Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Alomar in the O’s Hall, But What About Moose!
Roberto Alomar was named yesterday as the newest player inductee to the Orioles' Hall of Fame. At first look, this seems like a somewhat peculiar selection. Alomar spent only three seasons in Baltimore. Two of them were exceptional seasons ending with playoff...
Minor League Players of the Month: April
Position Player of the Month: Caleb Joseph - C .310/.357/.607 (26/84) with 10 2B, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 6 BB, 21 K (AA) Sometimes a player needs to simply relax. I was at Prince George's Stadium during batting practice this month and overheard Joseph talking with some coaches...
Bird Talk – Episode 26
In this episode of Bird Talk the guys talk about the performance of the team and various players the previous week, they talk to the injury expert himself Will Carroll about Dylan Bundy's injury and PRP treatment, they also have on Jeff Sullivan of FanGraphs to talk...
Paper Orioles: Win Projections on 4/29/2013
So here we are, four 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 (4/29/2013) mJS PWE mBP Parcells fWAR 4/1/2013...
Minor League Players of the Week: 4/22 – 4/28
Position Player of the Week: Gregory Lorenzo - OF .478/.458/.739 (11/23) with 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB (A) I was able to catch Lorenzo last week. He was still the same energetic and lively player as always, giving 100% effort on the field. Of course he decided to...
Arrivals and Departures on Orioles 40 Man – 4/28/2013
Well, the Orioles juggled some players and seem to have changed option dates on Alex Burnett, so we are in for another posting of Arrivals and Departures. If you want a quick primer, you will find it here. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me at...
Jake Arrieta is Jason Hammel — Kind Of
This past week, Dan Connolly was talking to Jason Hammel about the struggles Jake Arrieta has been going through this season. Here is an excerpt: “I know exactly how he feels,” said Hammel, who was the Orioles’ Opening Day starter this year at age 30. “Honestly, he...
Aggressive Baserunning and Pacific Outfielders
The season is still quite young as the Orioles have 139 games remaining, but there has been something that has caught my eye. I was thinking about Russell Carleton's article several years back at Baseball Prospectus on the Conservative Nature of Third Base Coaches. ...