Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Mike Pelfrey: A Risk Worth Taking
Continuing to explore opportunities in the free agent market that may present themselves to the Baltimore Orioles as potential bargains let’s turn our attention to Mike Pelfrey. The New York Mets (reportedly) plan to non-tender Pelfrey, who had Tommy John Surgery in...
Bird Talk – Episode 4
Bird Talk - Episode 4 :01 - Robert Andino Traded/Orioles Trade Chips :14 - 40-Man Roster :18 - Arizona Fall League Update :25 - Chatting with Jonathan Mitchell (Guest) :55 - Looking at International Free Agent Kyuji Fujikawa
Is Now the Time the Baltimore Orioles Trade Pitching?
With the recent slate of teams willing to give up some of their top hitting prospects or one of their better positional players for pitching, the question must be asked – should the Baltimore Orioles seriously consider trading one, or more, of their best pitchers? Jim...
What Awaits The Birds in ’13?
Thanksgiving has now passed, the Winter Meetings are right around the corner, and Spring Training is beginning to loom on the horizon. Here are some general thoughts on the roster, and what we see as the biggest questions and story-lines heading into 2013 for the...
Under the Radar Moves the Baltimore Orioles Should Make
Given that the deadline to finalize the 40-man roster for each team in baseball was this past Tuesday, November 20 at 11:59 PM, there was a flurry of activity as teams made the moves necessary to protect players they didn’t want made available in the Rule V draft, as...
Bird Talk – Episode 3
Bird Talk - Episode Three :01 - Shape of the American League East :12 - Josh Hamilton :18 - Free Agency/Bargain Hunting :26 - Special Guest Brandon Warne from FanGraphs and the Minneapolis Star Tribune :49 - Buck Showalter Extension :56 - Mailbag
Free Agency and Marginal Tax Rates
Taxes have been a hot commodity lately with the massive trade sending several big contracts north of the border. While tax rates are a very complex topic that I certainly am not an expert in, I know just enough to be dangerous and hope to walk you through what...
American League East Musings
Some brief American League East musings. 1) The Baltimore Orioles should get it over with already and make a trade for Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer. Sure, it would cost us an arm and a leg but we get the best defensive left fielder in all of baseball and he is also...