Baltimore Orioles: Jesus Sucre, Pedro Severino Describe Our Emotions

The 2019 season was off to a better start than most fans of the Baltimore Orioles likely imagined, but it has still been a frustrating first nine games.

Leading up to this season, I repeatedly told myself that this year’s version of the Baltimore Orioles would easily lose 100 games, but that didn’t matter. I jumped aboard the rebuild and placed all of my baseball trust into Mike Elias. But then real baseball games started and things changed.

The repeated “I don’t care about losses” comments have become a lie I tell myself to cover up my frustrations. I’ve seen plenty of others across Birdland express the same sentiment and I’m glad to see people express their frustrations because it means this fanbase really cares about the organization.

Recently acquired catchers, Jesus Sucre and Pedro Severino, perfectly express what it’s like being a Baltimore Orioles fan in 2019.

Let’s go back to Mike Wright‘s last outing against the Yankees. Remember this pitch?

Jesus Sucre wanted it low and away, Mike Wright sent it up and in, a perfect spot for Gleyber Torres to send it to the moon. Sucre’s expression said it all.

Then there was Pedro Severino’s reaction to yet another home run from Aaron Judge on a Miguel Castro slider left right in Judge’s sweet spot.

After going 2-0 in series against the Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays to begin the season, both on the road, the Baltimore Orioles were swept at home against the Yankees, extending their losing streak to five games. The O’s were outscored 11-29 and gave up 12 home runs in their series against the Yankees, including multi-home run performances from Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Clint Frazier, and Gleyber Torres.

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Mike Wright has an ERA of 18.69 after five appearances. Dan Straily gave up five earned runs on five hits (two home runs) with two walks and zero strikeouts in his first 1.1 innings as an Oriole, both Richie Martin and Cedric Mullins are hitting below .100, and Chris Davis is chasing history with his current 0-44 streak (three at-bats from breaking the all-time record).

The Baltimore Orioles are playing how most assumed the Baltimore Orioles would play in 2019. It doesn’t take long for good teams like the Yankees to make adjustments and learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately, the Orioles weren’t able to counter with adjustments of their own, a severe growing pain for this very young and inexperienced team.

Baltimore remains home for a four-game set against the Oakland A’s, beginning Monday night at 7:00 pm. Oakland hitters have combined for the sixth-most home runs, including five from their Khris Davis, who does everything our Chris Davis can’t. In his first 12 games, Davis has five home runs.

Stay strong, O’s fans. I can’t say that things will get better in the near future, but if you need a shot of optimism to dull the pain a bit, a number of top pitching prospects put in impressive performances during minor league baseball’s opening weekend. We discussed a few here.