by Nate Delong | May 22, 2019 | Baltimore Orioles
DJ Stewart is having himself quite the start to his 2019 season. Through 38 games and 161 plate appearances, Stewart is batting .285/.400/.562, which is good for a .406 wOBA and a 143 wRC+. Additionally, he has a higher walk rate (15.5%) than strikeout rate (14.3%)....
by Nate Delong | May 3, 2019 | Baltimore Orioles
Two of BSL’s Minor League Analysts – Zach Spedden & Nate Delong – come together to give their thoughts what they’ve seen so far from the Orioles system. (You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.) Who has been the biggest surprise so far...
by Nate Delong | Apr 19, 2019 | Baltimore Orioles
The beginning of the 2019 season has largely been a bit of a dud. This is not only true for the Orioles (although this was not unexpected), but for its minor league affiliates as well (mostly). It’s possible that some of you may have expected the Orioles minor league...
by Nate Delong | Mar 28, 2019 | Baltimore Orioles
“Real” baseball is finally back for the 2019 season and the Orioles look like they are going to be even worse than they were last year (when most of us thought that they’d be at least “ok”). It’s not going to be pretty, but as BSL’s Chris Stoner wrote yesterday, there...
by Nate Delong | Mar 11, 2019 | Baltimore Orioles
Several weeks ago, Keith Law published his ranking of the MLB’s 30 farm systems, with the Baltimore Orioles dropping to last place after ranking 23rd during the previous offseason. While this article isn’t that timely given when that article came out, it’s still early...