by Jon Shepherd | Sep 10, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The last time we visited the models, it was the All Star Break. They stood 4.5 games back of the division leading Red Sox and 1 game behind the Texas Rangers for the second Wild Card. Almost two months later and the Red Sox have added another 4.5 games to their lead...
by Jon Shepherd | Jul 27, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
First off, read Luke Jackson’s great writeup of the Francisco Rodriguez-Nicky Delmonico deal that went down last week. Second, I want to frame the discussion some more. No, I do not wish to discuss my perspective Rodriguez pleading guilty to attempted assault...
by Jon Shepherd | Jul 25, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
One of the interesting things mentioned about Dan Duquette when he was being considered by the powers that be was a consideration that was freely mentioned to the media via the usual unnamed sources. That peculiar idea was that Dan Duquette was one of the most well...
by Jon Shepherd | Jul 21, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
There has been a great deal of emphatically contradictory opinions between those who want to get a Matt Wieters extension done yesterday and others who are just as passionate for the team to deal the man, who once had a prolific PECOTA projection, for prospects. I...
by Jon Shepherd | Jul 20, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles were one of the first teams to move on the trade market by acquiring Scott Feldman from the Cubs for some international spending privileges, eternally promising Jake Arrieta, and frequently confounding Pedro Strop. Feldman shored up the rotation by...
