HHP: Road Trip
by Hoosiers
My 12 year old and I made our annual trip to Bmore from Jersey this weekend and watched the two blowouts. Mancini and...
HHP: Drungo Says It’s All New
Am I wrong to think that the performance of the 2019 Orioles is almost completely irrelevant to their future success? Look at the 2011...
Opening Day Payroll
by AZRon
As I did last year, for those who want to play GM, I am presenting the current opening day team payroll. I'm dealing...
HHP: phillyOs119 values the trade
I think we are in agreement that the O's should have sold and sold big at the deadline.
In that context, I don't like any...
HHP: AZRon Does some projections
Last year's opening day payroll was $164.3M
Scenario
Projected $
$ Left to Spend (M)
No Change
164.3
36.4
MLB Average Increase
172.4
44.4
O's Average Increase
188.1
60.2
Same Delta as 2017
182.0
54.1
10% Delta
180.7
52.8
20% Delta
197.2
69.2
30% Delta
213.6
85.7
HHP: Going Underground
58 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:
Yep, I will be there tonight. I culled my schedule to only attend the giveaway games this season. Barring a great weather...
HHP: Developing Pitching
by esmd
The Orioles stink at developing pitching.
Here's a flaw in the logic, we've had multiple people in the GM/VPOBO role, multiple managers, scouting directors,...
HHP: Frobby – Life is better left to chance
Seems like whenever I see nostalgic posts about the 2012-16 era, there’s all this good feeling about 2012 and 2014, but with 2016 all...
HHP: Eddie83’s Grilli Give-A-Way Weekend
When the Jays are back in town Labor Day weekend it would be great to have a Grilli themed giveaway weekend.
Friday Night- Grilli walk...
Orioles Awarded 33rd Pick in 2018 Draft
33. Yeah.
Read here
And Here!
HHP: Legend_Of_Joey Non-Roster Position Players
Breakdown of the non-roster invitees and what to look for/what to know:
Catcher:
Audry Perez: Perez is just here for his glove. With the competition between...
Minor League Game Summaries 5/15/2019
By: Charles Boemmel, Jr.
Alex Wells gave up no runs on 3 hits with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts over 7.0 innings...
HHP: ThomasTomaz – Birdland Members
The change in name from season-ticket holders to Birdland members is marketing specifically designed to target millennials. As someone who is an employer of...
Minor League Game Summaries 5/31/2019
By: Charles Boemmel, Jr.
DL Hall gave
up 1 run on 2 hits with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts over...
3/6 Sarasota Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full Report with Video Here
Good morning from Sarasota. It’s cloudy, chilly and...
HHP: Observations from Baseball Prospectus Annual
OrioleDog summarizes
J.J. Hardy had 3rd lowest swing percentage (36.3) among guys seeing 1000 pitches, but saw way more strikes than the others in that...
HHP: Frobby’s Sadness
For me, the saddest part of being a fan is watching players who were huge contributors to your team decline to the point where...
Rule Five: Jose Mesa Jr.
By: Luke Siler
I've watched some video on Jose Mesa Jr. and here is my scouting report.
Physical - Big boy, tall and thick throughout.
Delivery -...
HHP: Steve A and the Closer
I think installing Brach as the closer could well be the wrong move. Wouldn't argue if that had been your point.
But once you've made...
HHP: Low Minors Arms
by Eric Garfield
I was asked to somehow analyze the low minors arms for speculative purposes based on what...
HHP: What to do about Trey?
by Moondoggie
Do we really know that Trey Mancini "can mash?" Our major league sample size is really small. And last year in his first...
HHP: hoosiers Calls Out Oriole Needs
I believe the need to re-stock the farm system with good talent supersedes the need to fill the shortstop vacancy today with top 10-15...
HHP: Hard Deadline, Trial and File
Frobby's predictions
Manny Machado: He's made $5 mm and $11.5 mm the last two years. He's having a slightly down season but still may finish...
HHP: Response to Chris Davis
7 hours ago, O's are Legends said:
Davis, you're hitting .156, your OPS is .483 and you've scored 9 runs on the season. What in the...