by Gary Armida | May 15, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
Heading into Thursday’s games, only one team in the American League East, the Toronto Blue Jays, had a positive run differential. While run differential can be misleading early in the season, it has been a reliable indicator of quality teams. Four of the five...
by Gary Armida | May 14, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
In a vacuum, the numbers look quite awful. By WAR standards, the Orioles’ rotation ranks just 12th in the American League. Their 4.26 ERA ranks just 10th. Their 4.37 FIP ranks just 13th. Heading into Tuesday’s action, the rotation has pitched 209.1...
by Gary Armida | May 9, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
This is the exactly the type of series that the Baltimore Orioles have to win. The leaders of the American League East return home for a weekend series against the rebuilding Houston Astros. As widely predicted, the Astros are in last place in the American League West...
by Gary Armida | May 6, 2014 | Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball’s best strength is that it is steeped in tradition. It is also the one characteristic that holds it back the most. The employment of pitching staffs around baseball is largely inefficient. Just like one hundred years ago, a starting pitcher...
by Gary Armida | May 1, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
21 year old third baseman Manny Machado has looked like he belonged on a Major League Baseball field since his surprise call up as a 20 year old rookie during the Orioles’ miracle playoff run of 2012. Actually, that’s where it all began as Machado skipped...
