Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Some Orioles Thoughts as the Winter Meetings Begin
The Baseball Winter Meetings officially begin tomorrow at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, FL. You can follow all of the news and rumors at the BSL Message Board here.Some Orioles thoughts as the Meetings begin:1) MASN's Steve Melewski wrote...
Orioles 2014 Pitcher Forecasts: Oliver
Last week I took a look at what Oliver, one of the most accurate projection systems out there, thinks of the O's hitters going into 2014. For that particular post, I took a look at some of the position battles on the roster, specifically the players vying for spots in...
Orioles 2014 Hitter Forecasts: Oliver
This post starts a series during which I intend to examine the prospects of the O's based on some of the most popular and accurate projection systems out there. We'll start with Oliver, and make our way to Steamer next, followed by ZiPS, and so on.Discuss these...
Know Your O’s: Jemile Weeks
Late at night, just before the deadline to tender closer Jim Johnson, the Orioles agreed to ship the sinkerballer to Oakland in exchange for infielder Jemile Weeks and a player to be named later. You can discuss the trade here, but this is all about getting to know...
Thoughts on the Orioles trading Jim Johnson
As first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, The Baltimore Orioles have traded Jim Johnson to the Oakland Athletics for Jemile Weeks. Orioles Executive Vice-President of Baseball Operations Dan Duquette has also indicated to Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun that...
What is Jim Johnson Worth on the Trade Market?
Determining what a player will bring back on the trade market can be a very difficult exercise for a variety of reasons. Often these trades include a variety of MLB-ready talent, prospects, and organizational filler type players. Each of these types of players have...
Free Agent Target: Gavin Floyd
It's that time of year again: the Baltimore Orioles are expressing an interest in free agent and hometown guy Gavin Floyd. The Mount St. Joe's product is available after earning $9.5 million and receiving elbow surgery with the Chicago White Sox in 2013. Seeing a...
The Baltimore Orioles Winter of Dud
There’s been a good bit of early action this baseball off-season with several trades taking place, a few signings of quality free agents, and the Baltimore Orioles are nowhere to be found as all this takes place. Over the last week I’ve spoken to baseball analysts...