Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Bird Talk – Episode 15
In this episode of Bird Talk we talk about the Baltimore Orioles arbitration agreements with their remaining arbitration eligible players, the Jair Jurrjens agreement that may not be happening, pitchers and catchers report, and we talk to Dan Szymborski from ESPN....
2013 Projections: Jason Hammel
Jason Hammel is currently the ace of the Baltimore Orioles pitching staff. In all likelihood, he is going to be chosen to start the ballgame on opening day versus the Rays. As of now, he is the best choice for the assignment. Remember last year when Jake Arrieta...
2013 Projections: Ryan Flaherty
Prior to that whole Ravens winning the Super Bowl thing we took a look at some of the players we expect to be on the Orioles roster in 2013, and what exactly they might be able to put together in the upcoming season. Our post about Troy Patton took a look at one of my...
The Unluckiest Man in Baseball: Jake Arrieta
There are some things in baseball that are difficult to make sense of when you expect a certain performance out of a player and then the results are well on the opposite end of the spectrum regarding those expectations. Sometimes though, the results versus...
750: The Baltimore Orioles Magic Number
If you listened to Bird Talk, show number 13, this past week then you may have noticed I mentioned that there is a magic number of runs scored that the Baltimore Orioles need to get to in order to compete for a playoff spot this upcoming season. My statement of course...
Bird Talk – Episode 14
In this episode of Bird Talk we do a review of MLB.com prospect guy Jonathan Mayo’s Top 100 list, we determine whether it’s worth the Orioles giving up their first round pick (24th overall) to sign either Michael Bourn or Kyle Lohse, and then we have Denver Bundy on...
Bird Talk – Episode 13
In this episode of Bird Talk we talk about the Baltimore Orioles signing Jair Jurrjens, we evaluate the offense and get into a debate about lineup construction, and Joe Lemire from Sports Illustrated joins us. Intro Music provided courtesy of: Baltimore Bishop - In...
A Deep Dive Into PITCHf/x with Jair Jurrjens
The O's signed Jair Jurrjens to a major league deal Thursday, worth a minimum of $1.5 Million. Jurrjens is an interesting guy because few pitchers have had the ups and down over the past few years like Jurrjens. Take a look at his numbers: 2009: 2.60 ERA in 215 IP,...