Baltimore Orioles Baseball
My 2009 Projection for Pie
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/Felix-Pie.shtml2006 AAA age 21 - 559 at-bats, 792 OPS, 158 hits, 33 doubles, 8 triples, 15 homers, 57 rbi, 17 steals, 11 caught stealing, 126 k's, 46 walks, 283 avg, 341 onbase, 451 slugging2007 AAA age 22 - 229 at-bats, 973...
Rosenthal reports O’s trade Olson for Felix Pie
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9097924/Sources:-Cubs-trade-CF-Pie-to-OriolesI have mixed feelings on this trade. Olson has plenty of potential of his own, and I am sorry to see him go. I also question the need to give up a young arm under your control, to obtain a...
Baltimore Sun says O’s near extension on Markakis
While Markakis is currently arbitration eligible, he would not be a Free Agent until after the 2011 season.The Sun is reporting the O's are close on a 6 year deal with Markakis, which would make him an Oriole through...
Optimistic Oriole Thoughts for 2009
My most enjoyable year following the Baltimore Orioles, was the year I turned 10 - the 'Why Not', year of 1989.I remember calling my Dad at his work on December 4th, 1988 when my favorite player Eddie Murray had been traded to the LA Dodgers.While I was upset, that...
Kubatko on O’s interest in Adam Dunn
MASN's Roch Kubatko reports that the O's would have interest in Dunn, but only as a DH and that Dunn wants to play the field. http://masnsports.com/2009/01/done-talking-about-dunn.htmlIt should be noted, that for his career, Dunn has played 127 Major League games at...
A look at the Orioles 40-Man Roster
Here is the current listing, which I count as a total of 38, non-inclusive of Uehara:http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=balYou can think of this listing in certain hierarchies:Franchise players - Matusz, Markakis, Jones = 3Solid Prospects /...
Some notes on Guthrie
On April 8th, he turns 30 years-old.. 2007 - 175.1 IP, 165 hits, 123 k's, 47 walks, 23 homers, 711 OPS, 1.21 G/F2008 - 190.2 IP, 176 hits, 120 k's, 58 walks, 24 homers, 693 OPS, 1.17 G/FHe has 56 career starts as an Oriole... 0 earned runs allowed - 2 times1 earned...
Trembley speaks
Dave Trembley spoke with the Orioles website today, and had some comments of note:http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jspymd=20090109&content_id=3738214&vkey=news_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=balFor purposes of discussion, we will list the following...