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,...
HHP: Low Minors Arms
by Eric Garfield
I was asked to somehow analyze the low minors arms for speculative purposes based on what...
HHP: Net improvement?
theocean
I know this is totally ridiculous, but just for fun:
Cashner had a 4.6 WAR last year. Ubaldo had -1.3 WAR. So 5.9 additional WAR...
Spring Training Notebook 2/22
by Eric Garfield
Today I’m not at Spring Training, I’m at the minor league complex learning the facility and...
Orioles Awarded 33rd Pick in 2018 Draft
33. Yeah.
Read here
And Here!
HHP: Fan Fest Thoughts
by Carl Lamy
Went to Fanfest.
There were a lot of people. Seemed like a really big crowd today. Maybe it wasn't bigger than usual, but...
It’s Opening Day!
TODAY 3/29
Partly Sunny
71° /58°
Areas of morning fog
Gametime 3:05
Gates open at noon.
Talk about it here.
HHP: Log Jam in the Outfield
by
1968_bills_fan
Last year I could not imagine this problem. This year we have a surplus of outfielders and will soon need to option, trade or...
HHP: ScGO’s Taking Inventory
Roch discussed in one of his recent posts; adding to the MLB roster is not the club's priority. There is no need to win...
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...
Fits for Britton – Two
Buster Olney of ESPN writes this
"Kansas City was in a similar situation with Wade Davis last winter. Davis pitched effectively in 2016 but had some arm...
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...
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 -...
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: Sign Him
by Roy Alan Firestone
They say you should never think of contracts after someone does something really bad or really good.
I get that.
It's a long...
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: Mondo Trasho “Sign Manny!”
If there was an amount of money the Orioles were willing to pay that Manny was willing to accept to stay here long term,...
HHP: 40 Man and the Rule Five – Wildcard
List of O's minor leaguer that will be exposed to the Rule 5 draft if not put on the 40 man roster:
Means, Tate, Rogers,...
HHP: TonySoprano and Danspeak
Gee, it's a good thing we have such talented beat writers to report what's been Captain Obvious for a while now because without them...
HHP: Judging Returns
by Hoosiers
We'll see what the deal ends up being, but it appears that there is one headliner - Diaz - and then the Os...
HHP: Going Underground points out a question regarding the coaching staff
Like Showalter, the coaches are marred by the 115-loss season. What also hurts is that teams are assembling different kinds of coaching staffs.
Gone are...
HHP: Trading Gausman
by Thato'sfan
To trade or not to trade. That is the dilemma faced by the Orioles as the upcoming July 31st non-waiver trade deadline approaches....
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: The Lure of the Orioles by TNTORIOLE
It is usually an advantage in recruitment of any professional to have some connection to the area...and I think the disaster that is the...