The Orioles have singed infielder Matt Antonelli to a contract, presumably for the minimum as it's a major league deal. If that's the case, I like the move. The former top prospect no longer has the ceiling he once did at age 26, but with Brian Roberts potentially not being able to play it's nice to have some decent depth (gives the team extra flexibility with Robert Andino and Ryan Adams around as well). And Antonelli brings some needed on-base to the club. He hit .297/.393/.460 for the National's Triple-A affiliate last year. His career numbers at that level are .237/.347/.369. The average is low largely due to relatively few home runs (19 in 273 games) to go along with a BABIP of just around .275. He didn't strike out all that much (around 16% of the time), and managed to keep his OBP up by walking over 13% of the time. Antonelli's only gotten 65 career plate appearances in the big leagues - batting .191/.292/.281 - and that came back in 2008. He's pro...
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