by Jonathan Bernhardt | Mar 7, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Spring Training is the very definition of “too early to panic.” That’s good, because if it was time to panic, the Orioles would be pretty screwed.(Discuss this post on the BSL boards here.)New Oriole outfielder Hyun-soo Kim is having a bad spring so far. Including his...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Feb 19, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
The gears inexorably grind on the Yovani Gallardo and Dexter Fowler deals — the latter requiring the former — but everyone in baseball from Rosenthal on down remains convinced the deals will get done. And when they do, the Baltimore Orioles will have...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Feb 12, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
It’s as close to certain as can be at this point that within the next few days, the Baltimore Orioles will sign Yovani Gallardo and forfeit the 14th overall pick in the MLB draft. Perhaps not what I would have done, given god- or video-game-like control over the...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Feb 4, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Remember about a month ago when Scott Boras was selling the idea Chris Davis, everyday corner outfielder, to any journalist who would listen? Remember how funny that was?Well, the last finger on the monkey’s paw seems about to curl up.Barring injury, the Orioles’...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Jan 11, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
Does it matter that almost everyone else’s bullpen is better?In the AL East, that is. It’s possible that every team in the AL East has assembled a better bullpen for the 2016 season than the Baltimore Orioles have managed thus far.(Discuss this article here on the BSL...
