by Brandon Warne | Jun 8, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
A major pitching chip was cashed in as the San Diego Padres flipped James Shields — and potentially somewhere around $30 million — to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Erik Johnson and prospect infielder Fernando Tatis Jr.Shields has been talked about...
by Reggie Yinger | Jun 4, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles and minor league games are at the half way point. Here is recapping the latest action around the system. Overall, as an organization, Baltimore’s minor league teams have won a total of 96 games thus far (3rd worst overall). However, they...
by Rob Shields | Jun 4, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
This past off-season, the Baltimore Orioles acquired Mark Trumbo from Seattle in a move that was essentially a salary dump by the Mariners. The Orioles had been rumored to be going after Trumbo several times over the years and they finally got their man. While the...
by Zach Spedden | Jun 2, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
With the minor league season nearing the halfway point, here is a look at the top 15 prospects in the Baltimore Orioles’ farm system. (You can discuss this on the BSL board here.)1) Chance Sisco, CatcherCurrent team: Bowie (Double-A)With improving defensive...
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 Chris Stoner | May 25, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
A popular refrain every baseball season is that you don’t get a good sense of who a team is, until Memorial Day. On the verge of the 2016 holiday, I believe we have identified who these Baltimore Orioles are. Collectively they are talented enough as is to reach...
