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Some Trades that Didn’t Happen
This trade deadline we saw a few big name starting pitchers move teams such as Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer but we also saw several teams who were “supposed” to trade their star pitchers decide to hold onto their players for a variety of different reasons. I wanted to run through the biggest trades that…
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Jumpin Jack Flash
With 10 minutes to spare before the trade deadline the Orioles traded for Jack Flaherty from the St. Louis Cardinals. It was an interesting move because while it was not surprising that Flaherty was traded it was a little surprising that he was traded to the Orioles since he had been linked to the Dodgers…
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The Angels are buyers I guess
This is a non Orioles topic but I can’t stop thinking about what the Angels did this week when they announced that they would not be trading Shohei Ohtani and then followed that announcement up by trading for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez. As I took in the immediate reactions of fans and media to…
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Could Félix Bautista Win the Cy Young?
On Thursday the Orioles were playing their first game in a series of 4 against the Tampa Bay Rays. After 8 and half innings Félix Bautista entered a tie game in the bottom of the 9th inning. This was somewhat unusual for Félix who, as the closer, is typically only called in to lock down…
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Who’s Who in the Orioles Bullpen
The Orioles have a top heavy bullpen. The top 3 guys have been incredible and they have the best closer in Baseball which is awesome but meanwhile everyone else has been somewhere between OK and bad. Just this week they made their first trade for a reliever in Shintaro Fujimani and hopefully more moves are…
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Trade Time
The trade deadline is approaching and for the first time in years the Orioles are going to be buyers! (They better be or else I’ll have to intervene) I was actually just rereading moneyball and there’s a part where Billy Beane talks about how every season you have two teams, the one before the trade…
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The Good and The Bad from the Orioles Starters this Year (There’s no ugly)
This post was supposed to be about who the Orioles could trade for to bolster the current rotation but I rambled on for too long about the current rotation so instead this is more a mid season report card for the starting pitchers. At the start of the season many experts underestimated the Orioles because…
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Joey Ortiz: The first victim of the Orioles logjam in the infield
Joey Ortiz is an elite defensive prospect who can play anywhere in the infield. Over the last year he has progressed as a hitter and gone from a glove first guy who’s offense was a bonus to an elite hitter in the minor leagues. This progress propelled him through the minors in the last year…
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Gas ’em up Grayson
Since being sent back to Norfolk after a somewhat disappointing stint in the Majors Grayson Rodriguez has been lights out. Before getting pulled early from Sunday’s contest he had gone 6 innings in 5 out of the 6 games since being sent down, he has only allowed 7 ER in 37.1 innings of work and…
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Ryan Mountcastle’s Return
Ryan Mountcastle came off the IL just before the O’s last game in Minnesota. With Ryan O’Hearn emerging as one of the best hitters on the team and Mountcastle struggling in the weeks before he went on the IL some fans have wondered if Mountcastle still has a place on the team or if he…
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