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Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018: #11-20

Welcome to the penultimate installment of my countdown of the Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018. If you want to check out the stats...
Orioles Top 50

Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018: #21-30

Welcome to the third installment of my countdown of the Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018. If you want to check out the stats...

Luke’s Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018: #31-40

Welcome to the second installment of my countdown of the Orioles Top 50 Prospects for 2018.  If you missed prospects #41-50 and my introduction,...

Luke’s Top 50 Orioles Prospects for 2018: Primer and #41-50

Primer To start, let me introduce myself.  My name is Luke Siler, and those of you who frequent the message board probably know me as...

Dr. Shorebird at the Mini Camp

On the Right Path The position promoted by the Orioles this week at the Pitchers Mini-camp seemed to be full of O’s. Optimism and Opportunity!...

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...
Ed Smith

Orioles Mini-Camp Begins

The Orioles have a three-day mini-camp starting today that focuses on pitching opportunities. https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/950374300959330305 The Orioles list LHP Keegan Akin RHP Dariel Álvarez LHP Richard Bleier RHP Miguel Castro LHP Nestor...
Keegan Akin

HHP: Frobby Posts Interesting Article on Keegan Akin

Interesting piece in Fangraphs this morning. It says that Akin’s velocity is nothing special, none of his secondary pitches are outstanding, nor is command,...

phillyOs119 Scouts Michael Kelly

by phillyOs119 Michael Kelly is the only player to sign a MLB contract with the O's so far this slow offseason. Despite my relative lack...

HHP: phillyOs gets Jiggy

Hey, for what it’s worth... Steamer projects Cargo for a 101 wRC+ Steamer projects Austin Hays for a 102 wRC+ Steamer projects Anthony Santander for a 97...

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 -...

Rule Five Draft Preference List

By: Luke Siler Introduction This Rule Five Draft prospect list was a hard list to make, I didn't have enough time to watch significant game footage...

Rule 5 Target – Nestor Cortes – LHP

by Luke Siler 5th entry in this series. Ok, so after targeting 3 RHPs, some have pointed out the Orioles need for a lefty, especially in...

A Pair Of Twins – Rule Five Targets

by Luke Siler Nick Burdi - RHP I'm not going to do an in-depth scouting report here because there is a lot of information on him...

Rule 5 Target – Nate Orf – Utility

By Luke Siler Maybe you think Pablo Reyes is a bit too raw and you'd rather have a utility player who is ready to hit...

phillyOs119- Rule 5 Target: Pablo Reyes – Super Utility

By: Luke Siler Second rule 5 target. I watched a handful of his games and some BP video. Again, I'm targeting guys who can contribute in...

phillyOs119: Rule 5 Target – Burch Smith – RHP

Burch Smith Background Burch Smith is 27, a bit older than the typical rule 5 draft choice. He had TJS in 2015 and just returned to...
Austin Hays and Ryan Mountcastle

2017 Orioles Top 30 Prospects

After watching live games, BP, video analysis as well as talking with scouts, baseball executives and minor league coaches and managers in and out...
Courtesy of MiLB

Orioles Prospects Shine in Fall Stars game.

The Future Orioles' team was victorious and both contributed to the win. Third Baseman Ryan Mountcastle drove in the game's first run and later doubled...
Courtesy of MiLB

Arizona Fall League

Read about it here. Mountcastle stars. AZRon on Yesterday I attended yesterday's game at the Peoria Sports Complex (Spring Training home of the San Diego Padres and...

Orioles Select D.L. Hall With First Round Pick

The 2017 MLB Draft is under way. The Orioles went to the high school ranks with their first selection, draft left-hander D.L. Hall from...

Scouting Bowie May 10 – Means starts but Long Shines

John Means may have started, but Lucas Long was the pitcher who looked like a major league prospect. Also, Austin Wynns has good day...
Alex Wells Aberdeen

Scouting Shorebirds May 8th – Wells start

In outing where the line was better than the outing, Shorebirds LHP Alex Wells was more effective than good by a scouting standpoint. With...
Zach Muckenhirm Aberdeen Ironbirds

Scouting Shorebirds May 5 – Muckenhirm start

Zach Muckenhirn (Del) vs Nick Nelson (CHS) 94-95 MPH FB, CB, hard straight change, effort delivery, command issues). Muckenhirm - Recap - (FB, CV, Ch) Works quickly. FB,...

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