New Prospect List

Oriole Think Tank has added a top prospect page.
Check it out Hopefully, we’ll be seeing some of these guys finding success in Baltimore soon.

Mash Unit

It’s been a rough weekend for the O’s The O’s are hurting
Miguel Tejada has a “balky left hamstring”
Brian Roberts is on the 15 day DL with a strained left groin
Kevin Millar got hit in the wrist with a pitch and is day to day
Javy Lopez is day to day with back spasms
Of course, [...]

Corey Patterson

Last night marked the second straight 3 for 4 performance.
During his mini-tear, his average has jumped from .156 to .275. Will this last? Patterson has great speed and defense, but he strikes out so much….is it worth it to keep him in the line up?
I have noticed in the past two games that [...]

.500

Back at .500….
This isn’t completely unexpected.
As much as I love the O’s, there are holes on this team.
The rotation is young and with a new pitching coach, results won’t be seen right away.
The offense is inconsistant.
The bullpen is half young and half patchwork.
The outfield is an issue
*Before he got hurt, Matos has been a [...]

Day at the Ballpark

Last year we got a new minor league team to replace the AA Greenville Braves, who left to Missisippi after a dispute with the city over a new ballpark. The old ballpark was a dump in the strongest sense of the word. They didn’t get their park and left town, so last season the city [...]

Player of the Game

For Toronto:
Jim Brower 1/3 inning pitched
3 Runs 3 Earned Runs 2 Walks and 11.45 ERA
For the season…
In 10 games and 11 innings
17 Hits 14 Runs, all earned 3 hit batters 11 walks and 8 K’s
I think it’s time that the Orioles quit tormenting and release this guy.
He’s had two decent outings the last time, but [...]

The Bullpen and Big Money

The Post has a good article about Chris Ray’s big Friday.
We’re really lucky that Ray looks to be the real deal. Imagine how things would look if he wasn’t. That would make LaTroy Hawkins closer by default, and I don’t care to see him in the ninth again. Not after the Angels game. [...]

Bonus Post

Here’s a bonus post….
Bruce Chen’s performance has been rough to watch thus far this season.
0-3 7.84 ERA 20.2 innings pitched 29 hits 20 runs 18 earned runs 8 homers 8 walks and 13 Ks
Rodrigo Lopez’s numbers are comparable to Chen’s numbers
1 1 7.20 25.0 30 21 20 7 8 14
I’m not [...]

Mora extended?

It appears that the Melvin Mora extension is immenient
I don’t know what to think on this. Mora’s one of my favorite Orioles right up there with Cal, Eddie, Moose, and the one and only BJ Surhoff. I can’t say anything bad about Melvin. He was the only active Oriole player to attend Elrod [...]

Playing catch-up

Haven’t posted much this week, so I’m going to post a few articles that I haven’t gotten to this week.
How about that game Friday night? If there was any doubt about Chris Ray being able to be the Orioles closer were answered. There’s no bigger stage in baseball than Yankee stadium. Bases loaded, [...]