by Matthew Kory | Apr 29, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
It might sound odd to hear but right now the strongest part of the Baltimore Orioles is their bullpen. The last two full seasons Orioles relievers have ranked 18th and 28th, respectively. That did change a bit last season, though the temptation with 2020 is to throw...
by Matthew Kory | Apr 22, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
The last time the Orioles had anything approaching an ace starter was, as far as I can tell, 2007. That season, Erik Bedard threw 182 innings, going 13-5, with a 3.16 ERA all good for 5.0 WAR according to FanGraphs. That was the 10th most WAR of any pitcher in...
by Matthew Kory | Apr 15, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
It was an encouraging start to the year for the Orioles. A sweep in Fenway is the definition of encouraging, in fact, but since then things have been more along the lines of what we might have expected, namely more losing than winning. That doesn’t mean there haven’t...
by Matthew Kory | Apr 8, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
Twenty-six is old for a prospect. The scouting community has usually given up by then. Whatever great leap forward could be projected at 18 or 21 is assumed to, because of the brutalities of human aging, have fallen by the wayside. There are stretches of virtual road...
by Matthew Kory | Apr 1, 2021 | Major League Baseball
Happy Opening Day, BSL Readers! It’s truly a special day, and in light of the past year, today becomes all that more important and meaningful. Opening Day has always been an important day for me. I remember listening to Jon Miller call the Orioles on Opening Day while...
