Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Potential Replacements For Duquette: Profiling Mike Elias & Jason McLeod
Yesterday the Baltimore Orioles announced Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Dan Duquette would not be returning. Today we start profiling potential replacements. The first two we will be looking at are Houston Astros' Assistant General Manager Mike...
Analytics, Managers, and the 2019 Orioles
As you read this, you probably have heard that Buck Showalter will not return next season to managing the Orioles. This is something that many Orioles fans and commentators have been expecting, although there were some who thought that Showalter would move to a front...
Orioles: Scouts On In-House Talent
A while back we looked at the top five prospects among the 14 minor league players the Orioles acquired in July during a series of trades before the non-waiver deadline. This time around, let’s look at who scouts from opposing teams believe are the top five in-house...
Orioles: An Embarrassing – And Needed – Season Ends; Bring On The Off-Season
Today, the Baltimore Orioles enter Game 155 of their season. They have 44 wins on the year. They are 60.5 games out of 1st in the American League East. They are 26.5 games out of 4th! Somehow, someway they've managed to put together a year even worse than the...
The 2019 Orioles and Openers
The Orioles have long had a rotation problem. Last year, I looked at the Orioles continual need to find starting pitching. 2018 proved no exception, as the rotation ranks at the bottom of baseball by a number of measures. 2018 is also a season marked by great...
Baltimore Orioles Top 30 Prospects Entering 2019
With the Minor League season over, a look at the Baltimore Orioles Top 30 prospects. (You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.) #1 Ryan Mountcastle, 3B, Bowie (AA) Ceiling: 55 (Above-Average Regular) | Risk: High | MLB ETA: 2019 Video | Report Futures Game...
Planning for 2019: A 10,000-foot View of the Draft
For all 2018 competitive reasons, the Orioles' season is over. They've been mathematically eliminated, the eulogy has been written, 2018 is dead and buried at Camden Yards. At this points, there are little stakes for the team beyond the young players establishing...
A Guide To Watching The Final Month Of The Orioles Season
As the Baltimore Orioles wind down what can charitably be called a difficult season, there is one truth that is self-evident: This is really hard to watch. And judging by the numbers, only a hardy few are still hanging in there. Indeed, according to one source,...