by Patrick Dougherty | Apr 29, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
With Chris Davis sidelined for about two weeks with a strained oblique, the Orioles are forced to make do without the monster slugger that’s been propelling the team to wins for over a year. A number of defensive changes and shifts in the lineup will need to...
by Lance Rinker | Apr 28, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles find themselves sitting in second place in the American League East, just two and a half games behind the surprising New York Yankees, despite dropping two of three to the Kansas City Royals. The offense has been inconsistent at best, but losing...
by Jeff Long | Apr 28, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
Brooks Baseball has some interesting tools on their site that allows you to determine how good of an eye a particular batter has against a given pitch. The way that Brooks does that is by comparing the percentage of pitches that a hitter swings at that are in the zone...
by Gary Armida | Apr 24, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
In many ways, the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles are similar. They are two franchises with a rich tradition. At various points of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s each franchise was considered the model. There was something about the “Oriole...
by Gary Armida | Apr 24, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
It was another exciting week in the American League East. Of course, there was another pitcher scheduled for Tommy John Surgery. There were transfer rule problems that actually may have cost the Orioles. And, there was even a bit too much pine tar. The AL East is...
by Patrick Dougherty | Apr 22, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
When Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis broke into the league in 2006, he looked like he could be the Next Big Thing in Baltimore. Unfortunately, Markakis had apparently not heard the marketing adage “underpromise and overdeliver,” because his first few...
