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...
by Chris Stoner | Aug 24, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
Felix Pie stepped in for Adam Jones yesterday, and had his 4th homer of the year. His average now stands at .259, and he has a .718 OPS.I think there is a limitation to the things you definitively know about Pie.You know that:1) He had pretty strong numbers in the PCL...
by Chris Stoner | Aug 23, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
Fresh off their first series win since the All-star break, the 51-73 Baltimore Orioles head to the Metrodome, to face the Minnesota Twins. As the Twins will be moving into their new stadium next year, this will be the O’s last visit to the Metrodome. The Twins...
by Chris Stoner | Aug 22, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
Brian Roberts maintained his torrid 2nd-half pace, with two more homers last night in Chicago. Roberts now has hits in 11 straight games, and 4 homers in his last 3 games. Roberts has raised his OPS from .776 on August 1st, to .836 as of today.
by Chris Stoner | Aug 21, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles
After being on-fire for several weeks, to bring his AAA numbers up to respectability, Brandon Snyder has again tailed-off in his last 10 games. During that period, Snyder is 8 for 35 (.229), with 5 doubles, 0 homers, 4 bb’s, and 8 k’s. Overall at Norfolk,...