Baltimore Orioles Baseball
The Importance of Being Earnest, Or Why the Orioles Need to Act Now
On October 4, 2016, the playoff road to the 2016 World Series began with the Orioles vs. Blue Jays Wildcard game. It was an interesting situation for me personally. I had grown up three hours south of Baltimore and had been an Orioles fan for as long as I had followed...
7 Teams In The Running For Machado
As we approach the All-Star break, the Manny Machado rumor mill party is picking up the pace. On Saturday, Eduardo Encino of the Baltimore Sun reported that seven teams have made offers for the Orioles’ star. The report cited an unnamed source (general manager Dan...
Baltimore Orioles Top-15 Prospects: Mid-Season Update
With the July 6 draft signing deadline approaching, the Baltimore Orioles are seeing a new crop of prospects enter the farm system. That, combined with the performance levels of players already in the system, warrants an updated look at the Orioles top-15 prospects....
Stocks Up, Stocks Down For Baltimore Orioles Prospects
Over the course of this season, several notable Baltimore Orioles prospects have seen their stocks fluctuate. While a few have struggled and prompted questions about their statuses, others are raising their profiles and looking more like long-term options for the...
Thoughts On Ned Colletti And The Orioles
In a story tailor-made to stoke the always-smoldering embers of internet outrage and snark, Ken Rosenthal reported over the weekend that the Baltimore Orioles have interviewed Ned Colletti. The reactions came fast and furious and were mostly either ambivalent or...
The Orioles Are 20-50; Our O’s Analysts Discuss
After a 10-4 Father's Day win vs. the Marlins; the Baltimore Orioles are 20-50 for the year. BSL's Oriole Analysts Bob Harkins, John Perrotto, and Brandon Warne give their thoughts on this disaster of a season, and where the O's go from here. (You can discuss this on...
Cleveland Makes too Much Sense for Manny Machado
The Baltimore Orioles enter play on Wednesday with a record of 19-47. Every other team in baseball has at least 20 wins. No other team has fewer than 22 (Kansas City) and only six teams have 40-plus. The long and short of it is that the Orioles are going nowhere fast,...
Orioles 2018 MLB Draft Q&A With Adam McInturff, 2080 Baseball
In a lost season for the Baltimore Orioles at the Major League level, full attention turns to the future. Last week the Orioles went through the June Amateur Draft, adding talent to the system. To discuss the Draft, Baltimore Sports and Life (BSL) reached out to Adam...