What the Heck is Wrong with Orioles closed Craig Kimbrel. Amy Jennings checks in from MASN for her view.

Craig Kimbrel is going through something. Should we put him on the IL and let someone else close? Amy, my baseball buddy weighs in ! Talkin' baseball. You know we're all doing it! 

Episode Transcript

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Amy Jennings from mass In, mybaseball buddy, how are you doing today?
I'm good. I like that wecan be baseball buddies. That's a
that's a good has a nice ringto it. Yes, it does.
And especially after an O's victory,I was biting fingernails. I was.
I was up ready to bite yourfingernails. I was so nervous. It

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took them long enough. I thoughtI was going to get home two hours
earlier than I did. I'm gladtoday he's an off day. But they
pulled it out finally by the hairof their chiny chin chins. But it
was an exciting one. Right.So were you at the game or were
you watching it on masson? Iwas at the game last night. So
let me ask you. Let meask you real quick, between the two

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stadiums, between Camden Yards and NationalsPark, who has better food? I
just I'm curious, who would yousay has better concession? Cool? That's
hard. I would say. Youknow, we'll gout with Baltimore since they
have you know, a lot ofcrabs. Seemed suit right, you know

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Baltimore girl. Now, so we'llgo with Baltimore on that. But it's
crazy, just how different feels theCitims have, Like the NAT's Park is
so new and modern, and itfeels so big, and then you go
to Camden Yards and one of thebest ballparks in baseball, it feels smaller,
you know, more unique. Soit's just two different different feels between

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those two ballparks. I do giveNAT's Park this prop. I think it's
better in the way that you canbe at a concession stand and still watch
the game because the Camden Yards youfeel really cut off from it when you're
back trying to get a beer orsomething. You know, that's one of
the biggest knocks. I love CamdenYards. The warehouse is beautiful. I
love so much about it. Butthat blocked off from the concourse I hate

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that part. Yeah it does.I don't like that, and I don't
know how they can fix it withoutblowing the whole place up. So I
guess we're going to exactly We're goingto keep it. So here's what we
do want to blow up. CraigCan what the heck is going? Michael
Jay? Michael Jay, Like lastnight, I mentioned it yesterday, you
can't ask for more out of thisrotation. You got five innings of one

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run ball from Kyle Bradish only hissecond start of the season. Another great
start from this rotation. Then youturn it over to the bullpen and I
call it the Craig Kimberle experience.And that's what it feels like. I
just don't know what they're going todo because he has good outings. And
then you think the last six days, not the last six games. He

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hasn't outing that's good. Well,he hasn't been able to finish the ninth
inning and four of his last fiveappearances blow blown three saves over those five
appearances. That's that's not gonna work. I mean, you can't just keep
putting him out there. I don'tcare what you paid him on this one
one year deal, but you can'tput out a closer there that blows two

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of every three staves. That's that'sjust not gonna cut it. So it's
gonna be interesting to see what theydo. I mean, it almost feels
like they're just gonna have to.I mean at the deadline, maybe we'll
be having a different conversation. Maybethey'll go out and get a closer,
and maybe Craig Kimberl will have madesome appearances at Triple A come back and
be a different man. We justdon't know. But right now it's gonna

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have to be like a closer bycommittee. I just don't know what else
they're gonna be able to do.I mean, do you feel the same
way. Yes, I'm ready tohave you or me go in, Come
on, let's go. I mean, I think that was just so frustrating.
It was horrible, and thank godfor well first off, Moultcastle.
I love that that hit and uh, you know, it was tough and

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we we hung tough. But atthe same time that, you know,
I think it might have something todo with that unique stance that Kimberle has.
What the heck is that anyway,It's so odd, It really is
odd. It's like you're you're wastingso much energy by doing that, and
I just don't see how that helped. I kind of when I when I
see him, I want to Iwant to take my dirty clothes and just

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lay him over them, like youdo when you throw you know, exactly
when you get home and you takeyour clothes off, you throw him on
the chair. I feel like Icould throw him right over his arm and
let that drive for a little whileyeah, right, I don't know,
and then when you're not doing well, it's like all right, buddy,
like cut that out. Yeah,it's like the dinosaur stance or something.

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I know he's always done it,but I just yeah, I don't,
you know, but I don't know. He had some stretches like this last
year in Philly where he was reallybad over a couple of games, then
came back and redeemed himself. Somaybe this is just one of those stretches.
But it almost feels like we're atthe point right now where hey,
let's use that back injury. Goahead and put him on the fifteen day.

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I l let him make some appearancesa triple A and come back and
see what we're working with then,because I'm down with that. Either that
or give him a Either that orgive him a keg and natty bow and
let him hit that hard before hegoes in the game. Maybe that'll limber
him up. It's a Hall offamer. He's a Hall of famer.
We can't take away anything from hiscareer. But wow, these those games

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matter right now. Yes, they'redoing Hall of fame. It doesn't doesn't
reflect I mean, he is justall over the place. So yep,
we got to address that. Buthey, but hey, they have some
relief pictures right now. Jacob Webbgoes out there every day and shoves.
Keithan Aiken's been putting some high leverage, tough situations. He's gone out there

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and shoved. So you and yourKado is still won. Well. He
is the best reliever in this bullpenright now. So they have some guys
that can go out there and getthe job done until hopefully Craig Kimball figures
it out. I know, it'sjust it's just it's just like I hope
this doesn't last forever. It's onlymay you know what I mean. We
got to get this figure. It'sextra it's extra tough because you're coming off

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of Felix Bautista, who is justdominant, and you don't get that on
every team. You don't get thatevery year, and the Oils are definitely
facing that predicament right now. IfI didn't have this tendonitis in my right
eye, I would go down andtalk to talk to a woman. You
may be like, you know,when when there's some spraying going on Friday
night, I might talk to theowner and say you know, put me

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in the game. I couldn't doany worse. Bi Paullie. If you
do. Oh, the cree kimballstance, that's the one, that's the
one stipulation, Michael Jay. Youhave to go out there and do that.
It looks like the scarecrow from theWizard of Oz. Or maybe,
hey, maybe you'll have a differentone. Maybe you'll come up with something
even better than Oh, I gota few ideas. All right, Well,

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listen, it'll be good to talkto you again. Let's check in
again tomorrow if you're around, giveme buzz tomorrow and we'll catch up.
Because you know, who knows whatcan happen in the next twenty four hours.
You just never know, all right, You never know. Sounds good
and that's my baseball buddy. AmyJennings from Masson