by Rob Shields | Jul 7, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
As I write this, the Orioles are in second place in the tightly bunched AL East. They are 1.5 games out and in the midst of a stretch of games where they have lost 6 out of 8. They are less than a handful of games above .500 and are in a very competitive division and...
by Rob Shields | Jun 20, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
To get some insight on the Orioles 2015 draft, as well as some of their minor league talent, I asked Nick Faleris for his thoughts. Faleris is well known on our board and he just finished up doing work on the draft for Perfect Game. He is also a contributor for...
by Rob Shields | Jun 17, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
On May 15, 2014, Zach Britton became the Orioles closer. It was a quality year, as he had a 1.65 ERA, threw 76.1 IP and he converted 90% of his saves. His peripheral stats were all over the map. Despite that low ERA, his FIP was 3.13 and his xFIP was 2.82. He had a K...
by Chris Stoner | Jun 14, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
With a 6 game winning streak, the Baltimore Orioles enter play Sunday at 31-30. Meaning that even if they don’t complete the sweep today vs. New York; the O’s will be sporting a .500 record with 100 games remaining schedule.The bandwagon is ready to ride...
by Jonathan Bernhardt | Jun 12, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
We’re going to start doing these a little more infrequently, if only because it’s hard to come up with various different ways to say the same things about four teams who haven’t really changed their narratives much at all over the first third of the season. And as the...
by Patrick Dougherty | Jun 4, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
When the Orioles acquired Andrew Miller from the Boston Red Sox for the stretch run last year, it fortified what was already a solid bullpen. It also sent a clear message to other teams and fans in Baltimore that the Orioles wanted to win. Giving up a good prospect,...