Avi Miller
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Baseball, hoops, global sport, data. Believer in Orioles Magic. Go Cavs. Baltimore & Cleveland stan. Adult literacy advocate. Cluster headache sufferer.
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MLB 2nd Half WAR leaders:.hitter.unicorn.hitter.hitter.hitter.hitter.hitter.Trevor Rogers.hitter.hitter. and the next five, just for fun:. hitter.hitter.hitter.hitter.hitter.
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Just a ridiculous sequence from Kyle Bradish:. - soft/tight spin inside ⤵️.- hard heat cut up and in⤵️.- front door heat with armside run 🔥. Good lord, he's so back.
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Kyle Bradish back on the mound tonight is such a great thing; potentially the Orioles' most important piece heading into 2026. Bradish finished 4th in AL Cy Young voting in 2023. The potential is elite. He threw 7 no-hit innings last May in Chicago. This was 14 months ago ⬇️⬇️.
Bradish shaking off his elbow after this 97mph heater doesn't look great for a guy coming off a UCL sprain!
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That was an all-timer of an announcer jinx lmao.
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Trevor Rogers on a heater better than Randy Johnson or Sandy Koufax ever had, just like we all predicted.
Lowest ERA Through First 13 Starts.LHP - Since Integration (1947). Vida Blue: 1.31 (1971).Hyun Jin Ryu: 1.36 (2019).John Tudor: 1.38 (1988).TREVOR ROGERS: 1.40 (2025).Randy Johnson: 1.42 (2000).Sandy Koufax: 1.44 (1966).
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The more I watch this and their dynamic for the next few innings, the more I am persuaded there was either a PitchCom issue or Kremer had an issue with the umpire and was talking it out with Basallo.
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Dean Kremer looked visibly frustrated with Samuel Basallo coming off the mound to end the 3rd inning 👀🤨
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If Samuel Basallo hits a 520 ft. walkoff home run off of Craig Kimbrel in extra innings that hits the warehouse, you build him a statue tomorrow.
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Never a bad time to bring up my favorite Matt Bowman fun fact:. Matt Bowman has both been teammates with and pitched against both Jackson and Matt Holliday.
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Alex Jackson with one of the most spectacular catcher picks on a pitch in the dirt that I have ever seen. That thing bounced three feet in front of home plate. Wow.
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I harp on this with Povich a lot, but his ability to succeed consistently at the MLB level is going to come down to how he can get outs against RHH. The pitch mix only works if he can locate the new & improved changeup low and away. He hasn't shown he can reliably do that so far.
Povich quite simply does not have the tools to compete against right handed hitters. 1.036 OPS against him in 92 plate appearances by RHH this year. All five of his pitches have below average shape and velocity. There's nothing he has to consistently get outs, unfortunately.
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After the first inning, the Orioles announced Samuel Basallo’s extension to the crowd. The catcher tipped his hat to the fans inside Camden Yards.
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With that strikeout, Colton Cowser is now 3-for-22 (.136/.231/.227) in his career with the bases loaded.
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Orioles essentially get Basallo at $15/$18 million for each his first three free agency years in return for guaranteeing his arbitration salaries/raises. Plus a nice lil $5 million signing bonus. Basallo's career earnings to date have been roughly $1.9-2 million.
Basallo year by year (h/t to the great Ron Blum):. 2026: 1M.2027: 1M.2028: 1M.2029: 4M.2030: 7M.2031: 11M.2032: 15M.2033: 15M.2034: 18M team option or 7M buyout. Plus 5M signing bonus.
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Since August of last season, Jordan Westburg has either missed games or gone on the IL due to:. - right hand (fracture).- "upper body injury".- hamstring (strain).- left index finger.- left index finger again.- right ankle (sprain).
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Make no mistake about it, this extension for Basallo is a bet on his offensive profile. Adley Rutschman is simply so, so much better defensively behind the plate than Basallo at the moment.
Adley went from being THE FRANCHISE to tradeable in just a couple years.
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The bat speed for Basallo is crazy elite. We're talking Judge/Schwarber bat speed🔥. They have a read on his recognition and contact abilities to be confident it's not a Jhonkensy Noel situation. The bat can play at 1B/DH. And if he's even an average defensive C? Cherry on top.
The Orioles and catcher Samuel Basallo are closing in on an eight-year contract extension worth $67 million with an option for 2034, per source. Escalators based on awards and playing time at catcher max out at $88.5 million, source said.
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SAMUEL BASALLO RECEIVES: guaranteed generational wealth. BALTIMORE ORIOLES RECEIVE: three (3) free agent years under cost control.
BREAKING: Catcher Samuel Basallo and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing an eight-year, $67 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN. Basallo, who just turned 21, is one of the best prospects in baseball, and less than a week after being called up, he has a long-term deal.
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