Last week, I talked about the pitch count, and why Orioles’ starters are having trouble making outs.
This week, it seems like some MASN reporter was reading my mind because Brandon Hyde got asked that very question. His answer: “To go through veteran lineups, you’ve gotta get them out in the strike zone. They do not expand. A lot of our guys are predictable … you gotta have swing-in-the-zone stuff. They are not going to chase on you.”
Let me be clear: I love how Brandon Hyde doesn’t sugarcoat things, especially when it comes to correctable errors: baserunning lapses, or sloppy play in the field.