Luke and Tucker talk rotation, Machado and more
Luke Jackson and Tucker Blair e-mailed back and forth about the Orioles. It was inspired by what you’ll see sometimes on Grantland. Luke and Tucker exchanged e-mails during Tuesday night’s game against...
View ArticleLuke and Tucker talk about Kevin Gausman’s call-up
Luke Jackson and Tucker Blair exchanged e-mails about Kevin Gausman after the news broke on Twitter that he’d be making his big league debut against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Thursday evening. The...
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The Kevin Gausman Arbitration Clock Is Now Ticking
The Baltimore Sports world is awash with excitement right now as one of the Baltimore Orioles top prospects is set to make his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays tonight. Starting pitcher...
View ArticlePoint/Counter-Point: Gausman, Wieters, Puig, and Yankees
Should the O’s extend Matt Wieters? Lance Rinker Point: Catcher Matt Wieters hasn’t quite turned into the offensive juggernaut we all thought and hoped he would be through his first four seasons in the...
View ArticleDespite The Winter Non-Action, Orioles Close To Contention
The budget. The owner. The two phrases are frustrating to fans. Fans don’t want to hear about budgets or owners killing deals. Fans just want their team to have a plan, execute a plan, and ultimately...
View ArticleGausman’s Time Is Now
It is true that Major League Baseball has a problem when it comes to keeping pitchers healthy. It is also equally true that it is in the best interest of teams to keep its players under control for as...
View ArticleAL East Beat: 5 Things, Week Two
The season is still fresh enough to have that feeling of newness and it doesn’t quite have the grind quality just yet. As teams are completing their second full week of action, the reality of the Major...
View ArticleAlmost Time To Free Gausman
It’s always about the money. Teams will talk about limiting innings and making sure that a player is ready for the rigors of a Major League Baseball team lineup. They’ll talk about protecting players...
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Is the Orioles Rotation A Concern?
The Baltimore Orioles currently sit with the third highest team winning percentage in all of baseball. They are 8.5 games ahead of both the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays (who are both losing...
View ArticleFact & Opinion: Orioles Version
With the usual apologies to former Baltimore Sun columnist and current baltimoreravens.com contributor John Eisenberg, here is my initial attempt at my version of “Fact & Opinion”, in regards to...
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They Said, We Say: Orioles Talk December 8th
In what will be a new regular series here at Baltimore Sports and Life (BSL) we will pull commentary found elsewhere, and give some reaction in what we are calling ‘They Said, We Say.’ Jonathan...
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Kevin Gausman should be in the 2015 rotation from Day One
Britt Ghiroli, the Orioles beat reporter for MLB.com, recently posted a chat from her blog. This question was asked about Kevin Gausman: There was a lot of back and forth with Gausman last year. What...
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How will the rotation fare in 2015?
Over the next few weeks, I will be putting out a series of articles focusing on the rotation, bullpen and offense. In these articles, I will look at what I feel are the best and worst case scenarios...
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What should O’s fans be looking out for this Spring Training?
As I type this, it is about 15 degrees outside and the wind chill makes it feel even colder. Weather like this can’t help but make you think about how you can’t wait for winter to be over and spring to...
View ArticleEarly Orioles Musings
Baseball is different vs. other sports. Next fall, when the Ravens finish their Week 1 game – it will be early, but there will be legitimate takeaways that you can have about the roster. How many games...
View ArticlePotential upcoming roster moves?
The Orioles are off to a 7-5 start and are currently tied with the Red Sox for first in the division. The difference between first and last is 1.5 games, so obviously things are tight early on. The...
View Article100 Games Left in the Orioles Season After Today
With a 6 game winning streak, the Baltimore Orioles enter play Sunday at 31-30. Meaning that even if they don’t complete the sweep today vs. New York; the O’s will be sporting a .500 record with 100...
View ArticleO’s Draft and MiL Q&A with Nick Faleris, Baseball Prospectus
To get some insight on the Orioles 2015 draft, as well as some of their minor league talent, I asked Nick Faleris for his thoughts. Faleris is well known on our board and he just finished up doing work...
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An Experience-Based Aging Curve
Baseball players are assumed to follow a general aging curve that peaks around age 27, when his physical and mental attributes are perfectly tuned. At 27, so the thought goes, players have been in the...
View ArticleThe Baltimore Orioles At The Break
With a 3-2 Sunday loss to the Washington Nationals, the Baltimore Orioles enter the All-Star break at 44-44 overall. Here we review what we’ve seen from the O’s to date, and project what awaits during...
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