Baltimore Orioles Baseball

Chris Tillman has pitched a no-hitter for AAA Norfolk, with his complete game shutout of Gwinnett.He allowed just 1 walk, and had 6 k's. This comes on the heals of his last outing, where he went 8 innings, and allowed 7 hits, 3 er, 0 bb's, with 5 k's. Bringing him...

As I wrote yesterday when he was promoted, while I hated seeing the O's leave Spring Training in 2009 with Alfredo Simon as part of the rotation, I was happy to see he was coming back to Baltimore to join the pen here in 2010.Even though I felt he was miscast as a...

Two years ago, I was openly very irritated by the arrival of Alberto Castillo to the Oriole bullpen. I saw a guy that was 32 years-old, had reached High A ball in 1998 and was in independent leagues for the following decade. I could read his stats, and see that he had...

As suggested in this blog last-week, the Orioles will be promoting Alfredo Simon to join the bullpen prior to beginning their series with the New York Yankees tomorrow. While I am still disturbed that Simon opened the 2009 season as the O's 3rd starter, I feel good...

Troy Patton was rocked tonight for AAA Norfolk. In 6.1 innings, Patton allowed 10 hits, 7 er, 2 walks, and 3 homers. With the loss Patton falls to 1-3, with a 8.00 era. I am sure it was disappointing for Patton, as he was coming off a strong 6 inning, 2 run outing his...

Jake Arrieta is dealing again tonight for AAA Norfolk. In 7 innings of work, Arrieta has allowed 2 hits, 0 er, 1 bb, with 11 k's. His era now stands at 0.36, as he has allowed just 1 er in his first 25 innings of work. In those 25 innings, he has let up 13 hits, 10...

I have made the point several times that I do not believe Trembley is the problem for the Baltimore Orioles, but it is pretty clear he is not the solution either. Even if a Manager only directly impacts 5 or so games a year, you still have to hold someone accountable...