by Chris Stoner | Aug 29, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
As the 2009 season winds down, there is more and more talk about Cesar Izturis being a possible long-term answer at SS. It is my opinion that he is not. There is no doubt that he has been a huge improvement over the abysmal options that were the O’s SS in 2008....
by Chris Stoner | Aug 26, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Q&As / Podcasts
In February, the Orioles Player Development Director Dave Stockstill spoke with Baltimore Sports and Life, in a preview of the 2009 season.As the 2009 Minor League season comes to an end, Mr. Stockstill has graciously returned for a second-interview.Baltimore Sports...
by Chris Stoner | Aug 26, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles lost their 2nd game in Minnesota last night, in a game they had no business losing. The O’s took an early 3-0 lead, and were able to quickly knock the Twins starter Gambino out of his Major League debut. Matusz labored through 5 innings,...
by Chris Stoner | Aug 25, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
As we have often talked about, the O’s want to avoid their pitchers pitching more than 25-30 innings than they did in the previous year. With that in-mind, you have to watch the cumulative inning count for several players. Tillman pitched 135.2 innings in 2008....
by Chris Stoner | Aug 25, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
Jake Arrieta worked 7 scoreless innings for AAA Norfolk last night. Arrieta allowed just 2 hits, 2 walks, and struck-out 6. It was Arrieta’s 4th straight outing of at-least 6 innings. In that time, Arrieta has worked 26 innings, allowed 20 hits, 5 er, 6 walks,...
by Chris Stoner | Aug 24, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
Chris Tillman took the 2-1 loss in Minnesota tonight, but again looked very solid. Tillman battled his way through 5.1 innings, allowing 6 hits, the 2er, 3 bb’s (one intentional), with 1 k. While he only threw 60 strikes in his 102 pitches, I thought Tillman did...
