SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play There may be no team in the Orioles’ family of affiliates that will be more intriguing this season than the Frederick Keys. The Orioles’ High-A club in the Carolina League should be where many of the organization’s best prospects start 2017. The list...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play With spring training in full swing, several players are jockeying for the few available spots on the Orioles’ 25-man roster. But, each season under manager Buck Showalter and executive vice president Dan Duquette, the Orioles have shown a willingness to shuffle their rosters...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE With spring training officially underway, and prospect lists dotting the Internet, it seems like a perfect time to focus on a few of the Orioles more important minor leaguers heading into 2017. What are national sites thinking about catcher Chance Sisco? What is Hunter Harvey’s timeline coming...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE In fewer than two weeks, pitchers and catchers will be warming up in Sarasota, Fla. Right-hander Jason Garcia will be one of them. He almost certainly won’t make the 25-man roster out of camp, like he did when he was a Rule 5 pick in 2015, But...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES When you spend a lot of time in and around an organization, you pick up all kinds of useless – but interesting — information. It’s a hazard, and a perk, of the job. Adam Pohl, the voice of the Double-A Bowie Baysox, is...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The Orioles completed their three-day minicamp Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla., and one of the participants was right-hander Joe Gunkel. The 25-year-old Gunkel has been in the Orioles’ organization since he was traded by the Boston Red Sox for outfielder Alejandro De Aza in...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The Triple-A Norfolk Tides weren’t very good in 2016, going 62-82 and finishing last in the International League South Division. Yet, with a solid push down the stretch, the Tides actually found themselves in a bizarre divisional race that ended with the Gwinnett...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES It seems like many of us in the Baltimore media spend a lot of time on baseball’s annual Rule 5 draft – the process in which teams select minor leaguers from other organizations and must put them on their 25-man roster for the...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The argument can be made that no one knows the Double-A Bowie roster better than Adam Pohl, the “Voice of the Baysox.” Pohl goes on the road with the team, sees every game and has a tremendous institutional knowledge of the Orioles’ organization...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Happy Thanksgiving. Yes, it’s cliché, but on this day of reflection we at BaltimoreBaseball.com wanted to thank everyone for coming to the site this year. It’s been a heck of a ride in our start-up season, and we’ve been overwhelmed with the response...