Peter Schmuck grades the Orioles
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Starting rotation
Newcomer Joe Saunders (pictured) was the only Orioles starter to really struggle last week, unless you count Chris Tillman's injury-shortened outing Sunday. The rotation combined to go 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA, and the ERA was actually deceptively high. Take out Saunders' six-run debut and Tillman's quick exit (3 IP, 2 ER), and it drops to 1.30. Now, factor in that all seven games last week were against first-place teams and you've got to ignore the won-loss record and give the rotation some real love.
Grade: A- |
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monquee at 8:37 AM September 04, 2012
welcome to grade school. Who's going to grade these so called sportswriters?
pellieman at 8:53 PM September 03, 2012
You should add another position and that would be Manager. I give Buck an A+ and the front office has made some pretty good moves going into September!
Bethesda_Jack at 5:24 PM September 03, 2012
Good grief.... How do you average all of those B's and a C with a few A's and come up with an "A" overall? What a tough grader! What does it take to get a few more A's? A ten-game lead in the AL East?
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