Baltimore Orioles Baseball
The Warehouse: Episode 29
Joined by my colleagues Dr. Stephen Loftus, and Matt Kory; on this episode of The Warehouse we discussed: - Adam Jones commented in an article with The Sun, that when his playing career ends in Japan, he could be interested in Managing the Orioles. - This led to...
On The Verge: Spring Training Predictions
On this episode of On The Verge, Zach Spedden, Nick Stevens, and myself briefly discuss the minor league schedule being released before answering questions and making predictions based on what they think will happen in spring training. You can listen to the show here....
The Trey Mancini Situation
Baseball is a beautiful game, and beyond that it’s easy to get caught up in the intricacies and analytics of the sport, what someone’s batted ball metrics look like, how a slider is breaking, how someone hits against lefties. Often though what sticks with us is when...
How Zimmermann, Wells, and Lowther Could Help the 2021 Orioles
Entering the 2021 season, the trio of Bruce Zimmermann, Alexander Wells, and Zac Lowther are poised to be key parts of the Baltimore Orioles’ pitching depth. While the three southpaws appear likely to begin 2021 in the minors, they all should see time in the majors...
The Warehouse – Episode 28: Spring Training Arrives
On this episode of The Warehouse, Dr. Loftus, Matt Kory, and myself discuss: - The big news in baseball... the Tatis contract... - Best landing spot for Bradley Jr? - Who are the winners and losers of the off-season? - Matt's article on the Orioles defense... - New...
2021 DRAFT Model Debut
JuCo baseball has been going on for a month, and D-I games (hopefully) will begin tomorrow. On January 13th, Baseball America released their initial Top 200 Draft Rankings. All this points to the beginning of the 2021 Draft Season in earnest. For me, that beginning...
2021 Baltimore Orioles: Looking At The Defense
As fans we’re obsessed with hitting and pitching, but you don’t often hear about defense. Well, let me amend that. You do hear about defense, but you hear about individual plays, great plays, mistakes, but not about what is actually important on a season-wide scale,...
Scouting Overview
Hello Birdland! I’ve been thinking long and hard about how to best contribute to BSL and I’ve decided that the best way to do that is to draw on my personal experience as a scout and Front Office Executive. The pieces I’ve enjoyed the most as a fan were always “inside...