Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Adam Jones Blows Bubbles and He Probably Should
Last Friday's game, Adam Jones dropped a difficult, but catchable, fly ball where he had to turn back and catch the ball running on his glove side. To make matters visually worse, this happened while he blew a bubble with his gum. The dropped fly resulted in the...
Kevin Gausman Game Scouting Report
I attended Bowie's opening night at Prince George's Stadium on Thursday. RHP Kevin Gausman was on the hill, which brought a lively crowd to the park. Gausman was very lively himself. Gausman is known to have a power arm and has already shown doses of his extreme...
Orioles Trade Luis Ayala for a LOOGY
As we discussed Monday night on the Bird Talk podcast, the Orioles were running an 8 man bullpen leaving the team with only 3 bench players. One of these bench players is backup catcher Taylor Teagarden, leaving the team with only 2 players who could be substituted...
Zach Davies Game Scouting Report
For my first minor league game of the year I headed up to Frederick to see RHP Zach Davies on the mound against the Winston-Salem Dash (CHW). Davies is a small framed pitcher, barely weighing 160 lbs. He was easily the smallest person on the field. Size does not...
Bird Talk – Episode 23
In this episode of Bird Talk Kevin, Tuck, and Lance review the first week of the season for the Baltimore Orioles, talk about the offense and whether we should really read into how impressive its been as a whole, Manny Machado's defense and potential, and also touch...
MLB Power Rankings – Week 1
The first week of the season is officially in the books and that means it is time to put together the first real MLB Power Rankings of the season. If you want a refresher on how my power rankings are calculated then you can check that explanation out here, otherwise...
Paper Orioles: Win Projections on 4/8/13
Each year I use a variety of different win projection tools to keep track of the Orioles' progress over the year. The point of this is not to chain yourself to certain methodology or have any belief in the whole "why even play the games" silly mantra people love to...
Minor League Players of the Week: 4/1 – 4/7
I will be running these awards throughout the entire season. These are my choices, depending on whom I have seen or deem as standouts during that time period. Keep in mind that there will often be multiple players deserving of the award. *This was a short week with...