Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Jimmy Paredes Has Turned Back Into a Pumpkin
In recent years, it hasn't been unusual to see the Orioles have a player that has hit much better for the team than was expected. Chris Davis. Nelson Cruz. Delmon Young. Steve Pearce. And half way through the 2015 season it looked like we'd be able to add Jimmy...
The Orioles Sure Can Pick It
The Orioles have a very good defense. JJ Hardy has won three straight Gold Gloves. So has Adam Jones. Manny Machado won one in his only full Major League Season. Matt Wieters has a couple on his shelf. One can argue about the efficacy of the occasional Gold Glove...
The Trade Deadline and the Orioles
So ends the most exciting trade deadline in years, and with it, the Orioles’ realistic shot at the AL East division title.Perhaps that’s a bit presumptive. After all, there is a lot of baseball left to play, and there’s still time for both the Yankees and the Blue...
Chris Tillman’s Recent Resurgence
When Chris Tillman came over to the Orioles in the Erik Bedard trade*, he was a 20 year old in Double-A. Tall, big fastball, huge curve. You could dream on him becoming the O's number one starter one day. He was called up to the Majors in 2009 and showed some promise....
Forecasting Pitcher Strikeout Rates
It's no secret that strikeouts are important parts of a baseball game. While there's plenty of evidence to show that it's just another out (no more or less valuable than a fielder's choice, by some measures) strikeouts are undeniably important to pitchers because they...
Uncertain Futures: Anxiety Outside the Warehouse
For a very long time, there was no confusion around the Orioles' plans at the trade deadline. For the better part of two decades they were unequivocally sellers, with the ability to move major league assets for minor league ones. They didn't necessarily sell, but they...
Why the Orioles Should be Sellers
As I write this, the Baltimore Orioles are 46-49. They are 7 games behind the Yankees for the Division lead and 5.5 back of the Twins for the second Wild Card. Currently, the Orioles have 4 teams in front of them for the second WC. Texas is also tied with them at the...
Jake Arrieta, The Orioles’ Could-Have-Been Ace
Jake Arrieta.Over the last two seasons, he's been slightly worse than Clayton Kershaw. Sometimes that sort of sentence construction would indicate sarcasm - Delmon Young is slightly worse than Mike Trout* - but not in this case. Kershaw has the lowest FIP in the...