Sarasota Notebook 2/28
by Eric Garfield
Full Article with Videos Here
Today it’s freezing by FL standards and in...
HHP: Legend of Joey Reviews Break Camp Rosters
Norfolk
Nice to see Akin gets bumped up. With the way the new regime was talking, you didn't quite know...No big surprises with the pitching....
2/16 Spring Training Notebook
by Eric Garfield
8:40
I get to the complex at 8:15 and somehow it’s chilly and warm at the same time. Today is check-in day...
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...
2/20 Spring Training Notebook
by Eric Garfield
This morning I checked in a little early, arriving at 8 am with some players but...
HHP: Learned and Re-Learned
by Frobby
1. Defense is the most underrated part of baseball. Good defense makes the pitchers look better, and literally lifts the spirits of the...
2/26 Sarasota Notebook
By Eric Garfield
Full article with videos here
This morning I went out to Twin Lakes,...
Spring Training Day 1
Elias/Hyde Talk, Observations
by Eric Garfield
Today was mostly a check-in day but Hyde...
HHP: Frobby Digs Deep Data On Team Speed
Last year the best baserunning team was +10 runs, the worst was -17. In terms of just base stealing (as opposed to taking...
HHP: Frobby breaks down the 10 game winner question
Poster glenn_davis pointed out how few times post-Mussina the Orioles had a pitcher they drafted win 10+ games for them in a season.
There have...
HHP: Five Wins in Five Games
by hoosiers
Took my son and second daughter to Brooklyn and met up with my father-in-law to watch the Ironbirds for the third time in...
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: Answerman back from Sarasota
By poster Answerman
Just returned from Sarasota. A few random thoughts in no particular order.
- Love our stadium. Also went to the Rays' home in...
Sarasota Notebook March 1
by Eric Garfield
Full Article with videos here.
Happy March O’s fans. For me, the new...
HHP: Moose Milligan Solves the Orioles Pitching
I am going to advocate for my previous idea of selecting nothing but pitchers. 100% pitchers, every round, 3 years in a row. 40...
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...
3/2 Sarasota Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full report with videos here
Good morning from Twin Lakes. The country music...
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
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: Tilting at Windmills
By SteveA
Every time someone is thrown out, people notice it and get upset.
If you had a coach who never had anyone thrown out, that...
HHP: SteveA – Bad to Good?
Looking at teams that have won 54 or fewer games (excluding strike years), how long historically does it take for them to:
1) Have a...
HHP: Frobby’s Game Take 3/17
Here’s a few thoughts on today’s game:
1. Wright was Wright. First inning, there was a botched 3-1 play scored as a hit, but it...
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...
Spring Training Notebook 2/23
Today is the home debut for the O’s 2020 Spring season and this morning walking my dog we heard them testing out...
