Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Bundy, Esposito, and Delmonico signed; System Ranking?
The Baltimore Orioles won in Oakland last night, but their most significant victories of the day, were the deals they reached with 1st round pick Dylan Bundy, 2nd round pick Jason Esposito, and 6th rounder Nick Delmonico. Obviously Bundy was the most important...
Q&A with Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com
Jonathan Mayo is a Senior Writer for MLB.com. For several years, he hosted a variety of shows on MLB Radio, MLB.com’s internet radio network, including Around the Minors, a daily show devoted to baseball prospects. Mayo has also done extensive video work ranging from...
Q&A with Jason Parks, Baseball Prospectus
Jason Parks is a Writer for Baseball Prospectus, and the co-host of the BP Podcast. You can find Park's work with Baseball Prospectus at: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/author/jason_parks/ You can find the BP Podcast at:...
A Reversal of Thinking
You can argue that Mike Adams had more value than Koji Uehara, but I think once you account for the differences of the NL West vs. the AL East, and PETCO vs. OPACY; the differences are minimal. In the span of two days, the Texas Rangers traded for these two relievers....
O’s trade Uehara to Texas for Chris Davis, and Tommy Hunter
According to Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore Orioles have traded Koji Uehara to the Texas Rangers for Chris Davis, and Tommy Hunter. Davis is a 25 year-old lefty hitting 1st baseman, who has had 42 homers in the Major Leagues. Hunter is a 25 year-old...
Orioles Q&A with National Analysts 2
Earlier this Month, Orioles Hangout spoke with several National Analysts about the Baltimore Orioles (http://orioleshangout.com/blog/chris-corner/299/orioles-qa-with-national-analysts). With the Non-Waiver Deadline a couple of days away, Orioles Hangout has again...
Hindsight on Showalter’s Coaching Changes
After Showalter was hired last August, the O’s went 34-23. After the 2010 All-Star break, the O’s were 37-37. Despite that finish, there were wholesale changes to Coaching staff. Like many others, I was ambivalent at the time of this turnover. My logic at the time was...
What Starting Pitching Will the O’s Target?
Yesterday we wrote about some positional players which we could see the Orioles targeting this off-season: http://www.orioleshangout.com/blog/chris-corner/311/ramirez-pena-cuddyer-morneau-beltran--sizemore Included in that piece, we worked with the premise that the...