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BSL Orioles Roundtable 9/5
Every week, the Orioles analysts here at Baltimore Sports and Life will collaborate with a special guest from network partner at 24×7 Networks – Eutaw Street Report. We’ll have a Q&A roundtable discussion on a variety of topics around the O's and MLB in general....
Darren O’Day is Having a Career Year
Darren O'Day's name is not commonly among those listed when we talk about the best relievers in the game. Heck, his name probably does not even come up when we talk about the best relievers in the Baltimore Orioles' bullpen. Well, that needs to change because Darren...
Kevin Gausman, SIERA, and Playoff Rookies
Every year, it seems like a new young pitcher makes waves in the playoffs. Last year, the Cardinals' Shelby Miller and Michael Wacha thrust themselves into the public eye with spectacular postseason performances. While it didn't hurt that they both had good seasons to...
Kevin Gausman is Consistently Inconsistent
Kevin Gausman has been both elite and pedestrian this season. While that can be frustrating, Gausman has shown all of the tools that made him a consensus top prospect in baseball.Discuss Gausman's 2014 season and his role in the postseason rotation on the BSL forum...
Ubaldo Jimenez, Reliever
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how Ubaldo Jimenez would fair as a reliever. My plan outlined a successful two-pitch approach for Jimenez as a bullpen arm. That was written about three weeks before Jimenez was officially demoted to bullpen duty, something that...
To Replace Manny Machado the Orioles Need to Trade for Adrian Beltre
The Baltimore Orioles continue to take blow after blow when it comes to injured young stars. The Orioles have already lost Matt Wieters for the season, a major loss on both sides of the ball, and now they have lost Manny Machado, another two-way contributor.(You can...
Is the Orioles Rotation A Concern?
The Baltimore Orioles currently sit with the third highest team winning percentage in all of baseball. They are 8.5 games ahead of both the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays (who are both losing as I write this) in the American League East and look to be the...
First Pitch Swingin’
If you're anything like me, watching Orioles batters swing at the first pitch can drive you up the wall. "Take pitches!" I yell at my television, "Wait for one you can actually hit." It's exasperating, and in a season like 2014, it's nit picking a truly wonderful...