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Albernaz Sticks With Rogers Too Long, Orioles Blow 5 Run Lead In Loss To Toronto
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Albernaz Sticks With Rogers Too Long, Orioles Blow 5 Run Lead In Loss To Toronto

SI Feed·Jason La Canfora·3 days ago
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The Orioles’ homespun narratives about their Opening Day starter don’t mesh with the reality of how pathetic he has been the last six weeks. So while common sense and old-school baseball acumen would have dictated sitting Trevor Rogers after six scoreless innings against Toronto, and call it a win with him staked to a five-run lead after how awful he’s been, even with a lower pitch count, that’s not how Craig Albernaz played it. It blew up quickly on the novice decision maker and the starting pitcher Albernaz and his bosses are trying so desperately to prop up, and threw a wrench in a once-glowing homestand. Rogers has suffered with shaken confidence and he’s appeared shattered all of May (Mike Bordick and Jim Duquette agreed with me on “The Daily Flock”)..…

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