Baltimore Orioles Baseball
How Can The Orioles Salvage Their Winter – While Operating Under The Parameters They’ve Set?
We're under 100 days until the Orioles 2018 season begins.Catch the excitement Baltimore!Many people struggle around the Holidays. What do you think life has been like inside the O's Sales Department this off-season?I'm picturing tubbleweeds piling up throughout The...
Trading Machado Is Fine; Lack Of A Comprehensive Plan Is Not
If the Baltimore Orioles trade Manny Machado in the coming days, I'm sure I'll be a bit irritated.The irritation won't be at the decision to trade him. The irritation will be that the decision was not made sooner.The O's made the post-season for the third time in a...
Discussion On The Machado Trade Talk – View From The Winter Meetings
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. --- In most years, the Orioles’ biggest news during the Winter Meetings has come in the Rule 5 Draft when president of baseball operations Dan Duquette shows his proclivity for trying to find bargains among players left unprotected by other...
Orioles: Time To Rebuild
Anybody who has read my articles, listened to me on the radio, or read my message board posts over the years knows that I have never been a big fan of how the Baltimore Orioles run their organization. As a former employee (15ish years ago), I saw first hand just how...
Baltimore Orioles Discussion With BSL’s Bob Harkins, John Perrotto, & Brandon Warne
To discuss the forthcoming Winter Meetings, and the rest of the off-season; here is a Q&A with the BSL Orioles Analysts. Our thanks to Bob Harkins, John Perrotto , and Brandon Warne for their insight.Please note that the questions were asked before the Othani and...
Some thoughts on Rafael Palmeiro making a comeback
Legend has it that a reporter once asked Lefty O’Doul what he thought Ty Cobb would hit if he were playing at that time.“Oh, about .320,” O’Doul was said to have replied.Asked why only .320, O’Doul said: “Well, you have to remember the man is almost 70.”The story is...
Baltimore Orioles Minor League Discussion
Baltimore Sports and Life's three Orioles Minor League contributors - Greg Goldstein, Zach Spedden, and Reggie Yinger - come together to give some collective thoughts on the system.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)1. Who are your top five prospects in the...
A Lower-Market Christmas List for the Orioles
After a disappointing last-place finish in 2017 and with the final years of Manny Machado, Adam Jones, Brad Brach and Zach Britton under team control looming in 2018, the onus is on the Baltimore Orioles to improve, and quick.And how perfect: it’s the offseason, when...