Baltimore Orioles Baseball
O’s 2009 Season Win Total; how much does it matter?
In March of 2009, I called for the O's to win between 72-77 games. The range was based on not knowing when Wieters would be recalled, and not sure how fast (or if) the Orioles would promote Bergesen, Hernandez, Reimold, Tillman, and Arrieta. All season-long, I have...
Arrieta hits a rough-patch; other Minor League Notes
Jake Arrieta is going through some recent adversity for AAA Norfolk. Last-night, he made his 3 consecutive start that was under 6 innings of work, and 3 consecutive start with at-least 3 walks. In 4 innings of work, he allowed 6 hits, 3 er, 3 bb's, with 5 k's. This...
O’s lose; the ‘core’ performs
The Baltimore Orioles lost 3-1 in Boston last night, when a late-rally fell short. While dissapointed that the O's were not able to squeeze across two or more runs against Papelbon in the 9th; I was happy to see some of the Oriole youth step-up for the challenge....
Baltimore in Boston for the weekend
The 41-53 Baltimore Orioles head to Boston to face the 55-39 Boston RedSox over the weekend.After being swept in NY, the O's have lost 3 games in a row, and seen their road-record fall to 15-32.Boston has lost 5 games in a row, to fall 2.5 games behind NY. At Fenway,...
Tillman roughed up
Chris Tillman was roughed-up a bit tonight for AAA Norfolk. In 3.2 innings of work, Tillman allowed 6 hits, 4 er, 4 bb's, 1 homer, with 4 k's. In his 84 pitches, he threw only 45 strikes. It was a rough-enough outing that I am sure it will give the organization some...
Local discussion on Roberts off-base
Lately, there has been a lot of local discussion lately that Brian Roberts (and a perceived lack of effort) is one of the problems facing the Baltimore Orioles.I see this conjection and discussion about Roberts as a total non-issue.He has a career .772 OPS, and is at...
Rowell interview on Comcast Sportsnet
Comcast Sportsnet had a good interview last-night with the O's 2006 1st round pick Billy Rowell.You can find the video in the Orioles Section of the link-below.http://comcastsportsnet.tv/pages/videopagemain The interview provided an interesting glimpse into Rowell's...
2010 bullpen, if Sherrill is traded at 2009 non-waiver deadline
I am not sure I believe it will happen, but for the purpose of this discussion, let us assume that Sherrill is traded now at the 2009 non-waiver deadline. By June 2010, we could be looking at a bullpen that looks like:UeharaJohnsonAlbersHernandezRayBerken / Mickolio /...