by Jonathan Bernhardt | Dec 11, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The Orioles didn’t do what they needed to do at the Winter Meetings in order to build a team good enough to compete in the 2016 AL East — but they didn’t do the things that could have stopped them from becoming that team in the first place, and sometimes that’s...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Nov 16, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
There might be something of a fire sale going on in Atlanta.After dealing top closer Craig Kimbrel to the Padres last year and elite shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Angels just a week or so ago, FOX Sports national writer Ken Rosenthal reported that a source...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Nov 9, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
So the Orioles need starting pitching.That’s not really news — everyone in the league needs starting pitching except possibly the New York Mets, to some degree or another. But a quick look at the numbers Baltimore starters put up last year (or a quick trip down...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Nov 4, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The long and short of it is that the Orioles need to re-sign 1B Chris Davis, and barring a massive drop in his market value, such a contract would almost certainly be the biggest free agent outlay in franchise history. But if the rest of the league is sane, and if...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Oct 16, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The media executives, one imagines, are of mixed feelings.On the one hand, Toronto and Kansas City in the American League Championship Series is traditionally underwhelming, from a ratings perspective. They didn’t want both Texas teams to make it — after all, an...
