Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Orioles: Still Rough In ’21, Better In ’22, A Contender In ’23
The Baltimore Orioles entered this 2021 season perceived by everyone as one of the worst teams in baseball. The initial 13 games of this season certainly haven't challenged those perceptions. If you as a fan entered this season not caring about the record, and are...
Tinkering Here And There With The Roster
It was an encouraging start to the year for the Orioles. A sweep in Fenway is the definition of encouraging, in fact, but since then things have been more along the lines of what we might have expected, namely more losing than winning. That doesn’t mean there haven’t...
On the Verge: 2021 MLB Draft Update w/ Stephen Loftus
On this episode of 'On the Verge' Zach, Nick, and myself are joined by Dr. Stephen Loftus, co-host of fellow BSL podcast 'The Warehouse', to talk about all things MLB draft as we near the half-way point of the amateur season. Will the Orioles stick to their recent...
3 Up, 3 Down – April 12, 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...
Thoughts On Mullins And Mountcastle
We’re now more than a week into the 2021 Baltimore Orioles season and outside of the heartwarming return of Trey Mancini, there’s been two players who have been earning most of the attention: Cedric Mullins and Ryan Mountcastle. Entering Saturday’s game, Mullins has...
The Warehouse: Orioles Week 1 And Draft Talk
As always on The Warehouse, I was joined by my colleagues Dr. Stephen Loftus and Matt Kory. Topics Discussed: - First time + through the rotation, thoughts? - It did not take long for Hays to end up on the IL. Doesn't matter how talented you might be, if you...
The Advent of Bruce Zimmermann
Twenty-six is old for a prospect. The scouting community has usually given up by then. Whatever great leap forward could be projected at 18 or 21 is assumed to, because of the brutalities of human aging, have fallen by the wayside. There are stretches of virtual road...
On the Verge: Opening Week Reactions
On this episode of 'On the Verge' Zach, Nick, and myself react to the opening week of the 2021 Orioles baseball season. Topics include John Means' dominance, the major league debuts of three players (Tyler Wells, Mac Sceroler, and Ryan McKenna), Austin Hays' injury,...