Baltimore Orioles Baseball
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,...
Push vs Pull: JJ Hardy’s Spray Tendencies
JJ Hardy has been a positive asset for the Baltimore Orioles since joining them via trade (Thanks Twins). The defense has been plus, and he has filled the void at SS while players such as Manny Machado were not nearly ready for the show. Before I get too far, let me...
Bird Talk – Episode 12
In this episode of Bird Talk we talk about Earl Weaver, some contract extensions and arbitration, the bullpen, and we have Brett Hollander on from WBAL 1090 AM's Sportsline. 00:00:00 - Intro Music by Buried Beds: Steady Hand 00:01:05 - Earl Weaver 00:05:58 -...
Predicting the 2013 Baltimore Orioles
If you looked at the overall team stats for the 2012 Baltimore Orioles and compared them to the rest of the league, without looking at the final standings, you would never have guessed that they were a playoff team. Nor would you have guessed that they would have been...
The Potential Matt Wieters Extension
There has been a lot of excitement in Birdland this week with the extensions to Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter being announced. Since they both have been locked up through the 2018 season, it's time to turn our attention to the next Oriole who's up for a contract...
Prospect Watch: Nivar, Lorenzo, Moreno
Jose Nivar - RHP I've talked about Nivar a few times at BSL, mainly on the podcast. His name usually comes up when talking about fastball velocity. The reason? I have personally seen him hit 100 MPH on the radar gun before. He usually sits around 94-98 and the ball...
2013 Projections: Troy Patton
In December of 2007 the Baltimore Orioles sent Miguel Tejada to Houston, a trade which netted the O's 5 young players in return. Some of those guys have already come and gone (Matt Albers, Luke Scott) while others never truly made a significant impact on the O's...
Bird Talk – Episode 11
In this episode of Bird Talk we talk about the Hall of Fame results, whether no news is good news in regards to Brian Roberts, a little J.J. Hardy, and we bring on Matt Klaassen from FanGraphs to talk some ball with us. Music by Emperor X, song is Erica Western...