And he got lit up. 3.2 gave up 8 runs, 6 of them earned. Yeesh. 4 walks as well.

I jinxed him by mentioning him.

No no, small sample size anyway. Good to see him up in the majors getting a look.

I thought we'd be pretty darn competitive this season and we would be in the mix and possibly secure a spot in the playoffs...but if you told me we'd be in first in the AL East, especially when it looked like the Rays would run away with it, and 30 games above .500 AND just 5 wins away from matching our win total from last season BEFORE September AND we would only be adding Fujinami, Flaherty and some dude named Webb...

I can't say I would have believe you.

And Aggie football is around the corner!

This might be the most exciting fall of sports I've had in all my 42 years here. Fall, not fall

It really is amazing. This year has been so much fun. Webb was such a baffling pickup in that, how in the world was he DFA'd and how in the world did he fall to us? He's been crazy good and pitches nearly every day. I think he also has years of control left too. What an amazing find by Elias. Jury is still out on Flaherty for me hah.

ANOTHER SERIES DUB! KYLE GIBSON TAKE A BOW. WHAT. A. FRICKEN. START. TONY HITS ANOTHER TATER. CEDRIC MULLINS HAD MORE CEDRIC MULLINS MOMENTS. ADLEY 3 HIT GAME. THE MOUNTAIN SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT. THANKS FOR COMIN OUT, TORONTO… ADLEY HUGS ALL AROUND.

PLAY. THE. DAMN. SONG. pic.twitter.com/Vt3pM2zB40

— Zach Bollinger (@zachbollinger18) August 25, 2023

Candlelight vigil for Bautista.

That was...less than fun.

Hopefully it isn't serious, but I can't help but assume it is.

It'll be interesting to see what they do in the pen to replace him, however long it is.

I say let Hall fill in as closer. He has some good whiff rates too I think. I guess Webb would make more sense. Anyone but Baker

It could even be Wells. He got the save yesterday in AAA. Lots of options. It hurts, but we do have options.

No Bueno.

Félix Bautista has “some degree of injury” to his UCL and will go on the IL, per @MelanieLynneN pic.twitter.com/kNDqwWqxXa

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 26, 2023

Next man up, Hall is ready and back with the team. If there's one thing this team is, it's resilient.

I hope Wells ends up back in the starting rotation this season. But I mean whatever works, I'm fine with. Still hurts. Hopefully it heals well.

Grayson doing Grayson things tonight. Great outing.

He's really coming into his ace role. No need to make a trade deadline acquisition or overpay for an ace when we had one the whole time.

3 in a row. 3.5 lead with like 35 games left I think.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear news on Bautista soon. I have a bad feeling it is Tommy John, but they just haven't officially announced.

It's a good thing I am on mountain time so I can enjoy these "late" games.

After that last game, I'm glad to stay up late to see this team. Special doesn't really put it into words. They are like no Orioles team I've ever seen.

O's sweep the Angels, holiday made it to AAA in his first year as a big leaguer. Dude is 19. What a massive get by the O's and smart pick over over heralded prospects at the top.

And before that Henderson who is hitting the ball harder than everyone in the league but Acuna. And before that Adley. And before that Heston. I'm really surprised we haven't seen him yet.

Henderson continues his rookie of the year campaign with a 3 run homer as the O's take down the Red Sox again. 7 in a row on the road. Gave up 23 hits but still got the win. This team is simply amazing.

Rom sure did want this game.

And he earned it. Probably the worst stretch of baseball we've played all year. I also think Mounty is out and Heston will be called up which is a major crapshoot. Could be good, but we likely lost Mounty for the rest of the year and potentially the playoffs as well which breaks my heart for the guy.

Welp I guess we are gonna do this now and get it out of the way. I've been waiting for this moment. Do they REALLY believe? We're going to find out sooner rather than later.

What the heck is going on with the Orioles?

BOS.

Well that was a much needed win! Greyson pitched lights out and is really emerging as our ace. Gunnar doing Gunnar things and we captured the series victory over the rays and tiebreaker. Huge game for the O's! Now let's split the series and win today as we head to Houston to face another tough test in the Astros!

We did it! We are going to the postseason!!

At long last, Kevin Brown has been freed. pic.twitter.com/AjCe46kFFa

— Avi Miller 🧢 (@AviMiIIer) September 17, 2023

I love the Orioles. Here’s the GM doing a beer bong during the playing clinching celebration

pic.twitter.com/KKbYUXFrAf

— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) September 17, 2023

And what an incredible win against the rays today! True team effort! As Hyde said, this is step one! The first of many years of AL East dominance!

I was waiting for this.