Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Orioles Approach To Free Agency
Free agency in Major League Baseball begins 6 days after the World Series ends. Since the World Series ended on Sunday night with a Giants sweep, the beginning of free agency this year will start at 12:01 am on Saturday, November 3. After the Orioles successful 93...
The Two Biggest Free Agent Decisions the Orioles Have to Make
Raise your hand if you thought that the Detroit Tigers would be swept by the San Francisco Giants in the World Series when the matchup was officially announced. Yeah, me either. Now that the World Series is officially over all eligible players become free agents and...
2012 Orioles Prospects “On The Cusp” List
Below are some prospects that just missed my top 30 list, or need some improvements and experience before they are considered. The thoughts and views shared are a combination of my personal experiences and the reports and views given to me by sources within the...
Will the Baltimore Orioles Coaching Staff Remain Intact?
There are currently three teams (Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins, and the Toronto Blue Jays) without a manager at this point in the year, two of which fired their managers and another that traded theirs to the Boston Red Sox for a utility player. In examining those...
Baltimore Orioles Roster Review: Bullpen
The Orioles bullpen was, by all accounts, much improved over 2011. That's not saying too much, but I think it's best if we let these cherry-picked statistics do the talking: Team ERA (MLB) - 5th (3.00) Team fWAR (MLB) - 5th (6.4) Team WHIP (MLB) - 5th (1.21) Team WPA...
Matt Wieters: Expectations and Reality
The Baltimore Orioles All-Star catcher, Matt Wieters, is arbitration eligible for the first time in his career and my prediction is that he will earn somewhere between $3.5 and $4.2 million dollars. It’s possible that he could earn a bit more than the $4.2 million but...
Baltimore Orioles Roster Review: Infield
We continue our evaluation of the Orioles roster with a look at the infield. Early in the season, the team decided that Mark Reynolds had to be moved from third base over to first base because of his horrendous defense at the hot corner. After Wilson Betemit was...
2012 Orioles Top 30 Prospect List (10-1)
2012 Orioles Top 30 Prospect List (10-1)