by Bob Phelan | Jun 29, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles, MLB Draft
Zach, Nick, and myself bring in Dr. Stephen Loftus once again to preview the 2021 MLB draft for the final time before July 11th. He gives great insight (as usual) about who the Orioles top targets should be, who are the most likely underslot targets if Mike Elias...
by Bob Phelan | Jun 28, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
Welcome to ‘3 Up, 3 Down’, the weekly column breaking down the three hottest and three coldest Orioles players based on their performance during the previous week. It has proven to be an interesting exercise and good opportunity to highlight the highs and lows of a...
by Stephen Loftus | Jun 28, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, MLB Draft
If you study statistics for any length of time, eventually you’ll run across the oft-repeated aphorism of noted statistician George Box. While similar sentiments pre-dated Box, he succinctly noted in a 1978 paper… All models are wrong but some are useful....
by Bob Phelan | Jun 28, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
Welcome to ‘Down on the Farm’, a minor league spin-off of my weekly article ‘3 Up, 3 Down’. Every week I will highlight the three hottest and three coldest players in the Orioles minor league system from the previous week. Hopefully this will help in keeping track of...
by Luke Rollfinke | Jun 27, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles pitching woes have reached new highs over the past month. With John Means sidelined due to a left shoulder strain and veterans Matt Harvey and Jorge Lopez struggling to make it past the fifth inning, the O’s have been forced to rely on a number of...
by Rose Katz | Jun 25, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles
How should you feel about your baseball team as an organization when the major league team is 23-52 with a top-five farm system that produces good news seemingly every night? That is the current dilemma Orioles fans are going through. In the third season of the Mike...