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Okay, the big homestand month is upon us, with wildcard contenders Seattle and LAA coming in, along with the Red Sox and others.

Seattle is five games over .500 and not even in the second wildcard spot.

Argh me hearties!

Tuesday, 7:07 pm
James Paxton (1-1, 4.19 ERA) vs Marcus Stroman (0-4, 7.42 ERA)

Wednesday, 7.07 pm
Wade Leblanc (0-0 3.57 ERA) vs Jaime Garcia (2-2, 6.60 ERA)

Thursday, 7:07
Mike Leake (3-3, 6.28 ERA) vs Jay Happ (4-1, 3.67 ERA)

(And for God's sake, open the damn roof it it's not raining)!

Yeah, I see us winning one game, maybe.

Will Stroman get his ERA under 6 by the All-Star break?

JaysRule15 wrote:Will Stroman get his ERA under 6 by the All-Star break?

Probably will. 4.40 FIP/3.79 XFIP/7.52 ERA. Alot of bad luck there. Throw in too many walks with a .babip of .330 and %50 of runners left on base, screams more bad luck.

heck of a play by Stroman there! Nice start.

dumb ass Smoak

Stroman isn't as bad as his numbers suggest, but his seeming lack of fastball command is a bit alarming.

babip gods are evil

BigLeagueChew wrote:

JaysRule15 wrote:Will Stroman get his ERA under 6 by the All-Star break?

Probably will. 4.40 FIP/3.79 XFIP/7.52 ERA. Alot of bad luck there. Throw in too many walks with a .babip of .330 and %50 of runners left on base, screams more bad luck.

There's quite a bit of bad luck (like the LOB% in particular), but he also entered today giving up the second-highest rate of hard contact in the league, which will lead to a higher BABIP.

Time for the minors for him. He's been dreadful this season.

Stroman is our worst starter. Osuna is in jail. Our starting 9 is racked by injury.

It's not looking good.

Schad wrote:Stroman isn't as bad as his numbers suggest, but his seeming lack of fastball command is a bit alarming.

I don't thing this team is as good as its record suggests.

But I do want to hear Wilner twist in the wind on this season.

Schad wrote:
There's quite a bit of bad luck (like the LOB% in particular), but he also entered today giving up the second-highest rate of hard contact in the league, which will lead to a higher BABIP.

And less soft contact. Wonder if the stats beside that, %pull, %centre, %oppo have anything to do with that. Balls are being pulled more and less opposite field, which makes sense that hard contact is more pull heavy. Pitch outside more.

dagger wrote:

Schad wrote:Stroman isn't as bad as his numbers suggest, but his seeming lack of fastball command is a bit alarming.

I don't thing this team is as good as its record suggests.

If not for our bullpen's ridiculous numbers in high-leverage situations, I'm pretty sure we'd be comfortably below .500.

we actually not good at all, we've had super clutch and timely hits this year so far that aint gonna continue, our record should be a lot worse

and its time to legitly worry about stroman, this team needs an ace and he believes he can be one, but the pressure of leading a staff has gotten to him

Schad wrote:

dagger wrote:

Schad wrote:Stroman isn't as bad as his numbers suggest, but his seeming lack of fastball command is a bit alarming.

I don't thing this team is as good as its record suggests.

If not for our bullpen's ridiculous numbers in high-leverage situations, I'm pretty sure we'd be comfortably below .500.

At least Baltimore knows how to do it right. Since the Devil rewards bad owners like Angelos, the #1 pick in the 2019 draft will probably turn into a superstar.

dballislife wrote:and its time to legitly worry about stroman, this team needs an ace and he believes he can be one, but the pressure of leading a staff has gotten to him

It may be pressure or it may be that the chip on his shoulder is too heavy. That and spending so much time selling his Little Big Man clothing line.