by Jeff Long | Oct 23, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles bullpen was, by all accounts, much improved over 2011. That’s not saying too much, but I think it’s best if we let these cherry-picked statistics do the talking: Team ERA (MLB) – 5th (3.00) Team fWAR (MLB) – 5th (6.4) Team WHIP...
by Lance Rinker | Oct 22, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles All-Star catcher, Matt Wieters, is arbitration eligible for the first time in his career and my prediction is that he will earn somewhere between $3.5 and $4.2 million dollars. It’s possible that he could earn a bit more than the $4.2 million but...
by Kevin Ebert | Oct 21, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles
We continue our evaluation of the Orioles roster with a look at the infield. Early in the season, the team decided that Mark Reynolds had to be moved from third base over to first base because of his horrendous defense at the hot corner. After Wilson Betemit was...
by Tucker Blair | Oct 19, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles
2012 Orioles Top 30 Prospect List (30-21) 2012 Orioles Top 30 Prospect List (20-11) 10. Eduardo Rodriguez – LHP The Venezuelan pitcher started to gain some buzz last season. He continued this season with strong numbers at Delmarva. Rodriguez is not an...
by Tucker Blair | Oct 18, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles
2012 Orioles Top 30 Prospect List (30-21) 20. Tyler Wilson – RHP Mr. Wilson was not high on my list at the beginning of the year. I simply did not notice his ability until he had to force it down my neck, which he absolutely did this season. It’s not very...
by Lance Rinker | Oct 17, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles have some decisions to make regarding the players currently on their roster that are arbitration eligible, as there are 10 total players looking to get a pay raise for next season and a few of them will likely receive significant raises in pay....