Baltimore Orioles Baseball
2021 MLB Draft: The Models, They Are A Changin’
If you study statistics for any length of time, eventually you'll run across the oft-repeated aphorism of noted statistician George Box. While similar sentiments pre-dated Box, he succinctly noted in a 1978 paper... All models are wrong but some are useful. That...
Down on the Farm – June 28, 2021
Welcome to ‘Down on the Farm’, a minor league spin-off of my weekly article ‘3 Up, 3 Down’. Every week I will highlight the three hottest and three coldest players in the Orioles minor league system from the previous week. Hopefully this will help in keeping track of...
Akin and Kremer have struggled; Who’s Next?
The Orioles pitching woes have reached new highs over the past month. With John Means sidelined due to a left shoulder strain and veterans Matt Harvey and Jorge Lopez struggling to make it past the fifth inning, the O's have been forced to rely on a number of young...
Rebuild Gray Area
How should you feel about your baseball team as an organization when the major league team is 23-52 with a top-five farm system that produces good news seemingly every night? That is the current dilemma Orioles fans are going through. In the third season of the Mike...
Orioles Prospects Flying Under The Radar
We’re now almost eight full weeks into the 2021 Minor League Baseball season and one thing is very clear, it is a fantastic feeling to have minor league baseball back on my TV every single night. Hot starts have started to stabilize, cold starts are thawing out,...
On the Verge: 2021 GCL & DSL Preview
Zach, Nick, and myself preview the upcoming Gulf Coast League and Domincan Summer League seasons as well as talk about the bevy of promotions at the end of last week, give a couple of injury updates on two notable players, and get ready for the big shows coming up...
Down on the Farm – June 21, 2021
Welcome to ‘Down on the Farm’, a minor league spin-off of my weekly article ‘3 Up, 3 Down’. Every week I will highlight the three hottest and three coldest players in the Orioles minor league system from the previous week. Hopefully this will help in keeping track of...
3 Up, 3 Down – June 21, 2021
Welcome to ‘3 Up, 3 Down’, the weekly column breaking down the three hottest and three coldest Orioles players based on their performance during the previous week. It has proven to be an interesting exercise and good opportunity to highlight the highs and lows of a...