{"id":254055,"date":"2025-09-25T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254055\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:58:10","slug":"thursday-afternoon-game-thread-105-et-vs-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254055\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday afternoon game thread: 1:05 ET, vs. Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it certainly feels like the Orioles offense has already started to take off the rest of the season. Last night they put up just three hits against Shane Baz and the Rays. Actually, they had none off Baz (who left after four innings) because they didn\u2019t have a hit until the seventh.<\/p>\n

Which is why today\u2019s matchup worries me: The Orioles offense doesn\u2019t need to be facing an ace to look lifeless, and Drew Rasmussen has been really good this year. After missing lots of time with elbow trouble, the 30-year-old righty is 10-5 in 30 starts with a 2.80 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP. His strikeout totals aren\u2019t wow (124 in 147 innings), but he\u2019s been limiting walks and hits. Some of Rasmussen\u2019s peripherals indicate overperformance, as his average exit velocity is a pretty-high 90.6 mph. But the results are the results.<\/p>\n

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The other reason I\u2019m concerned about this matchup is Cade Povich. This season would have been a great one for the second-year lefty to stake a claim to a rotation spot, but I doubt that a 5.06 ERA\/ is good enough. Povich has never had trouble with strikeouts: 114 in 106 innings, and, nice to see, his K\/9 rate is up by nearly a full two batters per game from last year. But he still walks too many hitters, isn\u2019t delivering length, and a .276 opposing average doesn\u2019t inspire confidence. Over his last three starts Povich has allowed four runs to San Diego, two runs in 5.2 innings against a bad Pittsburgh offense, and three runs in five innings against the Yankees. Povich has never faced the Rays.<\/p>\n

With Jackson Holliday getting a rest day for a sore knee, Dylan Beavers bats leadoff and Jorge Mateo gets a rare start at second, and Alex Jackson mans the dish.<\/p>\n

Orioles lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Cade Povich LHP<\/p>\n

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    Rays lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Drew Rasmussen RHP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, it certainly feels like the Orioles offense has already started to take off the rest of the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":254056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[134119,89617,95558,62913,127589,9149,20396,89620,69684,108929,22898,122736,117228,5917,134120,38820,1266,69803,26092,12099,20416,40642,108928,3549,46394,62,69198,67,132,68,33092,2386],"class_list":{"0":"post-254055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-alex-jackson","9":"tag-cade-povich","10":"tag-carson-williams","11":"tag-christopher-morel","12":"tag-coby-mayo","13":"tag-colton-cowser","14":"tag-drew-rasmussen","15":"tag-dylan-beavers","16":"tag-everson-pereira","17":"tag-gunnar-henderson","18":"tag-jackson-holliday","19":"tag-jake-mangum","20":"tag-jeremiah-jackson","21":"tag-jordan-westburg","22":"tag-jorge-mateo","23":"tag-junior-caminero","24":"tag-mlb","25":"tag-nick-fortes","26":"tag-orioles","27":"tag-pittsburgh","28":"tag-rays","29":"tag-richie-palacios","30":"tag-ryan-mountcastle","31":"tag-san-diego","32":"tag-shane-baz","33":"tag-sports","34":"tag-the-orioles","35":"tag-united-states","36":"tag-unitedstates","37":"tag-us","38":"tag-yandy-diaz","39":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115266001781162162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}