Baltimore Orioles Baseball
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%...
Minor League Players of the Week: 4/29 – 5/5
Position Player of the Week: Henry Urrutia - OF .364/.391/.591 (8/22) with 5 2B, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K (AA) "Hammerin Hank" has been a fun little story down at Bowie. He's tearing the cover off the ball in the start of his professional career. Sure, he is 26 and there may...
Arrivals and Departures on Orioles 40 Man – 5/5/2013
There has been a great deal of movement over the past week, so we are treated by another edition of Arrivals and Departures. If you want a quick primer on options, you will find it here. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me at...
Orioles Q&A w/ Matthew Pouliot, NBC Sports
With the April schedule in the books, Baltimore Sports and Life reached out to Matthew Pouliot from NBC Sports / HardBall Talk for his thoughts on the Orioles. Our thanks to him for taking the time to answer some O's questions. Baltimore Sports and Life: As the...