Mat Germain, Tampa Bay Rays & Orioles and the MLB Postseason, Living the Dream

MLB Rundown 

Long stretch of games for O’s – facing Astros, Red Sox,
Nationals & Guardians

AL West strength who will prevail into Wild Card spot –
Astros, Mariners & Rangers 

NL East – Atlanta Braves rule across entire AL

Compare Braves & Brewers  pretty evenly matched in
starting pitching 

BaseballBiz visit to Camden Yards – Avid & loud fans with
a Sold Out crowd of 43,000 plus fans

Mat’s visit to Camden Yards, sat in the vanishing left field
seats w/Blue Jays fans

Finding moments & milestones with Yandy Diaz

Select a Rays jersey with player longevity with the Rays -
Isaac Paredes 

Yandy & Isaak quietly build a great body of baseball work


Game 2 – Zach Eflin was on fire against the
Orioles Eflin, the most important & steady confident player
of the Rays. Cy Young award talk


Game 3 with Orioles – Tyler’s pitching was off and Rays
lost


Grayson Rodriguez - pitched a career-high 8 scoreless
innings on 7 strikeouts & 5 hits (O's Game Notes) ‘he
fanned Curtis Mead on a 100.1 mph fastball in the 2nd inning,
the 2nd fastest strikeout pitch by an O’s starter in the
Statcast era …His 117 strikeouts this season are the 10th-most
by an O’s rookie at 23 years old

No Yankees & Red Sox this postseason 

Grayson Rodriguez & Shane McClanahan comparisons on style
and health

Brandon Lowe – (O's Game Notes) slugged his 21st home run of
the season in the first inning; marked the 105th homer of his
career, surpassing Carl Crawford for sole possession of 6thplace
on the Rays all-time home run list…Also marked his 202nd career
extra-base hit, tying him w/Fred McGriff for eighth-most in team
history


Game 4 – 11 inning loss for the Rays 

 Why did Kevin Cash use Pete Fairbanks for 2
innings 

Rays face Angels next

Shohei Ohtani 

Ray Bourque & the Boston Bruins path could that be the
same for Mike Trout

Angels need an Alex Anthopoulos style GM to rebuild their
organization – perhaps Chaim Bloom

Pirates could be a model for a new Angels path

Will Rays keep a .600 record for the remaining season?

Teams with a Bye may go cold with time off at the beginning
of postseason


The Stadium of the Future – Virtual Ballpark – with live
- on-field avatars

AppleTV & MLB –  a camera shot from the seats with
the Canadian broadcast 

Rays’ Tristan Gray (O's Game Notes) Gray made his 1st
MLB start, 1st career hit, and launched his first career home run
in the 8th inning



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