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...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES After the American League Cy Young Award was announced Wednesday night, a little bit of controversy followed. Boston’s Rick Porcello captured the honor, partially because two writers – both in the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America – left...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Over the years, the Arizona Fall League has become a pretty integral part of the baseball landscape. It gives fans, front-office personnel, scouts and media something to pay attention to when the World Series ends. And it gives select minor leaguers – some...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Things haven’t been easy for the High-A Frederick Keys recently. They finished 68-72 overall in 2016, their fifth straight losing campaign. They haven’t been a real force since winning the Carolina League in 2011 with a pair of infielders named Manny Machado and...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES There’s just something intriguing about analyzing baseball prospects. Who really knows which ones will pan out and which ones will end up fizzling before they reach the majors? Like the draft, breaking down prospects can be a crapshoot. I guess that’s part of...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Of all the Orioles’ minor league affiliates, none did better record-wise than the Low-A Delmarva Shorebirds, who just missed qualifying for the South Atlantic League playoffs in the first half. The Shorebirds, managed by former Oriole third baseman Ryan Minor, ended up with...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Most Oriole fans are familiar with the organization’s top prospects, whether that’s Chance Sisco, Trey Mancini, Cody Sedlock or Hunter Harvey. But there are plenty of other players trying to push themselves to the big leagues from within the minor-league system. And the...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The Short-A Aberdeen IronBirds didn’t exactly have a great season in the New York-Penn League. They finished last in their division with a 32-43 record. But it’s pretty easy to take some positives from their season based on the pitchers that dotted Aberdeen’s...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES If you have paid attention to Orioles baseball over the past, say, couple decades or so, you know that the club never plays well at Rogers Centre – aka the Skydome – in Toronto. Since the 2000 season began, the Orioles are 56-97...