HHP: Outs Above Average – Frobby
Statcast has come out with a defensive metric called “Outs Above Average” based on their Catch Probability evaluation for each fly ball than an outfielder fielded. Here’s how the...
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...
Trading Davis – Paul Coates
I am fairly certain that Chris Davis is wholly untradeable. There are maybe 4 or 5 contracts in baseball that are worse
Price: 18:$30M, 19:$31M, 20:$32M, 21:$32M, 22:$32M (4 YRS...
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...
Projected Orioles Opening Day Payroll 2018 by AZRon
For those who want to play GM, I am presenting the current projected opening day team payroll for the start of the next season. I'm dealing only with the...
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...
HHP: Sign Him
by Roy Alan Firestone
They say you should never think of contracts after someone does something really bad or really good.
I get that.
It's a long season and there are so...
HHP: Oriole MiLB Playoffs Races
by Legend_Of_Joey
Norfolk Tide: Yeah, about them...17.5 out, 2 games from being eliminated from playoff contention. They were just as bad last year but held on until near the end....
HHP: spiritof66 asks “Why is Peter Angelos doing the things he’s doing?
In a lengthy August 9 post in the “Astros GM is going to have a long 2 months” thread, I tried to explain the burden that federal and state...
HHP: Spiritof66 Untangles the Legal Succession
MLB's owners clearly have the right to withhold approval of the Angeloses owning the team. I don't know whether they would withhold that approval, but I think they would....
HHP: Orioles Infielder Development
by gfrank
What really encourages me about the Tim Beckham trade, even more so than this nice 4-game stretch, is the fact that the Orioles do actually have a really...
HHP: hoosiers Calls Out Oriole Needs
I believe the need to re-stock the farm system with good talent supersedes the need to fill the shortstop vacancy today with top 10-15 prospects. Teams already ahead of...
HHP: phillyOs119 values the trade
I think we are in agreement that the O's should have sold and sold big at the deadline.
In that context, I don't like any of the moves the team...
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: Frobby on Value
The player who is most valuable (or maybe better said, the biggest upgrade) over a full season is also the most valuable/biggest upgrade over the final third of a...
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: Roy Firestone Talks Adam Jones and the Orioles
Kirby Puckett once told me that “baseball is a game in the summer…and a business in the winter”
Sometimes the business of baseball can be harsh, to some it might...
HHP: RZNJ Muses on Minors
Yelin Rodriguez, drafted in the 20th round last year and doesn't turn 19 until November has pitched 6.2 innings with 3 hits, 1 HB, 1 walk allowed and 12...
HHP: Brenan Hanifee by phillyOs119
By: Luke Siler
First time seeing Hanifee pitch.
Hanifee is tall, slender, still has room to gain good weight but not so thin that he needs to gain weight.
He works fast...
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: Frobby’s Sadness
For me, the saddest part of being a fan is watching players who were huge contributors to your team decline to the point where they can't help the team...
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...
HHP: Miguel Castro
by Patrick Colon
Miguel Castro the game in a very tenuous situation, with the bases loaded and only one out in the top of the 7th inning.
On 7 pitches, he struck out...









































