Baltimore Orioles Baseball
A note on the construction of the O’s rotation
The Orioles in 2012 used an abnormal amount of roster moves throughout the season to band-aid a rotation that broke down. Only Wei-Yin Chen made it through the entire season without being removed from the rotation due to injury or ineffectiveness. Jason Hammel...
Hitting Them Where They Ain’t: Flyball and Homerun Distances
I found some interesting data on the distance of flyballs and homeruns from 2007 to the present over at Baseball Heat Maps. I'm not exactly sure what they can be used for either than describing what has happened as opposed to what underlying talent is present. That...
Fun With Splits – Day/Night Games
The Orioles have won 23 games this season, just 2 games behind this point last season when they won 25 of their first 39 games. Unlike last year though, the 23 wins they've accumulated this season aren't looked at as a fluke, or at least not nearly as big of one. The...
Manny’s Backwards Run and the Rule Book
Last night in the eighth inning, we had an interesting scenario. The Padres sent Gregerson to the mound to face Manny Machado. Machado hit a grounder to the first base side and met Gregerson about 10 feet in front of first. Gregerson went for the tag while Manny...
Prospect Watch: Balog, Boss, Joseph
Nik Balog - 1B/DH Balog has the size of a good first basemen, standing at 6'3" 220 lbs. There looks to still be some room for him to possibly fill out even more down the road, although he is already 23. He stands tall at the plate, keeping his hands calm and at ease....
Bird Talk – Episode 28
In this week's episode of Bird Talk the guys review the previous week, dive into the issues of the starting rotation, talk about the improved performance of the bullpen, get to some minor league updates, preview the week ahead, and Brad Cook from Out of the Park...
The American League East, A Three Team Race
If the season ended today then three teams from the American League East would have earned themselves a playoff berth. The Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Yankees would each be in with one of them taking the division and the other two earning...
Orioles Scouting Reports
The National Baseball Hall of Fame has recently released a database of scouting reports on a section of its website called Diamond Mines. There's also going to be an exhibit at the Hall of Fame Museum in Cooperstown, New York for the next two years. The exhibit and...