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Bird's Eye View
Episode 265: BBSB
44 minutes Posted Apr 30, 2019 at 2:03 am.
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Leading Off
As it turns out, they are who we thought they were. But hey – with all these roster moves, we have the opportunity to be let down by a whole new group of people, each week!
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This Week on the Twitters
Here is what is happening in the world of Orioles Baseball, in 280 characters, or fewer:

Mychal Givens gets the eighth inning starting with No. 6 hitter Welington Castillo. It's not exactly the meat of the order, but these may have been judged as the most important outs of the game. The Orioles lead 4-2.
— Jon Meoli (@JonMeoli) April 25, 2019


Cobb: "We’ve been giving up too many home runs as a staff, and I don’t want to get too much into it, but the baseballs are just absolutely ridiculous." #orioles
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) April 21, 2019


Let me be the first to congratulate Mike Wright on his 2020 Cy Young
— Orioles Uncensored (@OsUncensored) April 24, 2019


Former Oriole Jonathan Schoop hits a three-run blast in his return to Baltimore. Fair number of Orioles fans are applauding and cheering him.
— Betsy Helfand (@betsyhelfand) April 21, 2019


There have been 12 position player pitching appearances in Orioles history; 25 percent of them have been in 2019.
— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) April 23, 2019


This quote is everything.
“It sucks, but you’ve got middle-aged white men telling everybody else what to do in the world.” (🗣@SimplyAJ10) https://t.co/CXw7YuLjCV
— Kristen Hudak (@kristenmhudak) April 27, 2019


The #Orioles are listening on Mychal Givens, per @Ken_Rosenthal https://t.co/c3ruOgzyWD pic.twitter.com/vtRCUVNrqL
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) April 28, 2019

 
Around the Bases


First Base: Deck Chairs on the Titantic
Since our last episode (15 APR) the Orioles made 26 roster transactions. That is… many. Some of the moves were no-brainers (such as Mike Wright getting sent to Azkaban ), as well as more surprising ones (Jesus failing to save his roster spot).
 
Second Base: We don’t want to see the Twins anymore.
The Twins simply man-handled the Orioles in their season series. In the six games the team played (including two on the same day that Jake subjected his c...