October Confidential: Orioles

How do you beat the Orioles? MLB.com asked rival players from around Major League Baseball to offer an inside look at how best to face the AL Wild Card.

Chris Tillman “He’s got a four-pitch mix, and he knows how to pitch. And he’s got really good angle on the ball. He’s a lot like Arrieta with the angle. It’s that ball that you swear is going to stay down, and it has that late ride to it, so it doesn’t really go down. He’s also got that big breaking ball and the change, and I think the change is his best pitch. If he can throw that to the bottom of the zone, he’s really hard to hit, because he can pepper fastballs up and down, break out the curve and then go to that change.”– AL Central catcher

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Kevin Gausman “He’s a fastball-slider mix, mostly. You have to make him get the ball up. He’s done a very good job of getting guys to nibble off the plate and then throwing sliders down and away. To me, you’ve got to get him up and middle-of-the-plate, because he’s got the ability to run the ball.”– AL Central catcher

Zach Britton “Ridiculous. His ball moves so much. It’s really special. You have to make him throw the ball up. Because if it’s down, you really have no chance, because you can’t elevate it at all.”– AL Central catcher

Mark Trumbo “In that lineup, you don’t need him to hit .300. You need him to do some damage when guys are on base, and that’s …

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