Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Who Could The Orioles Trade Next?
The dust has settled on a pretty turbulent trade deadline and it’s time to look around and survey the situation. Manny Machado is gone, which was no surprise. Same with Zach Britton, Brad Brach and Darren O’Day. In a mild surprise, Jonathan Schoop was dealt away to...
Assessing the Returns on the Deadline-Day Deals for the Orioles
The Manny Machado deal more or less signaled it, but the Baltimore Orioles continued to embrace the “tear it to the studs” approach as the 2018 trade deadline approached on Tuesday afternoon. While center fielder Adam Jones will remain in Baltimore for the rest of the...
Adam Jones Has Been A Great Oriole; He Shouldn’t Be Back In 2019
One of the primary frustrations of the 1998-2011 era of futility, was how much time was wasted by the Baltimore Orioles not rebuilding correctly. That began to change before the 2008 season when the Orioles traded Erik Bedard to Seattle, and brought back the package...
Orioles: Don’t Call This A Rebuild….yet
Late last night, we received word that the Orioles had dealt Zach Britton to the rival New York Yankees for a package of 3 minor league pitchers. This was another signal of the Orioles waiving the white flag on what could go down as the worst season in their history,...
A Brief History of Orioles Plate Discipline
As you might have heard, the Orioles have a bad offense this year. They have .228 batting average, 33rd-worst in history, and many of the batting averages that are worse than the 2018 Orioles occurred in the noted offensive downturn of 1968. The 2018 Orioles' offense...
Evaluating The Trade Of Manny Machado To The Dodgers
Today is a bittersweet day for fans of the Baltimore Orioles. The O's have traded the most talented player this organization has ever produced, Manny Machado, to the Los Angeles Dodgers. For many Orioles fans, it will never matter what the incoming players ever do at...
Scouts On The Other Orioles Who Will & Might Be Traded
Manny Machado is gone, headed off to the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, the All-Star shortstop may not be the only Orioles player dealt leading up to the July 31 deadline for making trades without securing waivers on a player. Left-handed reliever Zach Britton,...
The Orioles Near-Term Outlook With Three Hypothetical Trades
The positive aspect of this disaster of a season is that we're not entering late July wondering if the Orioles could stay within striking distance of the 2nd Wild Card. As such one era has formally closed, and from those ashes another begins. (You can discuss this on...