Baltimore Orioles Baseball
A Mixed Debut: Kevin Gausman
Everyone in the Orioles fanbase was excited to witness the debut of the next high profile Orioles prospect, Kevin Gausman. After witnessing the success of 20 year old Manny Machado, it was certainly exciting to entertain the thought of the Orioles having two young...
Fact & Opinion – Orioles Edition
With the usual apologies to former Baltimore Sun Columnist (and current Ravens.com contributor) John Eisenberg, here is another submission of my version of ‘Fact & Opinion.’ You can discuss this on the BSL board here. Fact: 22 year old Kevin Gausman made his Major...
The Kevin Gausman Arbitration Clock Is Now Ticking
The Baltimore Sports world is awash with excitement right now as one of the Baltimore Orioles top prospects is set to make his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays tonight. Starting pitcher Kevin Gausman has essentially dominated Double-A Bowie, as fellow...
Fun With Splits – Pitcher Type
.210/.273/.324 .222/.272/.323 Those are the triple slash stats for the Orioles against Justin Verlander and David Price respectively. Those are without a doubt, pretty dismal numbers. Of course, Verlander and Price are two of the top pitchers in baseball, so many...
Luke and Tucker talk about Kevin Gausman’s call-up
Luke Jackson and Tucker Blair exchanged e-mails about Kevin Gausman after the news broke on Twitter that he'd be making his big league debut against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Thursday evening. The e-mail exchange that you'll read below was inspired by what you'll...
Bird Talk – Episode 29
In this week's episode of Bird Talk the guys review the previous week in all its "glory", talk about Jair Jurrjens and the rotation, discuss the controversial call on Sunday, get into the impressive performance of Manny Machado, talk some minor leaguers, and bring Dan...
Minor League Players of the Week: 5/13 – 5/19
(Discuss this article on the BSL Message Board here) Position Player of the Week: L.J. Hoes - OF .391/.482/.565 (9/23) with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K (AAA) Mr. Hoes has been sneaky good this season. He continues to show great discipline at the plate, with an...
Jim Johnson blew a save on Saturday because baseball
All screenshots are via MLB.tv and MLB.com. Radar readings are from FOX's scoreboard. Click photos to embiggen. (You can discuss this article on the BSL Board here.) If you've ever happened to be on Twitter after your favorite team's closer blows a save, odds are...