by Zach Spedden | Mar 28, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
For the Baltimore Orioles’ full-season minor league affiliates, the start of the 2017 season is a little more than a week away. All four full-season clubs will begin their campaigns on April 6, and among those teams there will be plenty of storylines to follow.To...
by Brandon Warne | Mar 27, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
Teams win or lose for strange reasons all the time. Sometimes teams constructed to win fall apart; sometimes teams that don’t look all that impressive on paper win more games than anyone could have imagined.The Orioles under Buck Showalter have tended to be the...
by Bob Harkins | Mar 21, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
With two weeks to go before the Baltimore Orioles’ Opening Day matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays (yes!) there are still plenty of questions around this team and issues that will have to be resolved.After making four moves on Sunday — optioning Jesus Liranzo...
by Zach Spedden | Mar 14, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
After years of waiting, Dariel Alvarez might have a new path to a permanent place on the Baltimore Orioles major league roster. Starting this year, the Orioles will experiment with putting the longtime outfield prospect on the mound, believing his arm strength could...
by Chris Stoner | Mar 11, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
As Opening Day nears, BSL’s O’s Analysts (Rob Shields, Zach Spedden, and Brandon Warne) come together to give some thoughts.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)Question 1: The O’s ended their 2016 season reaching the post-season for the 3rd...
by Bob Harkins | Mar 6, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
5 reasons for Orioles fans to watch the World Baseball ClassicThe long slow drudgery of winter is coming to an end. We know this because balls are popping gloves and bats are swinging with the Baltimore Orioles down in Sarasota, Fla.But as we prepare eagerly for the...
