Glenn and Griffin continue our Monday tradition for the 2024 baseball season Monday on GCR with ‘Three Up and Three Down’ where we rank the best and worst Orioles performers of the week, much like how we do with Pats on the Ass and Slaps to the Helmet during football season after Ravens games. The guys will each name three players, three trending up, three trending down, based on how they did for that week specifically–splitting six games against the Blue Jays and Rays as the pitching both won and lost them games.
Oh and good news! Three Up And Three Down is now presented by Costas Inn! Every Monday we’ll be giving away a $50 gift card for someone who participates so you can try delicious things like THE CRAB TOWER.
Without further adieu:
Glenn’s Three Up:
3. RP Seranthony Dominguez
This is officially the weirdest week of my “Three Up And Three Down.” The bats were…fine. The worst offensive week belonged to Gunnar Henderson and I didn’t think it was bad enough to make the down list. The best offensive week was Eloy Jimenez and…he didn’t quite crack this one. So the whole thing is pitchers. I don’t know if Dominguez is the closer. But they don’t have one and three scoreless innings in three appearances while allowing just two base runners is ballsy. Well done.
2. SP Zach Eflin
Seven innings, seven strikeouts, four hits, one walk, zero runs. Goes without saying that qualifies as “impact starter” results.
1. SP Albert Suárez
Huge bummer that his brilliant week (11.2 shutout innings, 11 strikeouts, nine baserunners) resulted in zero team wins. Truly unfathomable.
Griffin’s Three Up:
3. DH Eloy Jiménez
All he’s done is hit. And then hit again. And then hit some more. He deserves to be on this list for sticking out during a very balanced offensive week.
2. SP Big Albert Suárez
Exceptional, spot start Monday, parlayed into another scoreless outing into the seventh inning Sunday. Shameful the team couldn’t muster enough runs to win either game.
1. SP Zach Eflin
He’s ahead of Big Al because he’s supposed to be doing this and it’s still impressive. I still half expect Suárez to give up six runs in two innings next start. Can’t wait to see him starting a playoff game in front of a packed house.
Glenn’s Three Down:
3. RP Craig Kimbrel
My seven year old son calls him “Craig Crumble” and yeah.
2. RP Gregory Soto
The first one was so bad that you probably didn’t notice the second one wasn’t.
1. SP Dean Kremer
Just when we started to get back on board with the idea that he might be the #4 starter in the playoffs.
Griffin’s Three Down:
3. RP Craig Kimbrel
Three walks yesterday and blowing the game is terrible. He has to be better, and the offense also needs to muster more than one run, but Kimbrel is still a large part of the story. I still believe in him, but this needs to be figured out.
2. SP Dean Kremer
With Grayson down, he needs to step up, Big Al did, Dean needs to. Five walks will never, ever get it done, took them out of the game completely Thursday in Toronto.
1. RP Gregory Soto
I was late to the party last week. Tuesday was absolutely horrendous, blaming the management all you want, his job is to get one out, he couldn’t. A spectacular failure. While he’s been absolutely terrible, the offense can’t be having multiple nights a week where they only score one or two runs either.
Here’s a look at the season-long standings. Scoring is simple: 3 points awarded to the top player in ‘Three Up’ each week, -3 points for the top player in ‘Three Down’ each week:
You can listen as the guys dish out their three up and three down by clicking the player below:
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