Baltimore Orioles Baseball
If George Sherrill is traded, who closes now?
If George Sherrill is traded now at the 2009 non-waiver deadline, the question of who closes in the immediate aftermath for a last-place team is of limited concern.Obviously, if you are trading a player like Sherrill, you are doing so because you believe he is at the...
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports says Colorado is after Baez
I would doubt it is possible, but if the O's paid Baez's salary, I wonder if they could obtain Colorado's AA Short-stop Chris Nelson?Nelson has only played 29 games with AA Tulsa, and I am unaware of what injury he was dealing with.Nelson turns 24 in Sept... in his 29...
Liz with a strong outing, how will he be positioned in 2010?
At AA Bowie last night, Liz went 7 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits, 0 bb's, with 8 k's.This leaves his 2009 AA numbers as:3-1, 2.05 era, 44 innings, 35 hits, 10 er, 1 homer, 12 bb's, 38 k's. If Tillman gets the call to the O's next week, it might be Liz (and not...
Time to regroup before arriving in Beantown
The Baltimore Orioles have been swept in New York, and started the 2nd-half at 1-5 overall. The 6 games have been marked by a lack of clutch-hits, baserunning mistakes, and poor starts. With the 3 game losing streak, the O's have fallen to twelve-games under .500 at...
Matusz moves to 6-0, ERA under 2
Brian Matusz moved to 6-0 at AA Bowie last-night. In 7 innings of work, Matusz allowed 4 hits, 1 er, 1 homer, 1 bb, with 4 k's. This lowered his era to 1.88.At Bowie, Matusz has now won each of his 6 starts. He has pitched 38.1 innings, allowed 26 hits, 7 walks, with...
O’s reach tentative deal with Sarasota County
The Herald Tribune announced yesterday that the O's reached a tentative deal with Sarasota County. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090721/BREAKING/907219942/2055/NEWS?Title=Sarasota-County-reaches-tentative-deal-with-OriolesIf approved, the O's would start ST...
You can wallow in the loss or see the positive
The Baltimore Orioles squandered numerous opportunities to win last night, in a 2-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Held scoreless after a 1st-inning homer from Nick Markakis, the O's seemingly had nearly endless chances to breakthrough. You could concentrate on that,...
Berken or Tillman, who do you want starting Wed?
I am quite sure that Tillman will be promoted in-time for the KC series starting 7/27, but I would like to see him Wednesday.Yes, I understand it is on the road against NY, and everything that brings.No matter who, or where Tillman makes his ML debut, there is going...