Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Thoughts on Wieters
When Wieters was promoted May 29th, there were 114 games left in the season.My prediction on his stats were:300 batting avg, 15 homers, 57 rbi, 850 OPS, 53 walks, 65 k's, 19 doubles, 100 games, 395 at-bats.From his initial game against the Tigers, I noticed him having...
Matusz’s domination continues, moves to 7-0
Brian Matusz's domination of the AA Eastern League continued last-night, as he improved to 7-0.Working 7 scoreless innings, Matusz allowed 4 hits, 3 walks, with 6 k's.This brings his cumulative AA numbers to: 45.1 innings pitched, 30 hits, 2 homers, 10 walks, 45...
Brandon Erbe with a solid outing for Bowie
Brandon Erbe made his 3rd start for Bowie, after returning from injury, and had his best results last-night. In 6 innings of work, Erbe allowed 4 hits, 2 er, 2 bb's, with 4 k's. Erbe, who turns 22 on Christmas Day, has one of the bigger arms in the system.He should...
David Hernandez today
Interesting start for Hernandez today. Hernandez has made 3 consecutive starts of at least 6 innings. He is coming off his first outing in NY, and gets to make his first apperance in Fenway today. Was able to battle out of trouble against NY in the 1st, and allow only...
Baltimore Sun – Tillman expected to start Wed
According to the Baltimore Sun, Chris Tillman is expected to get the start Wednesday vs Kansas City. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-osnotes725,0,5713223.story
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....