by Jonathan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
As a team, your Baltimore Orioles are sitting pretty at the top of the American League East and are one of only nine teams with a wRC+ over 100 and their .323 wOBA is tied for fourth in all of baseball.If you are unfamiliar with wRC+, the basic idea is that it is an...
by Patrick Dougherty | Aug 13, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
It wasn’t long ago that Grantland’s Ben Lindbergh brought down the hard truth on the Tigers and the Athletics: having an ace pitcher doesn’t improve a team’s chances of winning in the postseason. That’s good for the Orioles, then! What if...
by Jeff Long | Aug 7, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
When the Orioles first acquired Bud Norris I wrote that he was actually two different pitchers. When facing right-handed batters he basically only threw a fastball-slider combination, but had a four-pitch mix against left-handed batters.Discuss this post and more on...
by Patrick Dougherty | Aug 7, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
With Ubaldo Jimenez due back from the disabled list, many are split on how to proceed with one too many starting pitchers. Maybe Jimenez slots into the bullpen to act as the long man for a while, or maybe Gonzalez takes up that role. There’s been a lot of buzz...
by Patrick Dougherty | Aug 6, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
When Matt Wieters went down in early May with an elbow injury that would eventually require Tommy John surgery, it appeared that the Orioles were losing one of the brightest spots in their 2014 season. Wieters had been slashing .308/.339/.500 with a wRC+ of 131,...
by Patrick Dougherty | Aug 5, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
If you’ve watched any of Chris Tillman’s starts this season, you’ve probably seen some great games. Tillman leads the Orioles in quality starts (14) and is second on the staff in fWAR (1.3). If you tune it at 7:05 every night, you’ve probably...
