We’ve made it through another offseason. Three of the Orioles’ four full-season affiliates – Double-A Bowie, High-A Frederick and Low-A Delmarva – will kick off their 2018 campaigns Thursday. The Baysox (against Harrisburg) and the Shorebirds (against Asheville) open at home, while the Keys start on the road at Myrtle Beach. Triple-A...
It’s kind of hard to believe, but the Frederick Keys haven’t had a winning season since Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop patrolled the infield at Harry Grove Stadium in 2011. This could be the year, though, that the Keys get back on the winning side of things, especially if Frederick’s rotation can...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play We’ve made it to Round 2 of our Minor League Podcasts focusing on specific affiliates in the Orioles’ system. Last week, Adam Pohl, voice of the Double-A Bowie Baysox, and Dean Jones Jr., minor league reporter for BaltimoreBaseball.com, dissected the Short-A Aberdeen IronBirds...
Believe it or not, there are fewer than two weeks before spring training begins. Orioles pitchers and catchers will report to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 13. A day later, they’ll start workouts. Position players are due to report a few days after that (Feb. 18), with...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play Today kicks off our Minor League Podcast series on each Orioles’ affiliate, how the teams performed in 2017 and what they can look forward to in 2018. This one is sort of a combination podcast – a look at the Aberdeen IronBirds last...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play The Orioles host their annual, three-day mini-camp in Sarasota starting today, allowing the club’s major league staff to take a look at the organization’s pitching depth. It’s an extensive list of invitees that includes lefties Keegan Akin, Richard Bleier, Nestor Cortes Jr., Andrew...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play The Orioles will host their annual minicamp in Sarasota, Fla., next week, giving the big league staff a chance to look at some of the organization’s more intriguing minor leaguers before spring training rolls around. Certainly, the club’s three Rule 5 picks will...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play Dan Duquette’s love for the Rule 5 draft is often joked about – sometimes bitterly – in Orioles’ circles. The bottom line, though, is that the Rule 5 is an inexpensive way to build depth. And the club has had some success, at...
Earlier this week I spoke to a major league scout from an opposing team about the Orioles organization. You can read the first part – which takes a look at some of the current big leaguers – here. Today, we’re running the second and final segment, which focuses on several players that...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play We always talk about the Baltimore-to-Norfolk shuttle, about how the Orioles are always dropping down to Triple-A to get reinforcements. Maybe like no other organization, the Orioles are continually promoting and demoting players between the majors and minors. You knew that. But...