Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Don’t Be a Slave to the Save
With the Orioles leading the Blue Jays 8-5 with two outs in the ninth inning on Friday night, Orioles manager Buck Showalter brought in his closer Jim Johnson. This being a save situation, this was a perfectly logical decision, right? The game was in the balance...
Adam Jones Strike at History
Friday night I was listening to the Glenn Younes show coming back from an errand. It was at the moment where Adam Jones hit his three run home run leading to Younes to do his best pro wrestling chat radio takedown of all of the supposed fans who dare to question Adam...
Deals that Never Happened, Part III
In the previous versions of this series I discussed the infamous non-trades in the middle of the 1996 playoff run where, perhaps, Peter Angelos made better decisions than Pat Gillick as well as a decent decision to rescind the Aaron Sele contract and the unfortunate...
Bird Talk – Episode 36
In this week's episode of Bird Talk the guys discuss the week that was for the Baltimore Orioles, go over the roster moves and trades, wonder if Buck Showalter should stop using one specific closer, discuss the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, going over some...
What if the Orioles looked into adding a bat?
If you have been watching the Orioles lately, chances are that you have been a tad disappointed with the offensive output, but for the entire season, they've been very good. They're fifth in the majors in runs (426), first in homers (120), first in slugging (.447) and...
Point/Counter-Point: Gausman, Wieters, Puig, and Yankees
Should the O's extend Matt Wieters? Lance Rinker Point: Catcher Matt Wieters hasn’t quite turned into the offensive juggernaut we all thought and hoped he would be through his first four seasons in the majors. Some would call him a major disappointment because of the...
Minor League Players of the Week: 7/1 – 7/7
Look for new reports on a few Aberdeen Ironbirds' later this week, specifically Trey Mancini. (Discuss this article on the BSL Message Board here) Position Player of the Week: Michael Ohlman .409/.480/.864 (9/22) with 1 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB, 7 K (A+) What else can I...
Why Jim Johnson Will Be Just Fine
On May 8th I wrote a piece that detailed why I thought Jason Hammel was struggling this season. That post was met with some criticism at the time as Hammel had pitched decently well leading up to it and his ERA was an ok-but-not-terrible 4.10. As of today, Hammels ERA...