Baltimore Orioles Baseball
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...
Riddle me this…
The Orioles announced today that they had signed 37year-old Chris Gomez to a minor league, non-guaranteed contract.http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-orioles109,0,556566.storyThis is the type of move that will be deemed by nearly all as of...
Baltimore Orioles – From 68 Wins to World Championship Contention within 3 years
How do the Orioles go from 68 Wins to World Championship Contention within 3 years? To me, I had believed the start of that was having a 2009 team that was capable of winning 85 games… with realistic aspirations of 2010 contention.The O's have decided to continue to...
If Roberts to the White Sox gathers legs…
Then I believe the trade should be Roberts for Baltimore's own Gavin Floyd, Getz, and either Lillibridge or Broadway (and honestly maybe both) with the WS getting a two day window to work on an extension.Getz is not some uber prospect, and both Lillibridge and...