Baltimore Orioles Baseball

Chris Tillman takes the mound for Baltimore today, arriving just in-time to give fans of the Orioles something to watch. This past January, I gave my expectations for Tillman's 2010...

David Hernandez made 8 starts for the Orioles this year, and in 5 of those starts had 3 or less strikeouts. Tonight, in his first appearance out of the bullpen he had 3 in his 2 innings of work. He clearly showed better velocity, and movement then in any start this...

The 5 run top of the 8th for the Oakland A's last-night bothered me too much to write about it right away. I thought I would sleep on it, and write about it this morning. Well it is now morning, and I am still disgusted. During a season, there are going to be games...

One of the Orioles most intriguing prospects over the past several-seasons has been Brandon Erbe. Drafted out of McDonough School in Owings Mills, Erbe started his Oriole/Professional career with Bluefield in 2005.As he has been a recognized name for 5 years now,...

I'm not a huge proponent of pitch-counts, but Chris Tillman's start for AAA Norfolk last night caught my eye. Tillman pitched 6 innings, allowed 8 hits, 1 er, 1 bb, with 7 k's. He threw 117 pitches in total (78 for strikes). While 117 pitches is not quite Dusty Baker...

In 21 games in May, Adam Jones has 24 hits in 82 at-bats for a .293 batting average.He also has an OPS of .740 for the month. While that is still lower than you would like to see, it is not at a range where you can consider sending him down.As we have been saying all...

When the O's start their 3 game home series with Oakland, what should the 25 man roster look like?Assuming that the hamstring issue suffered by Simon today does not force him to the DL, here is the 25 man roster I would like to see by Tuesday night. Patterson...