Orioles Draft Primer: The 11th Overall Pick
Orioles Draft Primer
So with the on-field MLB product disappointing in 2018, it makes sense to look forward to the 2018 MLB draft as a...
Luke’s Prospect Hotsheet – May Edition
Luke’s Prospect Power Rankings
May Edition
An updated look at the Orioles top 50 prospects as I see them. I provided a brief write-up for players...
Austin Hays off to slow start with bad approach
There is little doubt it's early in the season and the weather has been terrible. Normally I don't start paying too close attention to...
Notes from the Field: 4/13/2018 Frederick Keys Pitchers
Cody Sedlock
4IP, 9H, 5ER, 2BB, 3K - 88 pitches, 47 strikes
The former 1st round pick started for the Keys.
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/984938368835424256
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/985048290759766017
Fastball sat 88-90mph and touched 92....
Quick Hits: Palmeiro, Wells, Sedlock, Hess, Teague, McKenna, Reyes
Cleaning out the notebook after watching three Frederick games and one Norfolk game. All games were watched on Milb.tv video from a centerfield...
Luke’s Prospect Power Rankings – April 2018
Luke’s Prospect Power Rankings - April 2018
An updated look at the Orioles top 50 prospects as I see them. Not a ton of movement...
Assessing the Orioles 2018 Bullpen Options
Relief pitchers are notoriously volatile and every year across the MLB, you see guys having strong seasons out of nowhere and established guys struggle...
Trey Mancini: Role Player or Future Star?
Going into the 2018 season, I've been thinking a lot about Trey Mancini. He's set to be the starting left fielder for the Orioles...
Quick Hits: Orioles Spring Opener 2/23
Welcome to Quick Hits, a new recurring feature this season. Quick Hits will be a short rundown of any video scouting notes I accumulate....
Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects For 2018: #1-10
Welcome to the finale of my Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018 countdown. If you want to check out the stats for these players,...
Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018: #11-20
Welcome to the penultimate installment of my countdown of the Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018. If you want to check out the stats...
Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018: #21-30
Welcome to the third installment of my countdown of the Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018. If you want to check out the stats...
Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018: #31-40
Welcome to the second installment of my countdown of the Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018. If you missed prospects #41-50 and my introduction,...
Luke’s Top 50 Orioles Prospects for 2018: Primer and #41-50
Primer
To start, let me introduce myself.
My name is Luke Siler, and those of you who frequent the message board probably know me as...
Dr. Shorebird at the Mini Camp
On the Right Path
The position promoted by the Orioles this week at the Pitchers Mini-camp seemed to be full of O’s. Optimism and Opportunity!...
HHP: Davis has Cut by Catch 8
Davis has cut -- as opposed to bulked-- the previous few seasons, and both the eye test and empirical data (Statcast) support rapidly declining...
Orioles Mini-Camp Begins
The Orioles have a three-day mini-camp starting today that focuses on pitching opportunities.
https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/950374300959330305
The Orioles list
LHP Keegan Akin
RHP Dariel Álvarez
LHP Richard Bleier
RHP Miguel Castro
LHP Nestor...
HHP: Frobby Posts Interesting Article on Keegan Akin
Interesting piece in Fangraphs this morning. It says that Akin’s velocity is nothing special, none of his secondary pitches are outstanding, nor is command,...
phillyOs119 Scouts Michael Kelly
by phillyOs119
Michael Kelly is the only player to sign a MLB contract with the O's so far this slow offseason. Despite my relative lack...
HHP: phillyOs gets Jiggy
Hey, for what it’s worth...
Steamer projects Cargo for a 101 wRC+
Steamer projects Austin Hays for a 102 wRC+
Steamer projects Anthony Santander for a 97...
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 -...
Rule Five Draft Preference List
By: Luke Siler
Introduction
This Rule Five Draft prospect list was a hard list to make, I didn't have enough time to watch significant game footage...
Rule 5 Target – Nestor Cortes – LHP
by Luke Siler
5th entry in this series.
Ok, so after targeting 3 RHPs, some have pointed out the Orioles need for a lefty, especially in...
A Pair Of Twins – Rule Five Targets
by Luke Siler
Nick Burdi - RHP
I'm not going to do an in-depth scouting report here because there is a lot of information on him...