Baltimore Orioles Baseball
O’s Draft and MiL Q&A with Nick Faleris, Baseball Prospectus
To get some insight on the Orioles 2015 draft, as well as some of their minor league talent, I asked Nick Faleris for his thoughts. Faleris is well known on our board and he just finished up doing work on the draft for Perfect Game. He is also a contributor for...
Is Zach Britton Elite?
On May 15, 2014, Zach Britton became the Orioles closer. It was a quality year, as he had a 1.65 ERA, threw 76.1 IP and he converted 90% of his saves. His peripheral stats were all over the map. Despite that low ERA, his FIP was 3.13 and his xFIP was 2.82. He had a K...
100 Games Left in the Orioles Season After Today
With a 6 game winning streak, the Baltimore Orioles enter play Sunday at 31-30. Meaning that even if they don't complete the sweep today vs. New York; the O's will be sporting a .500 record with 100 games remaining schedule.The bandwagon is ready to ride once...
Keeping Up with the AL East: June 12
We’re going to start doing these a little more infrequently, if only because it’s hard to come up with various different ways to say the same things about four teams who haven’t really changed their narratives much at all over the first third of the season. And as the...
Left Behind: How the Orioles Have Replaced Andrew Miller
When the Orioles acquired Andrew Miller from the Boston Red Sox for the stretch run last year, it fortified what was already a solid bullpen. It also sent a clear message to other teams and fans in Baltimore that the Orioles wanted to win. Giving up a good prospect,...
Left Behind: How the Orioles Have Replaced Nelson Cruz
Nelson Cruz came to the Orioles in an effort to prove his worth following a PED suspension and a few injury-shortened seasons. In Baltimore, he did not disappoint, hitting a league-leading and career-high 40 home runs, propelling the Orioles' offense and rapidly...
Left Behind: How the Orioles Have Replaced Nick Markakis
For many 2014, felt like the Orioles' best chance for a World Series. Baltimore crushed its AL East competition the way it crushed balls over the fence; the Orioles had made the fabled Big Splash that fans longed for, except it was in the form of low-cost...
The Slog: Baltimore vs. the AL East
The bad news is obvious: the 2015 Baltimore Orioles, so far, aren’t anything like last year’s 96 win squad. The good news is also obvious, and is just bad news for other people: neither is any other team in the AL East.(Discuss this post on the BSL forums...