Baltimore Orioles Baseball
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...
Baltimore Orioles Top 15 Prospects Prior to the Amateur Draft
With two months of play in the books this 2015 season, Baltimore Sports and Life provides an updated ranking of the best prospects in the Orioles system prior to the June Amateur Draft (June 8th - 10th). As the O's hold four of the first 102 overall picks, there will...
Baltimore Orioles: Taking Stock
After a 4-1 loss last night, the Baltimore Orioles woke up this morning sporting a 20-23 record. This has them in 3rd place in the AL East - 3 GB of Division leading New York.If you are an O's fan, these initial 43 games have been a tough watch. Understandably cynical...
Keeping Up with the AL East, May 15-21
Has it been a good week for the Orioles? It’s hard to tell. They’ve split, 3-3, against two teams from the AL West, Seattle and Los Angeles of Anaheim, neither of whom seem to quite know who they are yet. It certainly wasn’t a bad week -- it saw Mike Wright’s...