbed a closer committee of A.J. Puk, Dylan Floro, and Tanner Scott to start the season, with Matt Barnes and his lower K rate relegated to the middle innings. We’ll move Floro to the top of the committee if only because he’s the only righty of…
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2023 AL East Preview
March 13, 2023 Baltimore Orioles — There’s a lot of optimism in Baltimore after a surprising 83-win season in 2022 – an astonishing 31-win improvement from 2021. Part of the resurgence can be attributed to a strong back half of the bullpen, led by 6-foot-8 Felix Bautista, who had 15 saves, a 2.19 ERA, a…