Sarasota Notebook 3/3
by Eric Garfield
Good morning from Twin Lakes. Today is a staff report day and a few fans are...
2020 MLB Draft Night One
Two Orioles pick, #2 and #30.
Updates throughout the night.
2/21 Spring Training Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Discussion here!
Good morning from Sarasota. The mood here at the O’s complex...
HHP: Hoosiers has Ideas
If the Os sign picks 6-10 for $10k each, that frees up near $800k for over slot signings within our bonus pool. The Os...
Michael and Denise (Weams) A love story
By Roy Firestone, September 7 in Orioles Talk
They were both more or less resigned...
HHP: Davis has Cut by Catch 8
Davis has cut -- as opposed to bulked-- the previous few seasons, and both the eye test and empirical data (Statcast) support rapidly declining...
HHP: jdwilde1 on Hellickson Trade
Per Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer "They still owe Hellickson roughly $7 million, which they will pay in order to sweeten the return."
If...
HHP: Outs Above Average – Frobby
Statcast has come out with a defensive metric called “Outs Above Average” based on their Catch Probability evaluation for each fly ball than an...
2020 Could Open Our Eyes
by Eric Garfield
As the 2020 season is about to start and slowly the Orioles begin to have heightened...
3/6 Sarasota Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full Report with Video Here
Good morning from Sarasota. It’s cloudy, chilly and...
HPP: PhillyOs119 on Aberdeen
This was my first time seeing most of the players, so I don't want to jump to any conclusions based on one look.
Position Players
Chris...
3/9 Sarasota Notebook
Full Report with Videos
Good morning from Sarasota. I’m eager to get back to minor league camp but stuck in...
HHP: Orioles Had -$2.1 Million Operating Loss Last Season
by theocean
Haven't seen this posted yet - but interesting article from Forbes regarding payroll and team value information about all 30 MLB teams:
Link
Orioles had...
HHP: Roy Firestone Talks Adam Jones and the Orioles
Kirby Puckett once told me that “baseball is a game in the summer…and a business in the winter”
Sometimes the business of baseball can be...
2/18 Spring Training Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full thread here
Today there is no player availability in the am so...
HHP: RZNJ on the Defensive Side of Tim Beckham
Myth #1. Tim Beckham can't get any better at shortstop at age 27 and Tampa Bay determined he isn't a shortstop and they are...
2/12 Spring Training Notebook – Mancini Checks In
by Eric Garfield
Starting today I arrived at 9 am and pulled in as Trey Mancini was awarded the...
HHP: spiritof66 discusses Owner Finances
Most of the owners are highly successful business people (or their children), many of them entrepreneurs who build businesses from the ground...
HHP: Top Ten Leadoff Options
by Larry Hodges (alias larrytt)
10) You generally want a fast player at leadoff. A good indicator of this is how many triples they hit....
HHP: At His Head
by RZNJ
First off, John Farrell is a cry baby for complaining so much about Machado's slide the other night. He's also a hypocrite. But...
AFL NEWS 10/10
phillyOs119
10/10/17
The Salt River Rafters won 4-3.
Santander DHed and batted 4th and went 1-4 with a 2B and a K.
Mountcastle played 3B and batted 5th,...
HHP: Chris Davis did decide to come to Fanfest
by foxfield
"He agreed to come but missed the flight. Stood right there an just watched it..."
HHP: Atomic (Cimota) and the 11th Pick
The 11th pick in the draft has only provided 237 total WAR.
Only 9 guys drafted 11th have provided 7 WAR or more in their...
HHP: Frobby has Fun with the Forbes Numbers
by Frobby
I spent a little time putting together a spreadsheet of some of the income/expense numbers published by Forbes for 2018, so I could...
