by Lance Rinker | May 20, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles, Q&As / Podcasts
In this week’s episode of Bird Talk the guys review the previous week in all its “glory”, talk about Jair Jurrjens and the rotation, discuss the controversial call on Sunday, get into the impressive performance of Manny Machado, talk some minor...
by Tucker Blair | May 20, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
(Discuss this article on the BSL Message Board here) Position Player of the Week: L.J. Hoes – OF .391/.482/.565 (9/23) with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K (AAA) Mr. Hoes has been sneaky good this season. He continues to show great discipline at the plate, with an...
by Luke Jackson | May 18, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
All screenshots are via MLB.tv and MLB.com. Radar readings are from FOX’s scoreboard. Click photos to embiggen. (You can discuss this article on the BSL Board here.) If you’ve ever happened to be on Twitter after your favorite team’s closer blows a...
by Luke Jackson | May 18, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles in 2012 used an abnormal amount of roster moves throughout the season to band-aid a rotation that broke down. Only Wei-Yin Chen made it through the entire season without being removed from the rotation due to injury or ineffectiveness. Jason Hammel...
by Jon Shepherd | May 18, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
I found some interesting data on the distance of flyballs and homeruns from 2007 to the present over at Baseball Heat Maps. I’m not exactly sure what they can be used for either than describing what has happened as opposed to what underlying talent is present. ...
by Jeff Long | May 15, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles have won 23 games this season, just 2 games behind this point last season when they won 25 of their first 39 games. Unlike last year though, the 23 wins they’ve accumulated this season aren’t looked at as a fluke, or at least not nearly as big...