Episode 135: Never Tell Me the Odds

Published by Bird's Eye View at August 17, 2015

Leading Off

This has been a weird week. The Orioles have been no-hit, they have erupted in an 18-run blowout, and they have found themselves in the driver’s seat of the AL Wild Card race. Orioles fans, you have our permission to freak out – It’s been weird. What are the Orioles playoff odds? We have no idea – it’s been that kind of season.

Medical Wing

Matt Wieters
Chaz Roe
Steve Pearce
Mike Wright

This Week on the Twitters

#Royals agree to terms LHP Wandy Rodriguez and RHP Joba Chamberlain on minor league contracts.

— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) August 17, 2015

And O's, for the love of god, please give Machado a blank contract to fill in like now.

— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) August 15, 2015

Chris Davis 9th inning HR last night was the lowest most outside pitch a lefty has ever homered on in PITCHfx era… http://t.co/oVOHLncEdb

— Daren Willman (@darenw) August 16, 2015

After today the Os next 25 games are against teams in the playoff hunt. Time to see what they are made of. But don't look past Sonny tonight

— The Sunglass Guy (@OsSunglassGuy) August 17, 2015

This Ups and the Downs

2015 has been a season of ups and downs. Even when we were in the highest of spirits, we referred to the team’s downturns: for example, our faux “State of the Orioles” address, which pronounced that the temperature of our beer was cold, used the phoenix as a symbol.

In short, the Orioles have sometimes flown high. Other times, they’ve been a fiery pile of ash. Let’s do our best to predict what happens next.

Never Tell Me the Odds

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There are plenty of scenarios that could occur the rest of the season. What’s the Over/Under on them occurring? Jake and Scott break it down with “baseless opinion” and their signature “lack of insight.” Feel free to let us know what you think the over/under is, and what issues we failed to raise.

Fantasy Boss

Fantasy Boss is our head-to-head fantasy segment where we pick one stat, and select a player. Feel free to play along, and tweet us your #FantasyBoss pick @birdseyeviewbal.

Jake squeaks out a victory, as his pick (Adam Jones) out performed Scott’s Pick (Chris Davis) in ISO, to the tune of .640 to .600. Again, we picked #1 and #2 on the team. hat brings the contest to 9-7-1.

This week’s category will be xFIP.

Scott’s Pick: Zach Britton

Jake’s Pick: Mychal Givens

The gauntlet has been thrown. Who will own it?

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Who had a great week? Who had a tough week? Who made us ashamed to be Orioles fans? Find out in this week’s GB&U. The guys run through their Good, Bad, and Ugly for the week.

Tweet us your selections @birdseyeviewbal with #OsGood, #OsBad, and #OsUgly.

Blowing the Save

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Most podcasts try to end on a high note – the perfect coda to a quality program. That’s just not our style. Each week, we’ll end on a weak note, blowing the save with an item that didn’t quite fit into the episode, or something they simply need to get off their chests. It’s our version of taking the ball and pulling a Kevin Gregg.