Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Duchscherer makes sense if not handed a job
Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun has reported tonight that 33 year-old Justin Duchscherer has signed with the O's for 1 year with $700k guaranteed at signing, $1.1M when/if he makes the roster, and up to $4.5M if he makes 30 starts. This is a signing with possible...
National Writers Discuss The Baltimore Orioles
Recently we had the opportunity to ask several leading Sabermetricians their thoughts on the Baltimore Orioles. You can find that interview at: https://baltimoresportsandlife.com/?p=1753 Following-up on that Q&A, I have posed some additional Orioles related...
Ohman or Chen for O’s bullpen?
With the signing of Gregg, the O's bullpen currently looks like: Gregg Gonzalez Uehara Johnson Berken VandenHurk / Accardo / Rosario Patton / 2nd lefty (FA?) It has been reported that the O's will pursue a 2nd lefty to add to the pen. Some of the most likely...
FoxSports reports O’s sign Gregg
FoxSports is reporting that the Orioles have signed veteran relief pitcher Kevin Gregg. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2011/01/reliever-kevin-gregg-signs-two-year-deal-with-the-orioles/1?csp=34 The Baltimore Sun has confirmed it is a 2 year...
AL East by Position
With Lee signed, I thought it would be interesting to look at the division position by position. 1st base BAL) Lee BOS) Gonzalez NYY) Teixeira TOR) Lind TAM) Johnson 2nd base BAL) Roberts BOS) Pedroia NYY) Cano TOR) Hill TAM) Rodriguez SS BAL) Hardy BOS) Scutaro NYY)...
Orioles end 2010 looking much improved for 2011
The O's were 37-37 in their last 74 games last season, with a 4.13 ERA. After Showalter took over, the O's had 36 Quality Starts in 57 games with a 3.16 ERA. The O's have now majorly upgraded at 1st, SS, and 3rd. Roberts 2nd Markakis RF Lee 1st Scott DH Reynolds 3rd...
Orioles sign Free Agent Derrek Lee
The Baltimore Orioles have come to terms with Free Agent 1st baseman Derrek Lee. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/12/os_agree_to_terms_with_lee.html With any player his age (Lee turned 35 in September) there is always concern that this will be...
Extensions for Hardy and Jones?
In a recent Q&A with some National Sabermetricians (https://baltimoresportsandlife.com/?p=1753) I asked the analysts their thoughts on trying to extend Hardy and Jones. You can review the link for their answers, but my opinion is that extensions for both should be...