Baltimore Orioles Baseball

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/organizational-rankings-16http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/2009-prospect-mine-baltimore-oriolesBetter informed than most national sites, but not a lot of new information covered in either article.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-wieters326,0,2653725.storyI am glad the O's are reassigning Wieters... he had no business making the team out of Spring Training, when they can get an additional year of service time by bringing him up April 17th. I did...

In 2.2 innings today against Florida, Penn allowed 7er, 5hits, with 3 walks, and 4 k's.Of those 5 hits, 3 were extra-base hits (2 doubles, 1 triple).My own opinion is that 10-15 poor innings in Spring Training, do not mean more than Penn being 24 years-old, and having...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-baez0325,0,3763148.story Excellent news... now hopefully Baez finds himself cut as well.

1) Does the team start the season with a 13 man staff? If you do, that means you are using a 3 man bench… that essentially is a 2 man bench, when you factor in the fact you will not use the back-up catcher.1a) If you do use a 3 man bench, that means the team would...

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2009/03/baines_elected_to_orioles_hall.html An Oriole for 7yrs, during 3 seperate occassions... he had a great career, that could have ended in Cooperstown, if he had better knees. For his overall career, the Eastern...

http://masnsports.com/2009/03/kojis-done.htmlOnly 57 pitches, but 7 k's in 3 2/3 innings.... should alleivate concerns about him being ready to start the 2nd game of the season April 8th.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/Trembley said that Pauley is out of the running for the rotation… nothing surprising here, we all knew that was coming.Schmuck theorizes that means Pauley will be placed on waivers…. That the rotation 1-4 is Guthrie,...