by Chris Stoner | Sep 24, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
In early August, I blogged about what I saw as the minimum to be accomplished for the O’s through the calendar end of 2009.http://baltimoresportsandlife.blogspot.com/2009/08/minimum-to-be-accomplished-calendar-of.htmlAs the season comes to an end, lets review,...
by Chris Stoner | Sep 22, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
The O’s lost another tough game tonight, but the most-important take is that Matt Wieters is finishing-strong. For the third-time in four-games, Wieters had 3 hits. Wieters ends tonight with his batting-average at .287, and with his two-doubles, his OPS is...
by Chris Stoner | Sep 19, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
The 2009 season included the Major League debut’s of a number of players that will play a prominent role in the future of the Baltimore Orioles. The May 29th debut of Matt Wieters represented a memorable changing of the guard for this franchise. That day, I...
by Chris Stoner | Sep 19, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
I spent a large-part of the 2008 season arguing for the Major League promotion of Nolan Reimold, in many different local forums. The intensity of my argument only increased on August 1st, 2008 when the non-waiver deadline had passed, and Jay Payton was still on the...
by Chris Stoner | Sep 19, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
It is not often that a player can raise his OPS over 80pts from the previous-season, and people question the overall results; but that was the case for Adam Jones in his 2009 season. Prior to the season, I projected Jones to have a .285 batting avg, 20 homers, 80 rbi....
by Chris Stoner | Sep 19, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
The fact that you can label Markakis’ 2009 season disappointing, only illustrates how talented Nick Markakis is. With 15 games remaining in the season, Markakis is batting .297, with 16 homers, 42 doubles, and 97 rbi. Those are all solid-numbers, but a closer...
