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...
by Zach Spedden | Feb 28, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
Only days into their spring training slate, it is apparent that the Baltimore Orioles will have some tough roster decisions to make. Depending on what the club decides over the coming weeks, some of the organization’s more notable prospects could either find...
by Brandon Warne | Feb 27, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
With a few new players in tow on offense, it’s almost a guarantee that Buck Showalter’s lineups are going to look a little different on a day-to-day basis in the 2017 season. And while the prevailing theory is that lineup construction doesn’t matter too terribly much,...
by Bob Harkins | Feb 20, 2017 | Baltimore Orioles
Orioles Executive Vice President Dan Duquette has always had a knack for finding quality players to fill out his roster on the cheap. Joey Rickard was a perfect example of that last season as a Rule 5 pickup who gave the O’s a .696 OPS for the tidy sum of...
