Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Is Schoop the Orioles’ Best Second Baseman… Ever?
Jonathan Schoop's career has gotten off to a rough start. He's slashing .220/.256/.361 in his first full year in the Majors, which has caused some of my BSL colleagues to question whether he's the worst everyday offensive player in the league. Maybe that's the case...
The Orioles’ Soft-tossing Bullpen
The Orioles have, for the second time in three seasons, the best bullpen in baseball. Granted, this is somewhat subjective, but if we go by WPA, or the total Win Probability Added by O's relievers, then they've been the best in the game. Back in 2012 the bullpen...
Do The Orioles Own the Worst Offensive Position in Baseball?
As a team, your Baltimore Orioles are sitting pretty at the top of the American League East and are one of only nine teams with a wRC+ over 100 and their .323 wOBA is tied for fourth in all of baseball.If you are unfamiliar with wRC+, the basic idea is that it is an...
Defense Doesn’t Win Championships
It wasn't long ago that Grantland's Ben Lindbergh brought down the hard truth on the Tigers and the Athletics: having an ace pitcher doesn't improve a team's chances of winning in the postseason. That's good for the Orioles, then! What if something the Orioles did...
Bud Norris Figured Out His Platoon Issues
When the Orioles first acquired Bud Norris I wrote that he was actually two different pitchers. When facing right-handed batters he basically only threw a fastball-slider combination, but had a four-pitch mix against left-handed batters.Discuss this post and more on...
A 6-Man Orioles Rotation Doesn’t Add Up
With Ubaldo Jimenez due back from the disabled list, many are split on how to proceed with one too many starting pitchers. Maybe Jimenez slots into the bullpen to act as the long man for a while, or maybe Gonzalez takes up that role. There's been a lot of buzz about a...
Replacing Matt Wieters
When Matt Wieters went down in early May with an elbow injury that would eventually require Tommy John surgery, it appeared that the Orioles were losing one of the brightest spots in their 2014 season. Wieters had been slashing .308/.339/.500 with a wRC+ of 131,...
Why is Chris Tillman So Bad (In the First Inning)?
If you've watched any of Chris Tillman's starts this season, you've probably seen some great games. Tillman leads the Orioles in quality starts (14) and is second on the staff in fWAR (1.3). If you tune it at 7:05 every night, you've probably also seen some messy...