What more can you say then, this team stinks. Yeah, they have some good players, and yes as Orioles fans we should be used to this, but it’s still a drag. Nothing seems to quite go right for the Orioles. Bruce Chen? Danny Cabrera? Heck, even Chris Ray have all been hyped but none of them ever lived up to expectations. Chen is gone, Cabrera looks like a back end starter and Ray looks like a guy who’d be headed for middle relief if we had someone to replace him.
Of course all of that should be fixed right? Sam Perlozzo is now gone and he must have the been problem. Yes, I’m being saracastic. I’m going to defend Perlozzo because he was hardly awesome out there but firing the manager probably isn’t going to bring this team back from the depths it’s sunk to.
It looks like Joe Girardi is the name being thrown around and I’m a little skeptical. Yeah, he got a lot out of that Marlins team last year but you wonder if Peter Angelos wants the headache. It’d be nice if we got him, but it also wouldn’t surprise me of the the Orioles picked up more of a company man.
What about Brian Roberts though. That power thing he had going a few years ago is gone but he leads the team in just about everything. Nick Markakis is also a guy who looks like he’s finding his own and he very well could drive in 100 runs on a pretty bad team which is impressive in it’s own right. And Miguel Tejada is quietly having a nice season despite not belting a bunch of homeruns.
So this team has some parts, they just have to be put together. You wonder if a front office move is next. I’d hate to completely break down this team because I like a lot of the players but something, anything has to be done. Sigh.
And it doesn’t get an easier as the Orioles roll into San Diego for three against the best of the National League. Tonight we’ll see Steve Trachsel take on Jake Peavy. Mr. Peavy is the early fav. for the Cy Young in the NL so I’m not holding my breath in this one. In fact I might not even stay up past the third inning with it being on the West Coast.
