Orioles set Bowie alternate site roster

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• What is different between the alternate site Bowie & minor league baseball?...go O’s...

  • Minor league baseball won't start until May 4.

  • I saw that, that doesn’t answer my question, on May 4 do they all leave...what do they do?...go O’s...

    • The players will be assigned to minor league clubs. This group will mostly be assigned to Norfolk, I'm guessing. Some may go to Bowie.

  • Thanks for asking that as I’m wondering the same thing. I’m planning on going to see Bowie okay ehen they come to beautiful City Island to play the Hbg. Senators and u was hoping to see either Rodriguez or Hall pitching and Rutschman catching.

  • Does the alternate site go away May 4?...go O’s...

    • Yes.

  • You see what happened there? I got so flustered I didn’t proofread my comment and, well, it shows.

  • Thanks Rich, go O’s...

• Chance Sisco has now struck out 6 times in a row. Severino is also a bum. Sad that Adley is not even playing baseball right now.

  • Totally agree, Severino is lazy behind the plate, after his yelling issue with Lopez, not sure who really would want him behind the plate, other than Mikey, no Boog, so I’ll say it, the tanking continues...go O’s...

  • I’ve been holding back my comments about Severino, but the last two games I’ve watched him closely. I can’t comment on technical aspects of catching, or whether he’s “lazy”, but man he seems to flub a lot of pitches, balls glancing off the glove, even when they are up in the zone. It’s so glaring that Jim Palmer even mentioned it on the air, which is telling. I did see the miscommunication he had with Lopez in the previous game - that was obvious that they got crossed up somehow. I couldn’t tell that that was the reason they had a meltdown and why Lopez subsequently imploded with the walks. I have noticed that he spends no time with the pitchers- few mound visits, little on field banter and I haven’t seen him chumming it up in the bench either. Just my 10 cent opinion.
    Also, Cisco seems lost at the plate.

  • Where is Boog

    • He said he is quitting baseball because MLB pulled the ASG from Atlanta. I guess he is wearing his white hood instead of a baseball cap now.

      • VT's comment clearly below the belt.

  • Seriously....go O’s...

• Good take on Severino Iceterus. The ball is constantly bouncing away. After that altercation with Lopez the very next pitch was hit out. That to me is telling. Makes ya wonder why they've stuck with Sisco/Severino these last two years as they await Rutchsman. Btw--Akin looks like he's nursing a beer belly in the above picture.

  • Don’t know how old you are but the Tigers had a pitcher named Mickey Lolich who made Akin look like an Olympic decathlete, but he was a helluva pitcher. Being in shape helps but throwing strikes is more important.

    • Believe me dlgruber I am old enough and definitely remember. Good comparison. Rick Reuschel another one.

    • Mickey Lolich pitched 376 innings one year (I think). And his arm didn't fall off!!!

  • For some reason, Keegan Akin reminds me of Chris Tillman.
    Just in the face - his appearance - for some reason.
    Mickey Lolich ......certainly remember that name!

  • Luis Tiant & Fernando Valenzuela were a lil on the portly side...lol...go O’s...

• I thought Heston Kjerstad was going to the Bowie site but I don’t see his name???

  • Has he been medically cleared yet?...go O’s...

  • Kjerstad was supposed to be reporting to minor league spring training in Sarasota, not the alternate site.

    • About a month ago, I thought I read that Kjerstad would not go to Sarasota but would go to Bowie where his rehab could be more closely monitored. Maybe that has changed or maybe I misunderstood.

      • The Kjerstad saga gets curioser and curioser, beginning with his above-slot selection.

    • Rich, what is the difference between the Bowie site and minor league training in Sarasota? Why can't the players assigned to the former train at the latter?
      BTW, there can be no certainty that Kjerstad's heart condition will resolve itself sufficiently to allow him to play baseball this year.

• This Yankee series seems to be men against boys. Mancini, Mountcastle, Santander, Mullins, and Hays will hit but the O's will probably need MLB talent at the other positions. At this time they have no MLB infielders or catchers. I'm sorry to be the one that has to tell Genius1 that it ain't workin', whatever his plan is. Time to go to Plan B.

  • Not sure there is a Plan B...lol...go O’s...

  • CP I think the B in plan B stands for Bowie.

  • Ahhh, only thing that makes sense...go O’s...

  • The "plan," if you want to call it that, is to shrug off the 2021 season, spend as little money as possible, and try to gear up for a competitive season in 2023. It's not so much tanking as not caring about wins and losses in the here and now. As long as some fans continue thinking the O's are going to surprise on the upside, management can get away with short-term indifference.