by Paul Sporer | Jun 27, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Expectations were once again high for Kevin Gausman coming into this season so it’s been frustrating to see what essentially amounts to stagnation for the 25-year old righty. Of course, in addition to that relatively young age, it’s also worth remembering that he has...
by Paul Sporer | May 31, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
The experts didn’t have the Orioles playing this well. Not a single one of the more than 40 staffers at FanGaphs (myself included) had them in the playoffs for 2016. So to be sitting at 28-21, just two games behind the Red Sox has got to feel good. Perhaps the biggest...
by Paul Sporer | May 17, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Lost in the midst of the Orioles running out to a division-best 14-9 record in April was the fact that Adam Jones ambled his way to a .626 OPS. In fact, his 72 wRC+ in April was second-worst to only Matt Wieters among regulars, but the electric starts of Manny Machado...
by Paul Sporer | Apr 18, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Kicking off the third week of the season, the Orioles find themselves in first place with an 8-3 record as their offense has been even better than expected. The team is scoring 5.5 runs per game – fourth in the league (numbers are crazy early on, the Cards are scoring...
by Paul Sporer | Apr 6, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
The O’s have played just one game – though it took forever with nearly 3 hours of rain delays – and we’re still five+ hours away from their next game, but I have some thoughts on what we saw when the rain held off to get some gameplay in. Yes, Brandon Warne gave his...
