Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Orioles: Four Can’t Miss Prospects In 2021
What will minor league baseball look like in 2021? It’s December 8th and we have no idea. At least one Baltimore Orioles minor league affiliate will be gone, the seasons at each level will be shorter, and an entire level of minor league baseball will disappear. As...
Orioles 2021 Minor League Roster Projections
As exciting as it is to see the Orioles minor league system consistently rising in the ranks of places like Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and Baseball Prospectus since Mike Elias took over running the team we haven’t been able to see the results of that in practice...
Stewart Benefits From Nunez DFA
On Friday, the Orioles said goodbye to one of their most reliable power hitters over the last few years when they designated Renato Nunez for assignment. In his three years and 263 games in Baltimore, Nunez hit 47 doubles, 50 homers and drove in 141 runners, good for...
Orioles DFA Renato Nunez
In a not completely unsurprising move, the Orioles designated Renato Nunez for assignment. The move saves Baltimore somewhere between $2-$4 million depending on what they would have had to pay him through arbitration, and opens up a spot on the team’s 40 man roster....
Orioles Protect Six from Rule 5 Draft, DFA Núñez
The Baltimore Orioles added six players to their 40-man roster on Friday, effectively protecting them from the Rule 5 Draft and answering one of the most pressing questions of their offseason. (You can discuss this on the BSL board here.) Since the 2020 season ended,...
On The Verge – The Orioles Should Protect These Guys
On this episode of On The Verge, we make our predictions for which prospects the Orioles will protect by placing them on the 40 man roster, who will be taken off to make room for them, and discuss the player to be named later from the Hector Velazquez trade. You can...
On The Verge – Players Named Later
Check out the latest episode of On The Verge, as Nick Stevens, Zach Spedden, and myself discuss the new Orioles top 10 prospect list from Baseball America, the two players named later from the Tommy Milone trade, and some other minor news from Birdland over the past...
How Rylan Bannon Could Help the 2021 Orioles
As they prepare for the 2021 season, the Baltimore Orioles have several questions surrounding their infield depth. While time will tell how the Orioles sort out their options, expect prospect Rylan Bannon to help them at some point in 2021. (You can discuss this on...