holliday...it would be so nice (a 2024 orioles)

Wouldn't blame you if you want to petition to get that removed.

They can improve on 2023 by going deeper in the playoffs. As with last season, pitching is the big concern.

xp stop posting the bad billionaire in the good billionaire thread

They can improve on 2023 by going deeper in the playoffs. As with last season, pitching is the big concern.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:04 AM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Exactly. This team played over its head last year and isn't an AL East winner in its current form. But this team plus a #1 starter and one more effective starter is a really different team equipped to make a run.

there's just sooooo much talent on the current 40 man roster and just on the cusp. it's almost silly. hard to imagine they're not in the mix even without a big signing or trade. curious what they do w/ hall and wells (bullpen or rotation?) and how they divvy up high leverage appearances b/w cano, kimbrel and tate...or if tate is able to regin his 2022 form.

Wouldn't last year's Pythagorean luck be offset by a great young team getting another year of experience? When does Bautista return?

!!!!!!!!!

Full trade, sources tell me and @kileymcd :

Baltimore receives: RHP Corbin Burnes

Milwaukee receives: IF Joey Ortiz, LHP D.L. Hall and the 34th pick in the 2024 draft

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 2, 2024

uh, giddyup.

...just one day out of life.

When does Bautista return?

Current projections say 2025.

Corbin Burnes, jesus christ. i'll bet money they move to lock him up long term, if these new owners are for real.

Wow. Knew things were changing but didn't know it'd happen this fast.

Kyle Bradish had a 2.83 ERA in 2023

Corbin Burnes had a 2.94 ERA in ’22, 2.43 in ’21 and 2.11 in ’20

the last time the Orioles had 2 qualified SP finish with sub-3.00 ERAs in the same season?

1976: Wayne Garland + Jim Palmer

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) February 2, 2024

That's an astonishingly good trade.

At first glance seems like a pretty great move for both teams. Ortiz is a legit prospect who is going to struggle to find a place in Baltimore's infield. The Brewers get him and DL Hall, who still has real upside, and the Orioles add the one thing they need most, frontline starting pitching; sure he may leave in free agency but the window is the window and this is what you do when you have a chance to win.

welllllll, shit...

So what we've found out in the last five minutes in summary is...

Bradish - right UCL sprain, open the season on IL
Means - month behind, might miss OD
Henderson - oblique aggravation, likely for OD
Basallo- stress fracture, won't catch till April

original sources: @JakeDRill

— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) February 15, 2024

Damn

holliday...it would be so nice

see you in September, sweet prince~

He did ok in ST I think. No way he’s in AAA for more than a month or two.
Otoh with such an insane amount of prospects anyone could step up and get promoted ahead of him.

O's are logjam city unless they follow the Reds' path of injuries/PEDs or start trading pieces away.

This is the year to win every game you can, it's gonna be a strong division, it's time to put the best guys on the field and Kolten Wong is not the best guys

my guess is up by memorial day. guys get hurt (and mateo and urias seem sort of prone, anyways), schedule will allow for some roster fandango...

oh...wong's opting out, i think.

...and then they signed tony kemp. masterful troll.

anyways, happy opening day. i can't believe the o's have corbin burnes.

liking what I'm seeing guys

I think these O's might be for real

Corbin Burnes, 10th and 11th Ks.

Thru 6.

Making a Statement. pic.twitter.com/ryPzYib1KQ

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 28, 2024

rodriguez nearly punch for punch w/ burnes today. god, this offense, though...

. . . yeah, this offense

I am already seeing that Craig Kimbrel is not gonna be good for my heart

Unfathomable pick up by the O's. Incredibly funny he gets the win for this game.

They were obviously hoping to plug a Bautista-sized hole.

Tbf, the tying run came as a result of two stolen bases.

Let's actually go O's

Wasn't sure about the bunt move, but cooler heads prevail!

sooooo nice...

This box score from the Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Orioles, is insane 😲

The team features three @MLBPipeline Top 35 prospects, including No. 1 prospect Jackson Holliday. pic.twitter.com/WVu0KfFtpD

— MLB (@MLB) April 4, 2024

But seriously, what are we gonna do? "Too many players you want to see on the field" is a good problem to have, but -- eventually somebody's got to get traded or released, right? But who? And when?

or hurt

Accidents will happen…

I was just looking at that AAA lineup and it’s basically the 1927 Yankees. I figure by mid summer they are going to have to deal someone from that backlog for pitching.

Norfolk Tides game free to watch on mlb.tv right now

Norfolk up 10-2 in the first inning

The thing about this team is there are a lot of games Burnes and Rodriguez aren't pitching

I will relax a little bit once Bradish and Means are back

PS the Tides won that game 11-10 in extras after being up 10-0!

I miss Bautista

UGHHHHHHH

bats gotta wake the fuck up, though.

I miss Bautista

I was just talking to my son about this last night. When he came out to close a game last season, there was a high level of confidence that he was going to get it done. The O's really lack that this year, and it may be a difference maker in too many close games.

Baumann was an embarrassment on Saturday.

bradish is starting his rehab assignment. means has looked...meh.

Means may in retrospect be the defining pitcher of the Spidertack Era

This team’s pretty good huh

doomers calling last year unrepeatable get off this wild ride please

i like that there was a matchup between Buck Farmer and Heston Kjerstad tonight - the two poles of extremely white names.

lol. o's need a francis winterbottom or somesuch.

I was one of those doomers who thought last year was our best chance to win, but I thought the rest of the AL East would be better this year than they've been, and I didn't think we were going to change ownership and sign a guy like Burnes.

really can't believe the weekend's pitching performances in cincy.

My doominess is now almost exclusively playoff-Kimbrel-focused

strength, my friend. i wish you strength

i'm not stressing at the moment. ask again around memorial day!

My doominess is now almost exclusively playoff-Kimbrel-focused

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 02:15 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I stand in solidarity with you

Fucking Kimbrel!!!!!

well, not great.

Offense bailing him out big time

Maybe not

The no-sweep streak goes on!

just tuned into the orioles game and they had a shot of the new owner walking up and down the aisles in the stands giving out merch from the team store...new era hats, things of that nature. i also blinked and they'd scored a couple more runs.

norby got called up and is batting 9th tonight; Rodriguez on the hill and 7 of 9 in the lineup were drafted and developed by the O's. Pretty neat!

Not to mention the product of the Orioles system starting for the other team!

Connor Norby has struck out in every plate appearance of his major league career

Connor Norby has struck out in every plate appearance of his major league career

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, June 3, 2024 6:38 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Connor Norby has still struck out in every plate appearance of his major league career

Gotta feel good for Austin Hays!

you do!

The Jays broadcasters pointed out something about Rutschman tonight: his K/BB ration last season was 101/92 (really good), this year it's 42/13. That's weird...I'm pretty sure that ratio tends to remain relatively stable in most cases. Obvious there's fluctuation, as players concentrate on power or plate discipline or contact or whatever, but that's drastic. Even weirder--it suggests he's more concerned with power this year--his batting average is up 25 points.

Connor Norby has had a plate appearance in which he has not struck out

xp to clemenza -- the whole team has taken a much more aggressive approach at the plate, they're last in the AL in walks

I checked that--they're 9th with 512 (one below league average). So not last, but on the aggressive side, yes.

Oops--maybe I should check 2024, not 2023...

You're right: 4th in runs, 2nd-last in walks. Whatever works, I guess.

norby's first hit is a homer!

Conor Norby has had a major league plate appearance that was most definitely not a strikeout!

Love to see a little middle infielder hitting the ball that hard, gives Brian Roberts

Vibes?!

roberts was more of a speedy spray hitter in the minors, though. norby's power is legit.

roberts hid a billion doubles though and really smacked them off the wall, at least that's how I recall him

I'd forgotten about him--geez, 50+ doubles three times.

re: roberts

for sure. he was a doubles machine! he grew into that, though. i'm just saying norby has shown good power in college and the minors.

Love me some Craig Kimbrel drama

Ugh

We don't deserve Albert Suarez

Anyway I love watching this rendition of this team, delighted that Hays is hitting again (after an insanely godawful start he was normal-bad in May and has OPS 1.471 in 21 PA in June) but y'know it kind of seems like the Yankees are never gonna lose again

bradish. ucl. nuts.

...but last night was one of the craziest games i've watched in a while. definite playoff feel.

god, perez, though. just not a guy i trust in high leverage situations.

you know who’s good is gunnar henderson

I’ve begun to suspect as much