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Ist es Over Für Mich?
After a 24-2 beatdown at the hands of the apparently mighty Cincinnati Reds the Orioles sit at 9-12 on the season which is good for 4th place in the AL East. The O’s have put me in an interesting spot where I look at the 9-12 record and I know it’s bad but it’s not…
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Updated Jersey Patch Rankings
I understand why sponsorships and ads are necessary. I don’t mind there being an ad for MasterCard on the back of the pitching mound and it doesn’t bother me when a stadium gets renamed after an insurance company but the sponsored patches on the jerseys I find very annoying. These sponsored patches started in 2023…
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It Takes Three To Tango
Ever since Adley Rutschman first debuted Orioles fans have been hopeful that he’d be extended soon and as more and more of the Orioles prospects have come up and performed well the list of guys to extend keeps getting longer and longer and yet not one member of the Orioles core has been extended. So…
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Save Me Gunnar Henderson
The Red Sox came into their series against the Orioles on a 3 game losing streak with all their best hitters ice cold at the plate and their ace pitcher coming off a disappointing (by his standards) first start of the season. They left yesterday on a winning streak, with their top hitters red hot…
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Orioles – Blue Jays Series Recap
What could be more exciting than starting the season with a 4 game split!? The Orioles had an up and down first four games of the season with the offense oscillating between explosive and non-existent on a game to game basis and the pitching staff holding on for dear life. Here are the main takeaways…
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Perfect Preseason Predictions (PPP)
I started writing this predictions blog with the intention of very seriously predicting who would win each division and make the playoffs, but about halfway through it I became overwhelmed by how futile it felt to try accurately predict the season with my feeble mind. I thought back to a year ago and realized that…
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Early Season Roster Crunch
It takes more than 13 position players to make it through the regular season. At some point during the season several of the guys who don’t make the opening day roster will play for the Orioles and prospects like Coby Mayo and Samuel Basallo will get called up without there having to be any controversy…
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Lose – Lose
After a disappointing spring training Coby Mayo was optioned back to minor league camp. Before leaving he gave one of those “real” quotes that people always wish athletes would give but then don’t love so much when they give them. “It definitely is difficult, it obviously sucks because you feel like you’ve proven everything you’ve…
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The Battle of Attrition for the AL East has begun
Every year during the offseason contending teams stock up on players via free agency and trades and the night before spring training every fan base knows more or less who is going to be on their team. They can look at Fangraphs’ roster resource and see who will be in the rotation and who will…
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The Risks of Being Risk Averse
With spring training underway there is no shortage of cliche quotes floating around the baseball atmosphere. There are dozens of guys in the best shape of their lives, every pitcher in the league is experimenting with a new pitch or arm slot and all of the worst teams in the league are planning on surprising…
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