Last week we got the terrible news that both John Means and Tyler Wells are going to be out for the rest of the season. This sucks for both of those guys because of how hard they worked to get back from their last Tommy John surgeries and it also sucks because they were both…

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So far at just over 50 games into the regular season the Orioles regular hitters ranked in by OPS As a bonus here are the numbers of the prospects that have gotten some at bats  Kyle Stowers – .924 (it was .584 like 2 games ago but that is what a hot stretch will do…

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Ever since the 2022 season the Orioles Bullpen has been one of the team’s biggest strengths. In 2022 Jorge Lopez was an All Star, Felix Bautista broke out, and Cionel Perez had a 1.40 ERA. In 2023 Felix Bautista was a legit Cy Young Candidate, Yennier Cano was an All Star and last second addition…

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The Last Oriole to win the MVP was Cal Ripken Jr in 1991. Now 33 years later the Orioles have another franchise shortstop and it looks like in just his second full season he might win the award.  Gunnar Henderson has come out of the gates on fire.  He is tied for the American league…

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With the playoffs around the corner and 20 teams that will be participating in them all but locked in, I want to look at these 20 teams and try to sort out how much pressure each team is under.  Playoff pressure can come from many different sources, it can come from your best player potentially…

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We are just 2 weeks away from the Orioles’ last spring training game and the competition between position players to decide who will get the last up in the air 26 man roster spots is heating up. There are veterans who have been with the team for years competing with top prospects who appear to…

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This blog will be a bit shorter than the last 2 because there is only one prospect left to talk about and that is Samuel Basallo. Basallo is currently the Orioles #2 prospect and the #17 prospect in all of baseball.  Unlike the other guys we have talked about so far who have either already…

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If you thought finding room in the outfield for Colton Cowser and Heston Kjerstad was difficult then get ready for the even bigger challenge of finding room for Coby Mayo and Connor Norby in the infield.  The reason that it is so much more difficult to find spots for Mayo and Norby is because for…

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The thought for this came up as I tried to theorize what the Marlins might want in a trade for Jesus Luzardo and what the Orioles would prefer to give up in a deal for Jesus Luzardo or any other really good pitcher that might become available via trade.  Over the past few seasons as…

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When the Orioles traded for Corbin Burnes it seemed like they had put the finishing touches on an excellent rotation with 2 of the best pitchers by ERA last season in Burnes and Bradish at the top, a rising star in Grayson Rodriguez, a former All Star now almost 2 years off his Tommy John…

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