Baltimore Orioles Baseball
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...
What If the Orioles Burned It All Down?
The Baltimore Orioles are 3.5 games out of first place in the American League East going into the second half of the season, well within the hunt for one of the two Wild Card spots, and a generally strong team with some key performers that can hope to get a bit better...
The Baltimore Orioles At The Break
With a 3-2 Sunday loss to the Washington Nationals, the Baltimore Orioles enter the All-Star break at 44-44 overall. Here we review what we've seen from the O's to date, and project what awaits during the remainder of the year.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board...
An Experience-Based Aging Curve
Baseball players are assumed to follow a general aging curve that peaks around age 27, when his physical and mental attributes are perfectly tuned. At 27, so the thought goes, players have been in the Major Leagues or around the game long enough to grasp the intricate...
Do the Orioles Need Pitching?
Do the Orioles need pitching?Well, in the macro sense, the answer to this question is always “yes.” Quality pitching is the most valuable commodity in baseball, thanks to its rarity and fragility. Even teams like the New York Mets and Washington Nationals could stand...
Where Are The Orioles Weak?
As I write this, the Orioles are in second place in the tightly bunched AL East. They are 1.5 games out and in the midst of a stretch of games where they have lost 6 out of 8. They are less than a handful of games above .500 and are in a very competitive division and...
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...