It's good to see Markakis and Jones showing up early. Just little things like that set a tone for the season.

You simply cant count on young pitchers who have limited exposure around the league Like Bergs Tillman Matusz etc.

If they can make the adjustments and pitch intelligently than their talent wont be wasted! That is why i believe this article is bang on with regards to openings being available in our rotation!!

Wayne, spoke like the genious you think you are...

Wrong Wayne Human!!

I like the Os

Just stating the rotation will be open to whomever pitcher wants it the most!!

Wayne is right, this staff is not yet the same incantation as the 1987 Braves. Potential is what managers talk about and what sportswriters write about. It is hot air and on paper

Jeff: does Arrieta have shot as 5th starter, with a big spring?

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Pete's reply: He has a shot if somebody gets hurt or totally underperforms.

Wayne,

In the word of the once true wayne on these blogs.... Stop!

You're simply undeserving of a HOF name. It would be like another Cal playing whem Cal played. Or like another Brooks while Brooksie played.

You either need to pick up your game, or just stop.

The rotation is set unless:

Guthrie continues his back to being what got him waived by Cleveland in the first place;

Tillman fails to make necessary adjustments and continues to allow 2-3 home runs per game; or

Bergensen regresses to what many projected in the first place, a player whose talent toped out at AAA.

Not cited is the possibility of injury to Millwood who is just flat out old!

And a shout out to old "Wayne": Eat me!

You need to grow up old wayne..if you werent so negative you might have more respect on here!!

and your multiple anonymous posting identities dont count!

Negative Wayne

Also comparing yourself (a common poster) to an actual respected university is just another part of your problem (and laughable)!

Tiger is apparently trying to change..why dont you look into some appropriate treatment for whatever is bothering you!

Me thinks that old Wayne and Negative Wayne are the same people having an argument with themselves. Didn't I once say something about a man being an idiot when arguing with themselves?? I am sure it is in one of my books.

well if your calling yourself an idiot so be it "Negative Wayne"!

but we both know that right wayne?

I have to disagree with sigmund (whiny Wayne) as the new Wayne actually has a point and seems to have a much different and intelligent point of view.

lets face it anyone "idiot" can complain.

Alnon

Thanks but this whole blog thing is mostly negative. The board where you start your own thread is full of Waynes andnot worth anyones time!

Would the team ever consider splitting a starting spot with two young guys? They could have Tillman and Matusz go every 5th day. Have one pitch 5-6 innings and the other pitch 3-4 and go back and forth. Seems a good way to get them regular work, keep their innings down and keep the bullpen fresh. Has anyone done this before?

JDuane

What you're describing is imagination, innovation. The league has little, and though I am an Orioles fan true and blue, the Orioles have none!

It seems all team struggle to find 5 quality starters, all most all fail to start more than 3, with a major talent drop off in the 4th; 5th starters tend to be scrubs, journeymen with 5+eras.

Why not have a rotation of just 4 starters, the way things were when the Orioles were a near dynasty? You could keep them on a strict pitch count (.i.e. 100) and use to young studs (i.e. Tillman/Matusz) in an augmented pen to supply a constant stream of high-quality relief pitching.

Believe me when I say--it will never happen and if it does, the Orioles will be followers, not leaders.

Glad to hear there's open competition for the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation. Tillman and Matuz need more time at AAA anyway.The O's play the AL East a lot in April,why throw them to the wolves?

Matuz need more time at AAA anyway.The O's play the AL East a lot in April,why throw them to the wolves? Posted by: Anonymous

i guess you didn't see matuz pitch last year particularly hos last 3 starts.

It's time for Peter A. to give up on his Nazi hair policy. The fans like to see interesting looking guys. Baseball is entertainment after all. Eddie Murray, Goose Gossage, Rollie Fingers, Johnny Damon- baseball has a history of interesting hair.

Come on, guys, let's stop making this blog about the various flavors of wayne and make it about the Orioles.

Whichever wayne said it, he is right, you cannot totally count on young pitchers. They are going to have rough spots, it's their nature. Glavine went through it, Maddux, Verlander, hell, even Sandy Koufax was in danger of being beaten out by Tommy LaSorda and didn't become a consistent dominating pitcher until he was 26.

Tillman, Matusz, Arrieta, Bergeson and the rest, no matter how talented they are, will have their problems. What will make them better pitchers is if they learn from their mistakes, the way those guys I mentioned did.

Agreed Doug,

It's like a wayne fest, all the time. All the impostors keep doing is making wayne more and more relevant. I liked the old wayne, but not this much.

I agree with you about the staff. What I worry most about is that the orioles have put to much stock into what they think they have. I'll give you Matusz. There's no reason however, that guys like Tillman and Arrieta are being touted as the next MAddux or Verlander. Maybe they will shine, but the extreme odds are that they will not. And Bergeson - we just don't know.

Very concerned!