Baltimore Orioles

Bird Talk – Episode 33

In this episode of Bird Talk the guys come together for another week of providing analysis on the Baltimore Orioles and bad jokes. Music provided by: Eddie Spaghetti – The Value of Nothing Share this post on

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Getting More from Less

Major League Baseball is a unique sport because of the lack of a salary cap. As a result, there is a much larger gap between what the most prosperous clubs spend on their teams and what those in the bottom … Continue reading

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Minor League Players of the Week: 6/10 – 6/16

(Discuss this article on the BSL Message Board here) Reminder: The Aberdeen Ironbirds begin play tonight. Their Opening Night Starter will be RHP Sebastian Vader. He has a smooth delivery to go along with his deceptive fastball that sat around 89-92 … Continue reading

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Kevin Gausman Sent to Triple A, Arrieta Recalled

Outside of a couple of mistakes in the fourth inning last night, Kevin Gausman pitched exceptionally well against the Red Sox.  Those two mistakes led to back to back home runs by David Ortiz and Mike Carp but they were … Continue reading

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Henry Urrutia Scouting Report

I have now seen Henry Urrutia play on many occasions. The Cuban prospect has been impressive for the Baysox, and is currently gaining some buzz around the Orioles organization. The following are my notes and thoughts on him. (Discuss this … Continue reading

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Baseball is a Walk of Life

I love baseball. We all love baseball. It’s one of the best sports in the world. I dare someone to even attempt an argument against that. I’ll shoot your argument down very quickly. But what exactly makes baseball such a great … Continue reading

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Bird Talk – Episode 32

In this episode of Bird Talk, Kevin likes chocolate covered coffee beans, Tucker still doesn’t like Freddy Garcia, and Lance finally finds a beer that he likes and could possibly be considered a real man. Music Provided By: Big Eyes … Continue reading

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Minor League Players of the Week: 6/3 – 6/9

(Discuss this article on the BSL Message Board here) It was a rain-shortened week for all the affiliates except Norfolk. Delmarva did not play for three days straight. Position Player of the Week: Christian Walker – 1B .500/.577/.727 (11/22) with … Continue reading

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Tyler Wilson Game Scouting Report

RHP Tyler Wilson made his Eastern League (AA) debut last night for the Bowie Baysox, proving that plus command and control will always carry a pitcher throughout the minors. He was up against the New Britain Rock Cats (Twins). (Discuss this … Continue reading

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Review of the Orioles’ Second Day of the Draft

In yesterday’s article, I wrote some scouty things about the team’s first three selections and then spoke more about the process of those selections.  Maybe a better way to put it, is that I mentioned the overriding theme.  For the … Continue reading

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