Baltimore Orioles Baseball
AL East Beat: Manny Returns, April Progress Reports
21 year old third baseman Manny Machado has looked like he belonged on a Major League Baseball field since his surprise call up as a 20 year old rookie during the Orioles' miracle playoff run of 2012. Actually, that's where it all began as Machado skipped the triple-A...
Living Without Chris Davis
With Chris Davis sidelined for about two weeks with a strained oblique, the Orioles are forced to make do without the monster slugger that's been propelling the team to wins for over a year. A number of defensive changes and shifts in the lineup will need to take...
Weather allowing, Previewing the O’s vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
The Baltimore Orioles find themselves sitting in second place in the American League East, just two and a half games behind the surprising New York Yankees, despite dropping two of three to the Kansas City Royals. The offense has been inconsistent at best, but losing...
Analyzing OBP: O’s Outfield
Brooks Baseball has some interesting tools on their site that allows you to determine how good of an eye a particular batter has against a given pitch. The way that Brooks does that is by comparing the percentage of pitches that a hitter swings at that are in the zone...
Series Preview: Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles, April 25-27
In many ways, the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles are similar. They are two franchises with a rich tradition. At various points of the 60's, 70's, and 80's each franchise was considered the model. There was something about the "Oriole Way" with Earl Weaver...
AL East Beat: 5 Things, Week Four
It was another exciting week in the American League East. Of course, there was another pitcher scheduled for Tommy John Surgery. There were transfer rule problems that actually may have cost the Orioles. And, there was even a bit too much pine tar. The AL East is...
Nick Markakis, Disappointment, and Managing Expectations
When Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis broke into the league in 2006, he looked like he could be the Next Big Thing in Baltimore. Unfortunately, Markakis had apparently not heard the marketing adage "underpromise and overdeliver," because his first few years in the...
Series Preview: Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, April 22-24
Oh, look, another AL East matchup for the Baltimore Orioles. I read that the Orioles have played the second-hardest schedule so far this season, behind only the Jays. The only reason the Jays' schedule has been more difficult is because they play the Orioles and not...