It is official: the Orioles postseason has actually started. The Texas Rangers swept the Tampa Bay Rays in 2 games to record the Wild Card collection, and currently they're here in Baltimore ready to confront the Orioles in the American League Division Video game 1 match will certainly feature Kyle Bradish v. Andrew Heaney. Both teams revealed their beginners the other day mid-day, and their ALDS lineups this early morning. Both groups left one big beginning bottle off the last list. Lefty John Means is out with arm joint soreness, which is a downer, yet he's anticipated to be prepared for the next collection if the Orioles breakthrough. Beyond, Max Scherzer threw a real-time practice session yesterday, yet obviously had not been really feeling well sufficient to make the Bradish would certainly obtain the sphere in Video game 1 was a shock to specifically no person. Bradish emerged as the Orioles' finest pitcher back in May, and he finished a 30-start season with a 2. 83 period and 1. 043 WHIP, the finest full season by any Orioles starter considering that Mike Mussina's 1992. What you may not have seen coming is that Andrew Heaney would be taking the bump for Texas in Video game 1. Fangraphs' Dan Szymborski had actually predicted that, with Jordan Montgomery on three days' rest after a leading beginning against Tampa bay Bay on Tuesday, Texas' Video game 1 ALDS starter would certainly be the best hander Dane Dunning, who had actually not lent a hand a week and was well-rested to start the opener. Not so lefty Heaney is something of a fascinating option, because he 'd been in the Rangers bullpen considering that September and the Orioles had slightly far better lefty offending splits this year. What's more, Heaney has a a 7. 63 age and 1. 565 WHIP in seven profession games versus the Orioles, with a number of O's hitters having wonderful profession numbers versus him. Austin Hays is 4-for-8 with two crowning achievement off Heaney and Ryan Mountcastle is 3-for-6 with two crowning achievement and a 2 Wyatt Langford Jersey. 238 OPS. The lefties, obviously, do not like hitting off of him as much, yet Cedric Mullins has two hits off him in 6 at-bats. Texas appears to be intending to benefit from Camden Yards' new lefty-friendly measurements, andor daring Baltimore to play those matchups and eliminate the bat of Gunnar Henderson from the schedule, or at the very least counteract it. Regardless of Jorge Mateo's 4-for-7 occupation line versus Heaney, Brandon Hyde is maintaining the rookie Henderson in the schedule, where he's striking 5th. Fangraphs had forecasted that Heaney would certainly get the Game 4 beginning against the Orioles' Dean Kremer, which the Orioles had a 54. 6% opportunity of winning that video game. Against Bradish? I do not know. Heaney dealt with the Orioles two times this season. On May 27, he stymied Baltimore for seven innings, an Austin Hays crowning achievement their only run. The prior month, nevertheless, the Orioles socked Heaney around to the tune of seven runs in 2. 2 innings, consisting of on home runs by Mountcastle and Mateo. I wish the hits are drizzling down versus the left hander Adam Morris, the Texas equivalent to our Mark Brown, placed it in a pre-series QA, the Rangers could appear weapons a-blazing today, or they might load it in aginst a great deal of Bradish sliders.