by Rose Katz | Oct 5, 2023 | Baltimore Orioles
The 2023 Baltimore Orioles roster contains a wide variety of players, ranging from veterans in their 30s like Aaron Hicks and James McCann to thrilling youngsters like Gunnar Henderson and Grayson Rodriguez. In the middle of those two groups are players who debuted...
by Luke Rollfinke | Jul 5, 2023 | Baltimore Orioles
On June 22, 2022, Austin Hays drilled a double into the left-center field gap to cap off a six-inning cycle in one of the greatest individual performances of the season. The four-for-four day raised his season slash line to an impressive .287/.347/.482, and after...
by Brad Johnson | Sep 13, 2022 | Baltimore Orioles
Wins Above Replacement (WAR) is calculated such that a league-average player is 20 runs better than a freely available replacement. We also write that as 2.0 WAR or two wins better than replacement level. Austin Hays is a league-average player. He has three “full”...
by Rose Katz | Sep 13, 2022 | Baltimore Orioles
The 2022 season has given the Baltimore Orioles another year of data to assess its players at both the majors and minors before what should be the most important 12 months of the Mike Elias era. In those next 12 months, we should expect the Orioles to promote...
by Bob Phelan | Sep 12, 2022 | Baltimore Orioles
Once the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020 the baseball card hobby saw a huge surge in interest with thousands of people getting into or getting back into collecting cards and using them as an investment opportunity. I was no exception even if I was late to the game,...