Baltimore Orioles Baseball
What Are The Available Options? What Is The Best Possible Path?
Heading into tonight, the Orioles have lost their last four games, and are 15-19 overall. They are 8 games back of the Yankees in the AL East, 1 game out of the 3rd Wild Card (basically 7 teams within 1.5 games). The O's have been outscored by 30 runs, which is the...
Can The Orioles Raise Their Ceiling In May?
Last Friday night, the Orioles improved to 13-13 overall, with a 10-3 win over the Red Sox. In that game, the O's put up 6 homers, and received a promising start from Brandon Young. The O's had Trevor Rogers, and Kyle Bradish scheduled to start Saturday and Sunday,...
Facts And Opinions After 23 Games
After their 7-5 12 inning win last night at Kansas City, the Orioles improved to 11-12 in these early days of the 2026 campaign. Much of early-season baseball is trying to determine what's real, and what's an aberration? If you have a player with a historical...
10% Of The Orioles 2026 Season Is In The Books
Trailing 7-1 in the 6th inning last night vs. Arizona, the Orioles rallied for 9-7 victory over the Diamondbacks. With the win, the O's improved to 9-7 overall. The Orioles have won their last 3 games, and 5 of 6 overall. They are now tied with the New York Yankees...
Orioles Swept In Pittsburgh; Are 3-6 Through The Initial 9 Games
Evaluating baseball teams early in the season is always suspect work. Sample size becomes an annual discussion. Clearly the more data you have, the less noisy whatever statistic you are looking at becomes. So early on, you run the risk of both underrating, and...
Opening Day & The 2026 Season Arrives For The Baltimore Orioles; Quick Hits
Finding Comparisons For Enrique Bradfield Jr
If Spring Training finishes smoothly, we should expect to see Colton Cowser as this year’s Opening Day center fielder. However, it seems quite likely that we’ll end 2026 with Enrique Bradfield Jr. taking over the position. Bradfield Jr. is expected to offer the...
A Closer Look at the Chris Bassitt Signing
The Orioles didn’t land Framber Valdez. They didn’t land Ranger Suárez. Instead, they signed Chris Bassitt, and maybe that’s okay. After last season’s failed Charlie Morton experiment, the signing of 36, almost 37-year-old Chris Bassitt may not be the most inspiring...