Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Santander Showing Signs
The 2020 season will be remembered for many things. That goes for some many things beyond Covid. For the Baltimore Orioles, it may be remembered for a group of over achieving castoffs from other organizations making a playoff run. But, it could be remembered for...
Late Inning Hitting
When Pedro Severino launched a two-run homer in the eighth inning against the New York Yankees on July 30, it started a larger trend for the Baltimore Orioles: they’ve had one of the best offenses in the last three innings of their games. While the Orioles still ended...
Orioles: 25 Thoughts Before Game 25
The Toronto Blue Jays are leaving Baltimore having swept the Orioles in a 3 game series. The Orioles have now lost their last 4 games overall, and are 12-12 on the season as they await the arrival of the Boston Red Sox tomorrow night. Here we give 25 thoughts on the...
Should The Orioles Add?
The first 23 games of the 2020 baseball season are over. Normally, 23 games wouldn’t be enough to teach us much of anything. It’s still early, we’d answer repeatedly when asked. Hey, there’s still 139 to go, right? Well, 2020 isn’t any other season, so in this case,...
3 Up, 3 Down – August 17, 2020
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 Anthony Santander -...
The Warehouse: The Orioles Are Hot!
On this episode of The Warehouse, Bob Harkins, Matt Kory, and myself discuss the streaking Baltimore Orioles. - The O's are hot, and exceeding expectations... - What's sustainable? - What's not? - Matt expands on his article from earlier this week. - Reaction to our...
Should The Orioles Commit To Alberto?
Can we get too caught up in the analytics? Most fans, pundits, and analysts will look at a player and then see if he fits the model of a modern day baseball player. Does he walk enough? Does he hit for power? Is he producing at a young enough age to give hope that...
Can They Really Do It?
Before the season started, I joked about what it would take for the Orioles to be competitive. It wouldn’t take too much, I thought, just everything on the 2019 club has to be much much better. The 2019 Orioles were, in case you missed it, bad. FanGraphs has them 28th...