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The Week in Chat: 5/28/12
Dan Szymborski, Fangraphs.com12:05 Comment From Dauer With Power Still a lot of deep-engine work left to do to turn the O's into a winning franchise, but Dan Duquette's got a winning team now. What do you want to see him do at the deadline?12:06 Dan Szymborski: I expect the O's to be a bit off the pace by that point, hopefully pressure from the brainuntrustworthy upstairs...
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5 days ago
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Adam Jones is Staying
The Baltimore Orioles will officially announce the reported 6 year, $85.5 million deal today at 11:30 and Adam Jones will be patrolling the outfield at Camden Yards until 2018.Keeping a talent like Adam Jones in the organization is a good thing but the immediate questions you have when your team announces the largest free agent deal in their history is a) will Jones be worth the...
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6 days ago
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6 days ago
Oriole Farm System Sporting Six-Man Rotations
According to MASNSports.com's Steve Melewski, the Orioles are implementing six-man rotations in their farm system from AA down:The Orioles seem to really like the fact that their starters can get two bullpen or side sessions between starts in a six-man and feel that is a good way right now for some of their young hurlers to get their work in and make improvements to their game...
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8 days ago
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8 days ago
Adam Jones and Robert Andino Put Birds on Things
I am not sure what any of this means but I was amused watching Adam Jones and Robert Andino vandalize various structures (and people) in NYC.Your browser does not support iframes.
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9 days ago
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9 days ago
New Post on MASNSports.com: Andy MacPhail's Fingerprints
A new post on the Orioles Buzz blog on MASNSports.com about how Andy MacPhail's trades have brought players into the Oriole system who are big contributors to this winning team.Enjoy.
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10 days ago
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This Week in Chat: 5/21/2012
Where we filter all the week's chats down to their Oriole essence...Mike Axisa, Fangraphs.com12:34 Comment From The Oriole BirdESPN has the Orioles at a 42% chance of making the playoffs. That seems... optimistic. What are your thoughts on their chances?12:35 Mike A.: Do not like. I think they have a much better chance of being this year's Indians/Pirates than winning a wildcard...
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12 days ago
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12 days ago
Is It 2005 All Over Again?
Tuesday, Rany Jazayerli wrote an article for Grantland wondering if the Orioles are finally a winner in 2012. He has his doubts and begins by listing the multiple "teases" the O's have given their fans in the 21st century. Most of those comparisions are not really teases, at least not like the ride the Birds have taken us on this year. Most of examples Jazayerli points...
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15 days ago
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15 days ago
New Post on MASNSPorts.com: Mark Reynolds Could Be Worse
A new post up at MASNSports.com in which I mount a tepid defense of Mark Reynolds' performance thus far.If you don't see posts going up here, I will have a post up at the Orioles Buzz blog over at MASNSports.com every Tuesday morning.
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25 days ago
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25 days ago
Miguel Tejada Coming Back to Baltimore, I Try to Figure Out Why
Reports started late yesterday afternoon, first through a Twitter account that is billed as the official twitter feed of Miguel Tejada and then through various media outlets (although I believe Britt Ghiroli of MLB.com was the first) that Tejada was reporting to Sarasota for a workout and a physical with Baltimore.However, Tejada started talking. First, he went on Z101 in the Dominican...
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
New Post at MASNSports.com: Nolan Reimold and Other Delights
Hello all.I am writing a weekly post for MASNSports.com again this year. This post is about Nolan Reimold (shocker!) and the benefits of giving him playing time. Enjoy!
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April 18, 2012
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April 18, 2012
5 Things I'm Watching During Spring Training
The wins and losses are meaningless, so are most of the stats. But there is plenty to watch every year in Spring Training. A little late with this but since we are a week into the exhibition season, I wanted to outline the 5 things I am watching for while the O's tune up in Sarasota.1. Ryan Flaherty and Matt AntonelliThe former was the Orioles' Rule 5 pick, the latter a minor...
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March 10, 2012
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March 10, 2012
If You Can't Hit, Jorge Arangure Doesn't Care About Your Injuries
Oriole left fielder Nolan Reimold took a fastball to the face in the first inning of today's exhibition game against the Tampa Bay Rays and from all accounts, it was pretty nasty.Three innings later, we learned that IF Ryan Flaherty, the club's Rule 5 pick, took a pitch in the shoulder via Roch Kubatko on Twitter. Jorge Arangure replied to that tweet:Forget, for a moment...
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March 09, 2012
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March 09, 2012
Spring Training: Ed Smith Stadium Guide
I have finally come to terms with the fact that I will not be attending Oriole Spring Training 2012 and I have not been since the inaugural training in Sarasota in 2010. (sigh....)Since I cannot accurately update my Unofficial Guide to Oriole Spring Training, I instead point you to Spring Training Connection's review of Ed Smith Stadium. It is very thorough and a great resource...
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March 08, 2012
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March 08, 2012
Orioles and Korea: Troubling Signs for Baltimore's International Scouting Efforts
I wanted to comment on this article in Baseball America last week that breaks down the Orioles' debacle involving the attempted signing of Korean high school pitcher Seong-Min Kim.I have been pretty approving of all the changes the Orioles have been making under Dan Duquette and thought that shaking up the organization and focusing on international markets are fine ideas. The...
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March 07, 2012
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March 07, 2012
2012 Oriole Win Predictions
It's that time again. Today, I will try to predict the Oriole win total using estimated playing time, projections and the WAR spreadsheet from Beyond the Boxscore.I used Sky Kalkman's updated WAR Spreadsheet for the calculations and based on Matt Swartz's article on testing projections systems at Fangraphs.com, I used a combination of ZiPS and Oliver projections for the...
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February 29, 2012
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February 29, 2012
This Week in Chat: 2/13/2011
Where we distill all the week's baseball chats down to their Oriole essence...Fangraphs After Dark Chat9:27 Comment From SeanP Dan Duquette said that the Orioles couldn't get any team to trade prospects for Jeremy Guthrie. Does that change the outlook of the Guthrie-for-Hammel/Lindstrom trade?9:27 Chris Cwik:Not really. At least get something useful for Guthrie. The O'...
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February 13, 2012
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February 13, 2012
Obscure Oriole Transaction Spotlight: Chris Tremblay
Who says the Orioles haven't made any moves?Name: Chris TremblayPosition: 2BThrows: RHeight: 5'10" Weight: 185Age: 25Tremblay was born in Montreal and was drafted out of Kent State by he Padres in the 19th round of the 2009 draft.Up to this point he has been a light-hitting utility type (catcher, centerfielder and pitcher were the only spots he did not play in the Padre...
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February 10, 2012
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February 10, 2012
Orioles Trade Jeremy Guthrie to the Rockies
The Orioles have traded workhorse starter Jeremy Guthrie to the Rockies for SP Jason Hammel and RP Matt Lindstrom.While I am sad to see Guthrie go, he was likely gone at the end of the season anyway and would have commanded somewhere around $9 million in salary through arbitration this season. Like the Luke Scott situation, I'm not sure why Guthrie was still on the team and believe...
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February 08, 2012
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February 08, 2012
Oriole Rotation Projected to Improve
It is no secret to the long-suffering Oriole fan that a major factor in all the losing of late has been due to the team trotting out the most wretched pitching staff in the league for most of the past 14 seasons. Indeed, the team's collected hurlers have been unable to post a team ERA that ranked above 13th in the 14 team American League over the past four seasons. Could that...
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February 03, 2012
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February 03, 2012
The Wisdom of Signing Wilson
With the signing of Wilson Betemit, the Orioles seem to have found their DH for 2012.That is a statement made with tongue firmly in cheek but it's not as crazy as you might think. To beat the rotting horse's corpse that I love so well: AVG OBP SLG OPS G WAR 2009-2011 Betemit .284 .354 .467 .821 201 1.52009-2011 Guerrero .295 ...
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January 26, 2012
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January 26, 2012
Andy MacPhail's Christmas Gift to Baltimore
The Orioles have plenty of holes to fill this offseason and seemingly every offseason. But there is one critical position that they do not have to fill. Shortstop.You could make the argument that the rarest commodity in the free agent market this season is a shortstop who can hit and field his position well. (OK, good all-around catchers and starting pitching is probably a rarer...
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December 24, 2011
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December 24, 2011
The Endy Chavez Signing and The Oriole Free Agency Strategy Thus Far
The Orioles made it official and announced the signing of veteran outfielder Endy Chavez. The deal is reported to be worth $1.5M with another $500K in incentives.My enduring memory of Chavez was from a game I saw him play against the Astros in Montreal in 2003. He was manning center field for the Expos and made a couple of really nice plays defensively and stroked an RBI double to...
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December 21, 2011
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December 21, 2011
The Crystal Ball 2012: Matt Wieters
Matt Wieters is finally starting to fulfill the massive promise he showed in the minors.His bat finally started to come around and he flashed some of that power we expected to see from Day 1. He smacked 22 homers, and easily set career highs in slugging percentage and ISO. I don't think anyone believed that Wieters would be such a good defensive catcher but he delivered Gold...
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December 20, 2011
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December 20, 2011
This Week in Chat - 12/19/2011
Where we distill all the recent baseball chats down to their Oriole essence...Jason Parks, Baseball ProspectusWill T. (Cary, N.C.): Upside of Orioles RHP Parker Bridwell?Jason Parks: Could be an innings horse, but he still has a long way to go. He's a Texan, so that helps.@Lembeck451 (Detroit): Has Chris Davis officially become Chris Shelton (please say yes, please say yes),...
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December 19, 2011
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December 19, 2011
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