Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Orioles Rule 5 Preview: Tough Decisions to Make
Over the coming weeks, the Baltimore Orioles will have to make several tough decisions regarding their 40-man roster. Some of the team’s top prospects are eligible for this year’s Rule 5 Draft, meaning that the organization will have to make some moves to protect them...
Unlikely To Be Forgotten
On Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles completed a 60-game season that’s unlikely to be forgotten. The season included “road” games against the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards, as well as multiple 7-inning doubleheaders and extra innings games that started...
Orioles 2020 Season A Success On Multiple Fronts
It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year to forget. As a shortened 2020 MLB season quickly approached, for obvious reasons, I wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea. I wasn’t cheering against baseball, I spend 365 days a year watching/thinking about/writing...
Orioles: 3 Up, 3 Down September 28th
The Baltimore Orioles 2020 season has ended. Here we take note of the three hottest Orioles and the three coldest during this past last week of action. (You can discuss this on the BSL board here.) 3 Up Alex Cobb – 1-0, 1.29 ERA, 7 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 4 K, 1.14 WHIP Cobb...
Building A Birds Pen
Building a consistently good bullpen is hard. Relievers are notoriously mercurial in their abilities and health so achieving consistency and quality over a multi-year period from a bullpen is like asking your five-year-old to share his candy with his brother. It’s...
Most Valuable Orioles
Before looking ahead to the winter that will shape the 2021 Baltimore Orioles, let’s pay homage to their performance during a historic 2020 Major League Baseball season. It was a season that the Orioles seemingly shocked everyone by staying competitive for most of the...
Orioles: 3 Up, 3 Down September 21st
Every week that we have baseball this season, and enjoy every single one because it could disappear at any given moment, I will be taking note of the three hottest Orioles and the three coldest. (You can discuss this on the BSL board here.) 3 Up Austin Hays –...
Wrapping Up ’20, Thinking About ’21 And Beyond
The Baltimore Orioles have played 54 games in their abbreviated 2020 season to-date, with 6 games remaining on the schedule. When the O's season sends Sunday vs. Toronto in Buffalo, the focus turns to what comes next. Any forward looking plan, starts with a review and...