Baltimore Orioles Baseball

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 /...

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...

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...

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...