HHP: Low Minors Arms
by Eric Garfield
I was asked to somehow analyze the low minors arms for speculative purposes based on what...
Fits for Britton – Three
Cesar Becerra of Dodgerway writes
"The Dodgers aren’t giving up either of their top prospects for a reliever coming off of an injury-plagued season that is only...
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: OrioleDog – Good Lucroy, If He Still Exists
On a macro level, more than anything, this move in the last 24 hours has got me thinking about the catcher position and 2018...
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...
Orioles Pick Rutschman at 1:1
2019 1st round pick (1): Adley Rutschman - Catcher - Oregon State University
2019 2nd round pick...
Minor League Game Summaries 5/20/2019
By: Charles Boemmel, Jr.
Adam Hall went 2 for 5 with 2 RBI, 1 strikeout and 1 stolen base in Delmarva’s...
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...
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...
Roy Firestone interviews Zach Britton
https://youtu.be/uJrLuAxDNB8
Roy Up Close with Zach
Spin Control
By Doc Shorebird
With the introduction of Doppler radar instruments to baseball, new metrics have added...
HHP: spiritof66 Explains Why the Orioles Can’t be Passed to Sons
I've posted about this at length before. Peter Angelos's transfer of a controlling interest in the Orioles to anyone, including his family members, will require...
HHP: Bill James and Platoon Differential
by DrungoHazewood
From a current article on Bill James Online entitled " Xavier University Business School Speech":
"One of the things that we actually do in...
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...
3/5 Sarasota Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full article with videos here
I’ve been told that today is a different...
HHP: Frobby’s Take on 2018
I’ve almost never felt as uncertain about an Orioles team as I am about the 2018 O’s. There’s tons of potential and tons...
Orioles Awarded 33rd Pick in 2018 Draft
33. Yeah.
Read here
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3/6 Sarasota Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full Report with Video Here
Good morning from Sarasota. It’s cloudy, chilly and...
HHP: The Business of the Orioles
by spiritof66
When Peter Angelos bought the team in 1993, I don’t think I was paying much attention to anything other than his pledge to...
HHP: Luke Siler on the Stanford Swing, Drew Jackson and Why Loft is the...
The pull happy lift approach is why Drew Jackson started hitting better. He was doing the old Stanford Swing (definition from Baseball Prospectus if you aren’t familiar...
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...
HHP: Mike Wright
by theobird
I saw Mike Wright pitch in Kansas City against the Royals last year, I came away impressed. He has really good stuff. I...
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: spiritof66 asks “Why is Peter Angelos doing the things he’s doing?
In a lengthy August 9 post in the “Astros GM is going to have a long 2 months” thread, I tried to explain the...
