Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Are the Orioles in a no win situation with Trumbo?
This past off-season, the Baltimore Orioles acquired Mark Trumbo from Seattle in a move that was essentially a salary dump by the Mariners. The Orioles had been rumored to be going after Trumbo several times over the years and they finally got their man. While the...
Top 15 Prospects for June, 2016
With the minor league season nearing the halfway point, here is a look at the top 15 prospects in the Baltimore Orioles' farm system. (You can discuss this on the BSL board here.)1) Chance Sisco, CatcherCurrent team: Bowie (Double-A)With improving defensive skills and...
Three Starters the Orioles Could Acquire Via Trade
The experts didn’t have the Orioles playing this well. Not a single one of the more than 40 staffers at FanGaphs (myself included) had them in the playoffs for 2016. So to be sitting at 28-21, just two games behind the Red Sox has got to feel good. Perhaps the biggest...
Not Good Enough
A popular refrain every baseball season is that you don't get a good sense of who a team is, until Memorial Day. On the verge of the 2016 holiday, I believe we have identified who these Baltimore Orioles are. Collectively they are talented enough as is to reach the...
Who Are the Orioles’ All Stars?
With a bit over a month left to vote on the American League All Star starters, maybe it’s time to take a look at what Baltimore Orioles might be representing in San Diego this year. The game is on July 12, and I suspect they’ll be releasing the first voting standings...
Will these guys be Orioles by the All Star break?
The Baltimore Orioles currently lead the AL in wins (tied for second in all of MLB and have the second best winning percentage, trailing only the Cubs. Things are going well for the club right now in many ways. The bullpen continues to be one of the best in baseball,...
Orioles Offensive Oddities
I love statistical oddities. If I hang around here long enough, I think you’ll all learn that about me. So for this week’s column, I thought I’d check in with some of my favorite statistical oddities about this Orioles offense. We’ll take a look at pitchers next week....
Looking At Adam Jones
Lost in the midst of the Orioles running out to a division-best 14-9 record in April was the fact that Adam Jones ambled his way to a .626 OPS. In fact, his 72 wRC+ in April was second-worst to only Matt Wieters among regulars, but the electric starts of Manny Machado...