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Orioles’ Offense Produces Better Numbers This Season
Posted on 2 Oct 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
In my last blog post, I analyzed the Orioles’ pitching stats this season; in this post, I’m going to uncover the Birds’ offensive trends, surprises and disappointments for the 2011 season. Although their offense produced better power numbers, especially with the addition of home run slugging Mark Reynolds (37 hrs), they collectively hit a couple of points worse batting average-wise. Las...
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Orioles’ Starting Pitching Worse This Season, But Bullpen Improves Over Last Year
Posted on 2 Oct 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Expectations entering this season were very high for the Baltimore Orioles after they signed big name free agents like designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero, shortstop J.J. Hardy, third baseman Mark Reynolds and closer Kevin Gregg. Jake Arrieta was 10-8 with a 5.05 ERA in 22 games (67 earned runs in 119.1 innings). But, for a 14th consecutive season and the first full year in the Showalter era, t...
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Matusz’s Starting Rotation Spot in Jeopardy for 2012
Posted on 26 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Following a very impressive end to the 2010 season, Brian Matusz has failed to live up to the Orioles expectations this season. He sports the highest ERA in the majors at 10.69, by over three runs per game, and will finish the year with a 1-9 record. Brian Matusz was born on February 11th, 1987 in Grand Junction, Colorado. Matusz tossed his final game of the year against Detroit and struggled...
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Robert Andino’s Bat Is Finally Awakening
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Robert Andino is the new Melvin Mora for the Baltimore Orioles this season: a super utility infielder/outfielder. We all knew that Andino was a great defender up the middle, but as of late he’s hitting at a .291 clip with 25 hits through 22 contests. Robert Andino was born on April 25th, 1984 in Miami, Florida and is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Andino was supposed to serve as the bac...
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Matt Wieters Coming into His Own This Season
Posted on 19 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Die hard Orioles fans knew what they were getting when the Birds drafted catcher Matt Wieters in the first round (5th overall) of the 2007 Amateur Draft: a great defender behind the dish and a powerful switch-hitter. After a year and a half in the majors, this season he’s finally proven that he can do it at the Major League level. Matt Wieters was born May 21st, 1986 in Goose Creek, South ...
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Week in Review: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?
Posted on 16 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Although the Birds are well on their way to losing 90 games for a 6th consecutive year (9th time in the last 14 years), they have been playing more competitive baseball over the last week. The Birds split their last six games, but one game was a blown save against the Jays, so they should have won four. Britton tossed five innings and allowed four earned runs against the Yankees in his last o...
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Davis and Hunter Have Failed to Impress the Birds
Posted on 12 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
The trade that sent the Birds’ most dominating pitcher, reliever Koji Uehara, to Texas on July 30th has really backfired for the Orioles. Tommy Hunter and Chris Davis have struggled and failed to help their new club record wins. In 2009, Chris Davis smashed 21 homeruns and drove in 59 RBI in 113 games with the Rangers. Although Davis has been able to collect his hits as a member of the o...
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Jim Johnson Should be the Birds’ Next Member of Their Rotation
Posted on 9 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Everyone knows the Baltimore Orioles need better pitching and have since Mike Mussina’s departure after the 2000 season. The front office always tries to import talent instead of building within their organization. Jim Johnson was born in Johnson City, New York on June 27th, 1983. Set up man Jim Johnson has been the most consistent Birds' bullpen hurler over the last four seasons. The re...
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September Call Ups Look to Impress Orioles’ Organization
Posted on 5 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
The calendar page has turned to September and baseball fans know what that means. It’s time for all major league rosters expand to 40 instead of 25 during the last month of the regular season. September Call Ups have arrived. The Orioles acquired VandenHurk from the Marlins on July 31st, 2010 in exchange for Will Ohman. Managers and organizations give up and coming, future players a chan...
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A Tale of Two Augusts for Orioles
Posted on 1 Sep 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
Buck Showalter is 88-105 with the Birds in his first season and a month. One year ago today (September 1, 2010), Baltimore Orioles fans were overjoyed and optimistic about the future of the organization. New manager Buck Showalter led the Birds to a winning month for the first time all season in his first month with his new ballclub. Showalter managed his first Orioles game on August 2, 20...
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Orioles Have Struggled in Recent Years Against the Yankees, But Have Won the Last Two in a Row
Posted on 28 Aug 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
The Baltimore Orioles are firing on all cylinders as both their explosive offense and recently resurgent pitching staff have won six consecutive games for the first time in two and a half years. Matt Wieters is 8 for 32 against the Yankees (.294 avg) with 2 homeruns and 5 RBI. Due to events of this weekend, the Birds and Yankees doubleheader originally scheduled for Saturday (rescheduled alre...
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Orioles’ Last Two Series Have Been Like Night and Day
Posted on 25 Aug 2011 by Alex Van Rees.
If you are an avid Orioles fans and follow them closely, you are used to the Birds playing a horrendous series and then turn around and look like a completely different team in the next series. It’s like day and night between series and yet again, they showed how inconsistent they can be. Mark Reynolds is 7 for his last 21 with 1 homerun and 4 RBI. The Birds lost two of three in Oakland to ...
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