Baltimore Orioles Baseball
A Look at the Orioles 2015 Payroll
According to Cots, the Orioles 2015 Opening Day payroll is just under 119 million. That is the largest in franchise history. That represents an a 29% increase from 2012, the first year they got back into the playoffs since 1997. While they have had the occasional year...
On Mike Wright: A PITCHf/x Analysis
Yesterday Mike Wright made his MLB debut with a dazzling performance that helped right the O's proverbial ship during an early season lull. His performance was, if one only looks at the results, spectacular. He pitched eight innings allowing just four hits, five total...
Keeping Up With the AL East, May 8-15
The first games have been played at Camden Yards since the White Sox series, and the Orioles made national headlines by compensating their hourly employees for the shifts they missed due to the cancellations or postponements of six games in Baltimore that week, but...
What’s The Best Utilization of These O’s Players?
A question that any Manager faces, is how to get the most out of the roster he has available to him. As the Baltimore Orioles prepare for their 30th game of the 2015 season tonight, let's review some of the available options O's Manager Buck Showlater has - and...
Keeping Up With the AL East: April 24 to May 7
Things are finally getting back to normal in Baltimore -- or some facsimile thereof -- and early season spate of divisional play is nearly coming to a close. Here are the standings through Friday morning:NY Yankees1811.621-Tampa...
Should Brady Anderson be the Orioles GM right now?
In a recent FanGraphs article, Orioles assistant GM Brady Anderson discussed sabermetrics. For fans who don’t know what Brady is all about, this article may have been a bit of an eye opener. To many of us who do know what he is all about, this article was another...
Joseph and the Pending Return of Wieters
May 11th has been dubbed #ReOpening Day here in Baltimore. It will also be the one year anniversary of Matt Wieters being placed on the Disabled List.Wieters has room left in his rehab, but it appears that a June return is plausible.When he does return to Baltimore,...
Intro to Sabermetrics: wRC+
A few weeks ago we started a series where we take a look at some sabermetric stats and concepts, and how they apply to the Orioles. The first entry in the series focused on wOBA, which is a primary crux of offensive value according to sabermetrics. This entry will...