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The Lowdown on the American League Playoff Field
With roughly 10 games left in the MLB season, playoff races are coming down the home stretch. Some of them have been decided for a while, whereas others will come down to the final week or so of play -- like the NL West, for instance. Let’s take a look at the likely...
2018 MLB Awards
By the end of the day on Sept. 30, barring any tiebreaker scenarios, we will know how the pennant races turned out. Two days later, ballots are due for the Baseball Writers Association of America’s annual awards. However, the outcome of those races won’t be revealed...
The 2018 National League Playoff Race
The Baltimore Orioles’ season might be in playing-out-the-string mode, but that doesn’t mean we as baseball fans shouldn’t be excited about the MLB playoffs. I’ll certainly be watching, and I’m sure most of the readers of Baltimore Sports and Life will be, too. That’s...
AL East Beat – May 22nd Update
Baltimore Orioles The rumors involving potential Manny Machado deals figure to intensify as the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline gets nearer. However, one rumor that has already been circulating for the better part of a month is that the Chicago Cubs have strong...
AL East Beat: May 15th Update
A mid-May update on the American League East, where both New York and Boston are on-pace for 110+ wins.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)Baltimore OriolesDavid Hess had the quite the debut last Saturday. Now the question is whether that should earn the...
AL East Beat: May 1st Update
With the first month of the 2018 season in the books, we update the latest in the American League East.Baltimore OriolesWhen the Orioles re-signed Chris Davis to a seven-year, $161-million contract during the 2015-16 offseason, it raised plenty of eyebrows around...
AL East Beat: April 24th
Baltimore OriolesThe season isn’t a month old and the Orioles have been effectively knocked out of the American League East race.The Orioles have lost 10 of their last 11 games to fall 11 games under .500 at 6-17. They already trail the first-place Boston Red Sox by...
AL East Beat: April 17th
Baltimore OriolesAlex Cobb got a very late start on spring training and it showed in his Orioles’ debut last Saturday.The right-handed lasted just 3 2/3 innings in a 10-3 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. He was tagged for eight runs (seven earned) and 10 hits while...