Baltimore Orioles Baseball
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...
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...