Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Michael Belfiore – More Than A LOOGY?
The Orioles seemingly have a full bullpen on paper. It becomes even more occupied when one considers that Brian Matusz, Tommy Hunter and a few other starters could end up there. The Orioles added Michael Belfiore to the 40-man roster this year after he showed some...
A Race to the Bench
Let me preface this by saying that spring training statistics largely mean squat. In stating that allow me to also say that it’s become difficult to ignore just how well the Baltimore Orioles have played this spring, they are currently sporting the best record in the...
Bird Talk – Episode 18
In this episode of Bird Talk we talk about the ESPN story on the Baltimore Orioles and whether the Birds can repeat their success from last year, we have some heated discussion about the collisions at the plate controversy going on in baseball right now between...
Double Play Artists: Baltimore Orioles Style
The Baltimore Orioles grounded into 152 double plays last season, the second most in all of baseball, and were just four behind the MLB leading Detroit Tigers. If there’s one thing we know it’s that double plays, with exception to the rare – yet awesome to watch...
2013 Projections: Wei-Yin Chen
Signed last year to a 3 year $12M contract with a club option for 2015, Wei-Yin Chen begins his 2nd year in the Major Leagues, with his spot in the Orioles rotation secure. When you look back at the reasons why the Orioles were able to exceed expectations in 2012, one...
Bird Talk – Episode 17
In this episode of Bird Talk we talk about the World Baseball Classic and the players from the Baltimore Orioles organization that are taking part in it. We go over our thoughts with the early returns of Spring Training so far and we also have Joe Hamrahi and Jason...
Talking American League East with Jay Jaffe
Jay Jaffe is a baseball columnist for Sports Illustrated, as well as being a contributor to Baseball Prospectus and the founder of FutilityInfielder.com. In addition to his writing, you can see him on the MLB Network, on the Clubhouse Confidential show. I had the...
2013 Projections: Adam Jones
Adam Jones is a big fan favorite, for reasons that are almost immediately obvious if you follow Jones on twitter. His twitter and instagram accounts are often filled with pure gold. Oh yeah, he's pretty good at baseball too. (You can discuss this article on the BSL...