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Steve Melewski
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MASN
18h
While I am a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, I have not yet been a member for 10 years, and that means ...
Baltimore Orioles
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
18h
Before we can toss out ideas for an Orioles breakout player this season, we first need to rummage through the qualifications. Cedric Mullins made it ...
Baltimore Orioles
... 8. His 31 extra-base hits and 71 total hits after the All-Star break led the Orioles, and his 40 RBIs ranked second behind Ryan Mountcastle’s 41. Mountcastle alr ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
24 Jan
It usually comes down to more than this, oftentimes much more, but if the Orioles simply headed north for opening day 2022 with their five ...
Baltimore Orioles
... get opinions on matters such as this. Is Rodriguez ready now and should the Orioles bring him right from Double-A to the majors? I asked his opinion on this dur ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
24 Jan
One of the club records set by the Orioles last year, the kind that typically is chased by non-contenders while other teams are in pennant ...
Baltimore Orioles
... Adley Rutschman, the No. 1 prospect per Baseball America, is playing for the Orioles this summer, whether on opening day or perhaps by May. Grayson Rodriguez, th ...
by:
Steve Melewski
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MASN
23 Jan
Let’s take a look back at a few stories that made news around here this week as we wait for the lockout to end. It’s ...
Baltimore Orioles
... 5 in those games. Lyles went six innings or more in 18 of his 30 starts. The Orioles, as a staff, had 34 starts of six innings or more last season. So, the Oriol ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
23 Jan
Dumping the contents of my mailbag last week was an incomplete task. A few letters stuck to the bottom. How is this possible? Maybe from ...
Baltimore Orioles
... and struck out only 14 times. Totally fits the profile of a hitter that the Orioles want in their system. DeLauter slashed .298/.397/.589 in 34 games in the Cap ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
22 Jan
When I interviewed Baseball America executive editor J.J. Cooper this week about the publication’s new top 100 prospects list, it was clear that while the ...
Baltimore Orioles
... r from a 30-30 year and again he ranked third on their top 100. Among the 28 Orioles on the farm last season that had 300 plate appearances or more, Rutschman wa ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
22 Jan
The Orioles opened their second January minicamp yesterday, and the first for hitters, with a modest invite list that featured six of their top 11 ...
Baltimore Orioles
... him 12th on its prospect list. With the constant turnover in personnel - the Orioles used a franchise-record 62 players last season - Neustrom could get his turn ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
21 Jan
Orioles pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to the Ed Smith Stadium complex on Feb. 15. The date remains alive during the lockout, but ...
Baltimore Orioles
... e viewed through a microscope. No team did less at the position in 2021. The Orioles ranked last with a .192 average and .527 OPS, and with 40 RBIs. The 10 home ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
21 Jan
On the Orioles farm, a case could be made that no player showed a better speed-power combination in 2021 than outfielder Zach Watson. He was ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ler, recently promoted from Bowie hitting coach to co-hitting coach with the Orioles, got a lot of time to work with Watson last season in the Double-A ranks. “H ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
20 Jan
For just the third time since Baseball America started releasing top 100 prospect lists in 1990, the Orioles had five players in the initial top ...
Baltimore Orioles
... driguez (22), Hall (59), Heston Kjerstad (62) and Ryan Mountcastle (63). The Orioles can still boast of being the organization with both the highest-ranked catch ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
20 Jan
For just the third time since Baseball America started releasing top 100 prospect lists in 1990, the Orioles had five players in the initial top ...
Baltimore Orioles
... driguez (22), Hall (59), Heston Kjerstad (62) and Ryan Mountcastle (63). The Orioles can still boast of being the organization with both the highest-ranked catch ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
20 Jan
When the Orioles acquired pitcher Garrett Stallings from the Angels in the José Iglesias trade on Dec. 2, 2020, there were no professional starts to ...
Baltimore Orioles
... No. 21 prospect and he represented only half of the return for Iglesias. The Orioles also acquired young pitcher Jean Pinto, who just turned 21 years old after p ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
19 Jan
It’s an assumption - but probably a pretty safe assumption - that right-hander Jordan Lyles is not only a rotation candidate for the 2022 Orioles, ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ball in the expanded ballpark will be big for him next season. Among the 15 Orioles that pitched 40 or more innings last year, eight had a better groundball rat ...
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