Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Orioles 1st-round Pick Matt Hobgood gets his first win
The Baltimore Orioles 2009 1st-round pick Matt Hobgood, earned his first professional win, last night for Bluefield in the Appalachian League. In 5 innings of work, Hobgood allowed 2 hits, 0 er, 0 bb's, with 3 k's. This gives him a total of 13 innings of work, where...
The LA Angels arrive in Baltimore for 4 games
The 68-44, first-place LA Angels arrive in Baltimore to face the 47-67 Orioles for 4 games starting tomorrow.The Angels are 20-9 against the American League East, and have won 3 games in a row.Heading into this series, the O's are 1-5 against Los Angeles. The pitching...
MASN – O’s withdraw offer to draft-pick Mychel Givens
The Baltimore Orioles Scouting Director Joe Jordan, announced to MASN that the O's have withdrawn their offer to 2nd-round pick Mychel Givens. http://masnsports.com/2009/08/os-withdraw-contract-offer-to.htmlHere is a link to my profile on Givens at the time of the...
David Hernandez moves to 4-4
David Hernandez moved to 4-4 with the win over Oakland last night. In 6.2 innings, Hernandez allowed 6 hits, 2 er, 2 homers, 1 bb, and 6 k's. The 6 k's were a Major League career high, and great to see. The two homers allowed, mean Hernandez has allowed 5 in his last...
Brandon Waring finishing strong at Frederick
Brandon Waring was obtained last December from Cincinnati with Justin Turner, and Ryan Freel for Ramon Hernandez. The package of players brought-back to Baltimore, was put together by Wayne Krivsky, the Special Asst. to the President of Baseball Operations (Andy...
Josh Bell starting hot for AA Bowie
The newly acquired Josh Bell is already producing for AA Bowie. With 3 hits in 6 at-bats last-night, Bell is now 7 for 19 (.368) in his first 6 games in the Eastern League. While Bell has been in AA all year (previously the Southern League), it is good to see him off...
Four moves for 2010
Here are four moves that I think the O's should consider for the 2010 season. Every move has to either improve you for 2010, or better prepare the team for the long-term. 1) Make the newly acquired Josh Bell the starting 3rd-baseman, and end his switch-hitting. In...
Arrieta rebounds with a strong start
After experiencing a recent run of mediocrity, Jake Arrieta rebounded last-night with a strong start for AAA Norfolk. In 6 innings of work, Arrieta allowed 6 hits, 2 er, 0 bb's, with 4 k's. This moved his combined season total of innings to 121.2. In 2008, Arrieta...