Baltimore Orioles Baseball
What’s Behind Nate McLouth’s Fast Start?
Last night against the Kansas City Royals, Nate McLouth went 1 for 3 with a walk and a stolen base. Hitting out of the leadoff spot for the Orioles, that raised his line for the season to .313/.414/.485. Getting on base in two out of his four plate appearances has...
Luke and Tucker talk rotation, Machado and more
Luke Jackson and Tucker Blair e-mailed back and forth about the Orioles. It was inspired by what you'll see sometimes on Grantland. Luke and Tucker exchanged e-mails during Tuesday night's game against the Kansas City Royals. LUKE JACKSON: The Orioles are 19-13 and...
The Correlation Between Catcher Performance and Rest
Catcher is one of the most demanding positions in professional sports. They play a pivotal role in all three phases of the game (Hitting, Pitching, Defense). A few players such as Yadier Molina and Matt Wieters are notably talented in all three aspects. These players...
Wins are an Imperfect Way to Measure Who is Best
Bill Parcells once uttered these words which have become a silly mantra. You are what your record says you are. Why is this silly? I think there is a kernel of truth in Parcells statement. Our current state is a product of what we have done, so in a way we are what...
Bird Talk – Episode 27
In this episode of Bird Talk, the guys do their weekly review of the Baltimore Orioles, take a look at Adam Jones' defense, discuss the surprising effort of Freddy Garcia, wonder if Chris Tillman is for real, Tuck gives his minor league updates (with some great...
Paper Orioles: Win Projections on 5/6/2013
So Here we are, five weeks in. If you want a refresher on the models used in this post, be sure to go to the original post this year. It can be found here. Expected Wins by the Baltimore Orioles using Five Projections (5/6/2013) mJS PWE mBP Parcells fWAR 4/1/2013...
The Baltimore Orioles Rotation Is A Concern
The Baltimore Orioles have been playing pretty good baseball all season long up to this point but that doesn’t mean there aren’t areas of concern with this team. It’s nice to have an offense that is performing as a top 10 offense overall, it’s nice that our lockdown...
20% Of The Season In The Books, Thoughts?
With an 8-4 Sunday victory in Los Angeles, the Baltimore Orioles capped a highly successful 3 city road-trip, with their 7th victory in 11 games. This improved the Orioles to 19-13 overall, and gave the Birds their 5th series win in the past 6 series played. With 20%...