Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Talking Orioles As The ‘2nd Half’ Begins
The All-Star break has ended, and the 51-36 AL East leading Baltimore Orioles are in action tonight in Tampa Bay.Several of BSL's Orioles Analysts - Rob Shields, Zach Spedden, and Reggie Yinger - have come together to talk about the Birds. (Comments from our other O's...
Hyun Soo Kim: Expectations Going Forward?
When the Baltimore Orioles signed Hyun Soo Kim to a 2 year, $7M contract last December, I was pleased. It wasn't as if I had ever watched Kim have an ab, but the risk was minimal, and his 4,800 career plate appearances in the Korean Baseball Organization indicated he...
Where are the Orioles now and how can they improve?
When the calendar turned to July, the Baltimore Orioles had a 4 game lead on the Boston Red Sox and a 5.5 game lead on the Blue Jays. At that point, the O’s had lost 2 straight, which was on the heels of a 7 game winning streak. Since that point, the Orioles have lost...
Brad Brach’s 2016 Success
Before you decide to close out of the article, this isn't another "Brach is deserving of an All-Star jersey" piece, simply because I don't care about the All-Star game. However, I can tell you that Brad Brach has been a valuable asset for the Orioles in 2016, and...
The 2017 Orioles Rotation?
With a 2.5 game lead in the American League East, the primary focus for the Baltimore Orioles is understandably on the here and now of the 2016 season.Earlier this Month, Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe reported that Baltimore is one of several teams interested in...
Reviewing Gausman
Expectations were once again high for Kevin Gausman coming into this season so it’s been frustrating to see what essentially amounts to stagnation for the 25-year old righty. Of course, in addition to that relatively young age, it’s also worth remembering that he has...
What Orioles are worthy of making the All Star game?
The 2016 MLB All Star game, being played in Oriole Pa...err I mean Petco Field (in San Diego) is just over 2 weeks away. On Tuesday July 5th, the rosters will be announced for the AL and NL squads. The Orioles have a chance to be well represented in that game. Let’s...
Will The Orioles Offer Wieters a Multi-Year Contract?
Following the 2015 season, Matt Wieters was projected by MLBTR to receive a 4 year $64M contract from someone, even with him having been offered the Qualifying offer by the Orioles.The market for a contract at that level apparently never developed for the...