Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Ryan Mountcastle Impressing at Frederick
With the first half of his season winding down, Baltimore Orioles prospect Ryan Mountcastle is coming through with an impressive 2017.A first-round pick in the 2015 draft, Mountcastle’s power stroke has been evident during his first season at High-A Frederick....
Fred Manfra Says Goodbye
When Orioles radio play-by-play man Joe Angel turned the top of Sunday’s broadcast back to Fred Manfra, it may have marked the first time in 24 years that Manfra got top billing. Too bad it was in his last game. (You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.) Manfra,...
Orioles Fact/Opinion
With our usual apologies to former Baltimore Sun and current BaltimoreRavens.com writer, John Eisenberg, I present to you an Orioles addition of Fact/Opinion.Fact: The Orioles are 2 games out of last place, after going 4-14 in their last 18 games. They have gone from...
Top-Five Draft Classes in Orioles History
In a few weeks, the MLB Draft will take place, giving the Baltimore Orioles and baseball’s 29 other organizations a chance to stock their farm system.Starting with the 21st-overall selection, the Orioles will look to strengthen their farm system with a solid draft...
Know Thine Enemy — The Minnesota Twins
One unique perspective I’m able to bring to the table here at Baltimore Sports and Life is that I can also break down the Minnesota Twins since that’s the team I cover on a regular basis. And with a three-game set against the Twins opening on Monday night -- the first...
A new-and-improved Jonathan Schoop: Will it last?
One of the big revelations of the Orioles’ season so far has been the improvement of Jonathan Schoop.While the offense has overall been a disappointment, ranking 17th in Major League Baseball in runs per game (4.5), 12th in home runs (48) and 14th in OPS+ with a...
Is the Orioles bullpen still a strength?
Since 2012, the Orioles bullpen has arguably been the strength of the team. Since then, the bullpen has finished 3rd in team ERA 3 times, first once (last year) and 6th once. The year they finished 6th, the pen had a 3.52 ERA and that’s the highest ERA they have had...
Will Pedro Alvarez Rejoin the Orioles?
One year ago this time, Pedro Alvarez’s tenure with the Baltimore Orioles was off to a slow start. A sluggish April was carrying over into what would prove to be an even more frustrating May. Starting in June, however, Alvarez had a blistering summer that—even with a...