Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Chris Mellen (Baseball Prospectus) gives thoughts on O’s Minor Leaguers
Recently, Baltimore Sports and Life (BSL) Orioles Analyst Jeff Long wrote about Baseball America's Top 10 Oriole Prospects, and a sustainable future.In addition to his work with BSL, Long is also a contributor to Baseball Prospectus (BP). BSL has reached out to Long's...
O’s Q&A with Eno Sarris, FanGraphs
It is the heart of Major League Baseball's award season as the baseball community celebrates the year that was. However, the MLB General Manager Meetings held this week not only serves as preparation for the Winter Meetings (December 9th - 12th) - but symbolically...
Let’s Make a Deal
What do you do with the (almost) $40 million man?When the Baltimore Orioles signed Ubaldo Jimenez to a four-year, $50 million deal before the 2014 season, they handed out the third-largest free agent contract in franchise history, behind Miguel Tejada ($72 million)...
O’s Defense Q&A with Ben Jedlovec, Baseball Info Solutions
To discuss the Baltimore Orioles defense, we've reached out to Ben Jedlovec, President of Baseball Info Solutions. Baltimore Sports and Life (BSL) thanks him for his thoughts.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)BSL: JJ Hardy recently won his 3rd Gold Glove....
An early look at the offseason and potential payroll
For my first article at BSL, I wanted to take an early, basic look at what the Orioles are looking at here in the off-season. Additionally, I wanted to briefly touch on some things I would like to see the Orioles accomplish. Recently, MASN’s Steve Melewski wrote an...
A look at MLBTR’s O’s Free Agency Predictions
Yesterday MLBTradeRumors released their rankings of the top 50 free agents for this offseason, including predictions for the landing spots of each guy. These predictions are basically a mix of likely landing spots and chatter around the game on different players and...
The Manager of The Year Is…
Buck Showalter has been terrific for the Baltimore Orioles. He has seemingly transformed the franchise from a perennial doormat that served as a farm system for the best teams, one that free agents stayed away from for fear of getting the stink on them, to an annual...
On BA’s Top 10 Oriole Prospects and a Sustainable Future
Today Baseball America released their list of the Top 10 O's prospects, and the group was headlined by the usual suspects. Bundy and Harvey are #1 and #2 on the list, but the talent level predictably drops off from there. The O's farm system produced some high major...