we should all go to a game

i have season tickets.

Okay.

So, after 20 games we are 8-12. A lot better than last year but considering we started 6-1 a lot worse than what was our expected record at this point.

Roberts and Andino are really the only two in the lineup playing good ball at this point.
Looking at 2-8 in the order Markakis is at .208, Lee is at .211, Vlad is at .265, Luke is at .213, Jones is at .229, Reynolds is at .179, and Wieters is at .241.

I highly doubt Markakis, Luke, and Jones finish up anywhere near their current averages and Vlad should still finish up around .300. Reynolds is likely going to hit over .200 so he will improve as well and hopefully he will start hitting some bombs. The only two hitters I am concerned with are Wieters and Lee. I highly doubt Lee finishes up near where he is currently but he looks terrible at the plate so far. I still am not sold on Wieters being anything near what he was hyped to be. Andino likely isn't going to hit over .300 for the season but Hardy will be back in a few weeks and in the 9 hole either of them is a great option.

The team was supposed to be all offense and no pitching and yet without a good offense we are 8-12. Once everyone starts hitting we will be just fine.

Nice article about A-Rod and Machado - http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110425&content_id=18235292&vkey=news_bal&c_id=bal

Oh the joy of that thread when VM tried to tell me the Orioles were better than the Yankees...

Trent Mummey has been promoted to Frederick.

.291avg .377obp .509slg .886ops 2hr 2triple 2double 12rbi 12sb 10bb 11k in 14 games at Delmarva this season.

Orioles farm teams went undefeated tonight.

Delmarva - Manny Machado hit his first HR of the season. Mychal Givens continues to struggle as he goes 0-3 with a walk and is now down to .129. Schoop went 0-4 and his average is now at .319.

Frederick - Trent Mummey goes 4-6 with a double, triple, and 5 rbi in his first game at Frederick. Tyler Townsend went 3-5 with 2 rbi and is now hitting .315.

Bowie - PPD

Norfolk - Ryan Adams hit his first HR of the season and Josh Bell hit 2 HR who is now up to .284. Nolan Reimold had 2 singles to raise his average to .248 while Brandon Snyder hit a double and is now hitting .277 on the season. Rick VandenHurk pitched 6 innings and gave up 1 run on 2 hits. RVH struckout 3 and walked none as he picked up his first win of the season.

That's what I said.

i would put schoop ahead of givens on my personal depth chart
i think he is gonna be good man. Givens is just meh...
glad to see adams and bell are doing something.

mummey is an interesting case, not sure what to fully think about him yet, but im very glad they moved him up.