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June 15, 2015

Pack Your Lunchbox: Is Snider Next to Go?

With the loss of Nick Markakis during the off-season, the Orioles needed to find another left-handed corner outfield to fill the vacancy.  The Orioles were able to acquire Travis Snider from the Pirates for a PTBNL (which turned out to be Steve Brault).  The front office spoke highly of the […]
May 17, 2015

Promises for the Future: MLB Debuts

With Mike Wright making his MLB debut, Scott thinks back to another prospect's debut. Is history repeating itself?
March 13, 2015

Little Deuce Coupe: Dylan Bundy and Velocity Variation

Should Orioles Fans Be Concerned about the Lack of Velocity during Spring Training for Dylan Bundy?
March 1, 2015

Power Failure: J.J. Hardy’s Home Run Deviation in 2014

View image | gettyimages.com   Sixty-four games, two-hundred sixty-one plate appearance, and nine-hundred and seventy-eight pitches.  This was the drought that J.J. Hardy was in during 2014 prior to hitting a home-run.  As a power hitting shortstop for the previous three seasons (30, 22, and 25 HR), the sudden disappearance […]
February 21, 2015

Death to the 7th Inning Stretch?

MLB is currently attempting to reduce the duration of baseball games through their pace of play initiatives.  One of these initiatives is targeted at the breaks in between innings and is broken down as such: A second new component to the pace of game program is the addition of timers […]
February 6, 2015

Change It Up: Gausman and the Circle Changeup

After bouncing up and down between Norfolk and Baltimore in 2014, Kevin Gausman stabilized himself on the roster in the second half with the injury to Ubaldo Jimenez.  This led him to a stat line of a 3.72 ERA, 3.35 FIP, 7.44 K/9, 3.00 BB/9, and 1.35 WHIP.  While not […]