AFL NEWS 10/10
phillyOs119
10/10/17
The Salt River Rafters won 4-3.
Santander DHed and batted 4th and went 1-4 with a 2B and a K.
Mountcastle played 3B and batted 5th, went 0-1 with a BB...
HHP: The Moose Lets Loose
by Moose Milligan
I don't really get any of the incessant whining about this rebuild. Most of us were around for 1998-2011. This is...
HHP: Spiritof66 Interprets Ruling.
I think it's important to comment on what I believe is an erroneous view of the controlling provision of the MASN agreement, Section 2.J.3. I'll try to be brief...
HHP: Brooks Robinson
by Roy Firestone
When I was a very young kid and, like now, a huge Orioles fan, I always looked to Brooks Robinson as my hero.
He was the nicest ballplayer...
HHP: Hoosiers has Ideas
If the Os sign picks 6-10 for $10k each, that frees up near $800k for over slot signings within our bonus pool. The Os can pay a tax and...
Arizona Fall League
Read about it here.
Mountcastle stars.
AZRon on Yesterday
I attended yesterday's game at the Peoria Sports Complex (Spring Training home of the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners) between the...
HHP: Dan Duquette on the Hot Stove
by wildbillhiccup
The team needs to focus their efforts on adding to pitching staff. He likes the bullpen and thinks it's strong, but acknowledged they needed starting pitching. He also wants...
HHP: jdwilde1 on Hellickson Trade
Per Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer "They still owe Hellickson roughly $7 million, which they will pay in order to sweeten the return."
If this it accurate, it looks...
HHP: Minors Musings – RZNJ
Cedric Mullins seems to be back up to speed with 2 homers and a .298 average over his last 10 games. Cedric has 8 homers in 30 games or...
Rule Five: Jose Mesa Jr.
By: Luke Siler
I've watched some video on Jose Mesa Jr. and here is my scouting report.
Physical - Big boy, tall and thick throughout.
Delivery - Old school over the top...
HHP: Frobby’s Anatomy
Anatomy of the 10 times the O's have lost a 3+ run lead this year
The O's have fizzled away a lead of 3 runs or more on 10 occasions...
HHP: Frobby breaks down the 10 game winner question
Poster glenn_davis pointed out how few times post-Mussina the Orioles had a pitcher they drafted win 10+ games for them in a season.
There have only been seven pitchers drafted...
HPP: PhillyOs119 on Aberdeen
This was my first time seeing most of the players, so I don't want to jump to any conclusions based on one look.
Position Players
Chris Johnson (3B) - rehabbing, looked...
HHP: spiritof66 – What I can’t figure out
I can't figure out what Duquette (or anyone else n the organization ) is planning because we don't know what directions and constraints come from the owner or how...
What Two Trades Will the Orioles Make This Week?
A game and a half behind in the Wild Card? Over .500? It's a given. Who will they pick up and will it really cost anything other than cash?
Join...
Fits for Britton – Two
Buster Olney of ESPN writes this
"Kansas City was in a similar situation with Wade Davis last winter. Davis pitched effectively in 2016 but had some arm trouble, and Davis locked into...
HHP: At His Head
by RZNJ
First off, John Farrell is a cry baby for complaining so much about Machado's slide the other night. He's also a hypocrite. But what he did today in...
HHP: Chris Davis did decide to come to Fanfest
by foxfield
"He agreed to come but missed the flight. Stood right there an just watched it..."
HHP: Atomic (Cimota) and the 11th Pick
The 11th pick in the draft has only provided 237 total WAR.
Only 9 guys drafted 11th have provided 7 WAR or more in their careers.
No one does that well...
HHP: Frobby has Fun with the Forbes Numbers
by Frobby
I spent a little time putting together a spreadsheet of some of the income/expense numbers published by Forbes for 2018, so I could compare the O’s to other...
HHP: Legend of Joey Reviews Break Camp Rosters
Norfolk
Nice to see Akin gets bumped up. With the way the new regime was talking, you didn't quite know...No big surprises with the pitching. As far as catching, I...
Sarasota Notebook 3/3
by Eric Garfield
Good morning from Twin Lakes. Today is a staff report day and a few fans are here too as there’s no...
HHP: Trey, Bein
by Roy Firestone
It's too premature to anoint him anything.
We've seen a ton of flashes that never even got the pan..let alone in it, but something feels real here.
He's an...
Fits for Britton – Three
Cesar Becerra of Dodgerway writes
"The Dodgers aren’t giving up either of their top prospects for a reliever coming off of an injury-plagued season that is only under contract for one full...
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