Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Thoughts on O’s selection of Machado
With the 3rd overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, the O's have selected HS SS Manny Machado. Probably unfairly, there are instantaneously positive and negative reviews of the selection to be found. Critiquing draft-selections within the moment is basically a fruitless...
MLB Draft tonight
The Baltimore Orioles have the 3rd overall pick in the 1st-round of the Amateur Draft tonight. One week ago, the consensus across the board was that the O's would be in position to take Jameson Taillon....
The worst mistake the O’s could make
The worst mistake the O's could make, would be completely gutting the roster and abandoning the plan. Some of you are looking at the Orioles ridiculously poor 15-40 (.273) record, and thinking of course everyone should go. Some of you are thinking about this decade...
54/54/54
The Baltimore Orioles have been historically bade during the initial 54 games of the 2010 season. 54 games represents exactly 1/3 of a 162 game year. During these remaining 108 games, I still believe the O's are capable of adding another 55 to 60 wins, which would...
Thoughts on Trembley’s likely dismissal
It appears that Dave Trembley's run as Manager of the Baltimore Orioles will officially end today. You can find message board posts on Orioles Hangout saying Trembley's wife has already publicized the firing via a Facebook message. ESPN's Buster Olney is also stating...
MLB Mock Drafts
We are less than a week away from the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft. Pretty much a clear consensus that Jameson Taillon will be available to the O's, and will be the selection at 3rd overall.With this type of consensus being seen on all of the sites, it breeds a bit of...
Arrieta showing improved control
Between April 29th and May 15th Arrieta had 4 starts for AAA Norfolk, where he allowed a total of 18 walks. No matter how good his other peripheral stats have been, you knew the O's were not going to promote Arrieta to the bigs without him showing improved control. In...
Hernandez 1 step closer to becoming the Closer?
I was a bit worried that Trembley would be unwilling to use Hernandez in a critical situation out of the bullpen during the immediate near-term. With that in-mind, I appreciated seeing Trembley hand Hernandez the ball with Alex Rodriguez coming to the plate and the...