by Chris Stoner | May 28, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles
David Hernandez made 8 starts for the Orioles this year, and in 5 of those starts had 3 or less strikeouts. Tonight, in his first appearance out of the bullpen he had 3 in his 2 innings of work. He clearly showed better velocity, and movement then in any start this...
by Chris Stoner | May 28, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles
The 5 run top of the 8th for the Oakland A’s last-night bothered me too much to write about it right away. I thought I would sleep on it, and write about it this morning. Well it is now morning, and I am still disgusted. During a season, there are going to be...
by Chris Stoner | May 25, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles, MLB Draft
As the 2010 MLB Draft approaches, I thought it would be interesting to look back a year with the O’s 1st round selection.As we all know, the Orioles selected HS RHP Matt Hobgood. At the time, I was directly advocating the selection of College SS Grant...
by Chris Stoner | May 25, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles
One of the Orioles most intriguing prospects over the past several-seasons has been Brandon Erbe. Drafted out of McDonough School in Owings Mills, Erbe started his Oriole/Professional career with Bluefield in 2005.As he has been a recognized name for 5 years now,...
by Chris Stoner | May 25, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles
I’m not a huge proponent of pitch-counts, but Chris Tillman’s start for AAA Norfolk last night caught my eye. Tillman pitched 6 innings, allowed 8 hits, 1 er, 1 bb, with 7 k’s. He threw 117 pitches in total (78 for strikes). While 117 pitches is not...
by Chris Stoner | May 24, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles
In 21 games in May, Adam Jones has 24 hits in 82 at-bats for a .293 batting average.He also has an OPS of .740 for the month. While that is still lower than you would like to see, it is not at a range where you can consider sending him down.As we have been saying all...
