Baltimore Orioles Baseball
To those that want to trade Jones
There are Oriole fans out there that believe the O's should be trading Adam Jones. Basically the idea would be to trade youth for youth, but to pursue players at areas of need such as 1st, or SS. With the regression in Jones' defense, coupled with his lack of plate...
Wigginton to Philly?
Chase Utley has suffered a thumb injury and will out for at-least the next 8 weeks for the Philadelphia Phillies.The Phillies are only 4 games out of 1st place, but are in 3rd place in the National League East. To get to the post-season, they are going to need to...
Should the O’s add Josh Byrnes to the Front Office?
The Arizona Diamondbacks have dismissed Josh Byrnes as their General Manager, even though he is signed through 2015 season.The former Assistant General Manager to Boston's Theo Epstein, Byrnes was granted an 8 year extension after the 2007 season when Arizona reached...
Overreaction from me on Reimold
Yesterday after reading in the Baltimore Sun that Nolan Reimold was going to miss several days on personal leave, I opined that 2010 was closing in as a lost year for him.http://baltimoresportsandlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/closing-in-on-lost-year-for-reimold.htmlAs he...
Zach Britton strong in AAA debut
Promoted to Norfolk this week, lefty starter Zach Britton was up for the challenge in his AAA debut. Over 6 innings of work, Britton held Charlotte scoreless on 3 hits, with 0 walks, and 4 k's. He also forced 11 grounders to just 2 fly-balls. A couple of more outings...
Bell Promoted – but for which position?
MASN is reporting that Josh Bell has been promoted from AAA Norfolk to replace Luke Scott who has moved to the DL:http://masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2010/07/bell-tolls-in-baltimore.htmlI will like this move regardless, but will like it more if the decision has been...
Closing in on a lost year for Reimold
The Baltimore Sun reported yesterday that Nolan Reimold is going to miss several games with AAA Norfolk with a family matter.http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/06/tillman_adds_two_seamer_reimol.htmlIt was widely circulated that Reimold had a lot...
.952 OPS in June for Jones
Going into June, everyone in Baltimore was talking about the prolonged struggles Adam Jones had shown since June of 2009. It had reached the point where many were speculating a return trip to AAA was going to occur. Jones ended that talk with his play this month, with...