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Fun With Splits – Pitcher Type
.210/.273/.324 .222/.272/.323 Those are the triple slash stats for the Orioles against Justin Verlander and David Price respectively. Those are without a doubt, pretty dismal numbers. Of course, Verlander and Price are two of the top pitchers in baseball, so … Continue reading
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Luke and Tucker talk about Kevin Gausman’s call-up
Luke Jackson and Tucker Blair exchanged e-mails about Kevin Gausman after the news broke on Twitter that he’d be making his big league debut against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Thursday evening. The e-mail exchange that you’ll read below … Continue reading
Bird Talk – Episode 29
In this week’s episode of Bird Talk the guys review the previous week in all its “glory”, talk about Jair Jurrjens and the rotation, discuss the controversial call on Sunday, get into the impressive performance of Manny Machado, talk some … Continue reading
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Minor League Players of the Week: 5/13 – 5/19
(Discuss this article on the BSL Message Board here) Position Player of the Week: L.J. Hoes – OF .391/.482/.565 (9/23) with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K (AAA) Mr. Hoes has been sneaky good this season. … Continue reading
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Jim Johnson blew a save on Saturday because baseball
All screenshots are via MLB.tv and MLB.com. Radar readings are from FOX’s scoreboard. Click photos to embiggen. Discuss this piece in the Baltimore Sports and Life forums. If you’ve ever happened to be on Twitter after your favorite team’s closer blows … Continue reading
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A note on the construction of the O’s rotation
The Orioles in 2012 used an abnormal amount of roster moves throughout the season to band-aid a rotation that broke down. Only Wei-Yin Chen made it through the entire season without being removed from the rotation due to injury or … Continue reading
Hitting Them Where They Ain’t: Flyball and Homerun Distances
I found some interesting data on the distance of flyballs and homeruns from 2007 to the present over at Baseball Heat Maps. I’m not exactly sure what they can be used for either than describing what has happened as opposed … Continue reading
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Fun With Splits – Day/Night Games
The Orioles have won 23 games this season, just 2 games behind this point last season when they won 25 of their first 39 games. Unlike last year though, the 23 wins they’ve accumulated this season aren’t looked at as … Continue reading
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Manny’s Backwards Run and the Rule Book
Last night in the eighth inning, we had an interesting scenario. The Padres sent Gregerson to the mound to face Manny Machado. Machado hit a grounder to the first base side and met Gregerson about 10 feet in front of … Continue reading
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Prospect Watch: Balog, Boss, Joseph
Nik Balog – 1B/DH Balog has the size of a good first basemen, standing at 6’3″ 220 lbs. There looks to still be some room for him to possibly fill out even more down the road, although he is already … Continue reading
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