by Tucker Blair | Apr 12, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
I attended Bowie’s opening night at Prince George’s Stadium on Thursday. RHP Kevin Gausman was on the hill, which brought a lively crowd to the park. Gausman was very lively himself. Gausman is known to have a power arm and has already shown doses of his...
by Kevin Ebert | Apr 10, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
As we discussed Monday night on the Bird Talk podcast, the Orioles were running an 8 man bullpen leaving the team with only 3 bench players. One of these bench players is backup catcher Taylor Teagarden, leaving the team with only 2 players who could be substituted...
by Tucker Blair | Apr 10, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
For my first minor league game of the year I headed up to Frederick to see RHP Zach Davies on the mound against the Winston-Salem Dash (CHW). Davies is a small framed pitcher, barely weighing 160 lbs. He was easily the smallest person on the field. Size does not...
by Lance Rinker | Apr 8, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles, Q&As / Podcasts
In this episode of Bird Talk Kevin, Tuck, and Lance review the first week of the season for the Baltimore Orioles, talk about the offense and whether we should really read into how impressive its been as a whole, Manny Machado’s defense and potential, and also...
by Lance Rinker | Apr 8, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles, MLB Power Rankings
The first week of the season is officially in the books and that means it is time to put together the first real MLB Power Rankings of the season. If you want a refresher on how my power rankings are calculated then you can check that explanation out here, otherwise...
by Jon Shepherd | Apr 8, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
Each year I use a variety of different win projection tools to keep track of the Orioles’ progress over the year. The point of this is not to chain yourself to certain methodology or have any belief in the whole “why even play the games” silly...
