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Expectations for the 2012 Orioles: Low and lower

Expectations for the 2012 Orioles: Low and lower
The Orioles may actually have a chance to exceed expectations this year. That is because it sure seems expectations for a season have never been lower in recent memory. Maybe the fans will be wrong, as many were last year when they predicted a .500 finish and some were even talking about the team being a playoff contender. The Orioles were coming off a 34-23 finish the year before and the young pitchers had excelled down the stretch. Vlad Guerrero was signed and most of the fans seem very...
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Yankees show off their economic clout with likely Burnett trade

Yankees show off their economic clout with likely Burnett trade
The kid in me that grew up as a die-hard Orioles fan wants to scream at the Pirates for bailing out the Yankees of a bad contract, or at least one that hasn't worked out too well for them. In December 2008, New York signed pitcher A.J. Burnett to a five-year deal worth $82.5 million that pays him around $16.5 millon per season. While Burnett pitched well in the first year of the deal - going 13-9 with an ERA of 4.04 in 2009 - he went 10-15, 5.26 in 2010 and 11-11, 5.15 last year. He led the...
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A few more thoughts on the situation with Seong-Min Kim

A few more thoughts on the situation with Seong-Min Kim
Well, it has been quite a few days of spirited discussion and debate about a young pitcher that almost none of us know much about and have never seen pitch. The Orioles signed Seong-Min Kim to a minor league contract Jan. 30. He either throws 80 or 83 mph, or maybe 88, depending on the report you read and trust most. He's either a high shool sophomore or maybe entering his final year. Someone said Korean kids graduate at 19 so he could be a 17-year-old sophomore. His curveball is either...
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Dan Duquette audio on Ramirez, Ayala and young pitchers

Dan Duquette audio on Ramirez, Ayala and young pitchers
Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette talked to a group of reporters tonight at Sports Legends Museum adjacent to Camden Yards before he appeared as a guest at the annual Babe's Birthday Bash. Here are some comments Duquette made: Duquette dismissed the chance of the Orioles signing free agent Manny Ramirez. Duquette on Manny by smelewski Duquette talked about the Orioles signing today of relief pitcher Luis Ayala and its impact on the bullpen. Duquette on Ayala and...
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The Orioles will bring some minor leaguers to Sarasota for an early camp

The Orioles will bring some minor leaguers to Sarasota for an early camp
The Orioles are planning to bring some of their minor league players to Sarasota for an early spring training and there could be 30 or more players asked to report Feb. 23. They are several reasons to do this. In the case of some players, like outfielder Trent Mummey, who will report early, he was hurt and missed a lot of last year and could use some extra work. In the case of some pitchers, like Bobby Bundy, they could potentially be used in one of the early major league exhibition games to...
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Hoes anxious to soak up experience of big league camp

Hoes anxious to soak up experience of big league camp
Orioles minor leaguer LJ Hoes could not quite contain his excitement this week. He got an important phone call Wednesday morning and before long posted this via his Twitter account: "Just got the best news ever God is good...Big league Camp here I come." Hoes will join Xavier Avery as O's farmhands that are getting an invitation to the Birds' major league spring training camp, where they join the big leaguers in the clubhouse and on the field. "I'm just very excited," Hoes said by...
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A Korean reporter's perspective on the Orioles and Kim Seong-Min (update)

A Korean reporter's perspective on the Orioles and Kim Seong-Min (update)
Daniel Kim is a reporter for what is basically the ESPN of Korea. He has been closely following the story of Kim Seong-Min, the 17-year-old lefty high school pitcher signed recently by the Orioles that is from his country. The Korean Baseball Organization, which runs the nation's top baseball league, seems to believe the Orioles violated protocol in signing Seong-Min and have taken their concerns to Major League Baseball. The KBO has lodged a complaint with MLB over the Orioles' alleged...
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Will it be Frederick or Bowie for the Orioles' dynamic duo?

Will it be Frederick or Bowie for the Orioles' dynamic duo?
Even though they played just about a half-season each last year in the Carolina League, it sure seems quite possible that the Orioles' top two minor league position players could begin the 2012 season with Double-A Bowie. The Orioles have to decide if they will start the dynamic, young double play combo of 19-year-old Manny Machado and 20-year-old Jonathan Schoop in the Eastern League with Bowie after the duo played at both Single-A Delmarva and Single-A Frederick last year. While the stat...
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Keith Law farm system rankings: Orioles are 17th

Keith Law farm system rankings: Orioles are 17th
Here is a mild surprise to me: Keith Law of ESPN.com rates the Orioles' farm system 17th out of 30 in baseball. Frankly, with all the criticism the Orioles' farm system has been getting, I would have expected a ranking a little lower, maybe in the 20-25 range. The Orioles, according to Law's ranking, which cannot be linked as premium content, still rank fourth among American League East teams. 2nd - Tampa Bay 3rd - Toronto 10th - New York 17th - Orioles 18th - Boston I was shocked to see...
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Starting at the top

Starting at the top
If a healthy Brian Roberts is batting atop the Orioles' lineup, they have one of the best leadoff hitters in the game to ignite their team. If Roberts is out - and his status remains very much in question for 2012 - the Orioles don't have a bonafide leadoff hitter in that spot. Orioles leadoff hitters didn't rate very highly among American League teams in 2011: * Runs - ranked tied for eighth with 92 * Batting average - ranked 14th and last at .240 * On-base average - ranked 14th and last...
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The day after: More angles to the Guthrie deal

The day after: More angles to the Guthrie deal
Whether they liked the Jeremy Guthrie trade (a few did) or not, it seemed everyone had an opinion on the deal. It's Day Two WG (without Guthrie) and here are more thoughts on the deal and its ramifications. * I would rather have seen the Orioles trade Guthrie for a couple of 22-year-old pitchers with some promise for the future, and many fans would agree with that. But I also realize that was very difficult to pull off and it sounds like the Orioles had virtually no chance for a deal like...
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Hearing from the two newest Orioles

Hearing from the two newest Orioles
Jason Hammel was all set to report to spring training in Arizona with the Colorado Rockies. After today's trade to the Orioles, along with Matt Lindstrom for Jeremy Guthrie, the 29-year-old right-hander will now be heading to Sarasota soon to join his new team. "Obviously, it was a surprise this morning," Hammel told reporters via a conference call this afternoon. "My plans had basically been finished for spring training in Arizona, but that doesn't change anything. Baseball doesn't...
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Looking more closely at the Jeremy Guthrie trade

Looking more closely at the Jeremy Guthrie trade
This Jeremy Guthrie trade is not playing to rave reviews with fans or media. Guthrie was a popular player who pitched well for this team and the early response from fans is that the Orioles did not get enough in return for the right-hander. This morning, he was sent to Colorado for pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom. Keep in mind that the closer a player gets to free agency, the less value the player has in a trade. Plus, Guthrie is coming off a year where his ERA increased from 3.83 to...
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Guthrie heads west after five years in O's rotation

Guthrie heads west after five years in O's rotation
The Orioles got Jeremy Guthrie through a waiver claim from Cleveland and today, five years later, he leaves for Colorado. All the trade talk about him actually culminated in a deal, ironically, at a time when there wasn't much talk about his leaving. Guthrie was a pitcher thrust into a No. 1 role in a rotation that couldn't match the rest of the American League East, but he did his best, usually with sketchy run support. He spent a couple of seasons among the top 20 in ERA in the American...
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From Albuquerque to the AL East: Can Eveland make the leap?

From Albuquerque to the AL East: Can Eveland make the leap?
When can a pitcher's home park ERA of 5.40 be called respectable? Before you say never, the answer could be when that pitcher makes 13 starts at Triple-A Albuquerque's Isotopes Park, where opposing Pacific Coast League teams averaged 7.2 runs per game last year (the home team averaged 7.5) and where Albuquerque's staff worked to an ERA of 6.52. New Orioles pitcher Dana Eveland made more than half his PCL starts in that park last summer. Before his September callup, when he went 3-2 with a...
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When it comes to Manny, O's just shouldn't go there

When it comes to Manny, O's just shouldn't go there
Thursday night, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports quoted sources as telling him that the Oakland A's and Orioles had expressed the most interest in free agent Manny Ramirez. He said it was unclear, though, if either team had made a contract offer. This news was not met with elation from most Orioles' fans. Ramirez has been linked to the Orioles pretty much ever since Dan Duquette took over as executive vice president. Duquette is the man that signed Ramirez to a whopping eight-year deal worth $160...
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O's announce Correnti addition and VandenHurk release

O's announce Correnti addition and VandenHurk release
The Orioles have announced the hiring of Chris Correnti as a performance consultant. Correnti was most recently with the New York Mets as a rehabilitation specialist from 2007-2010. Correnti will provide fitness and conditioning advisory services to the organization. He will be responsible for the oversight of the individual rehabilitation of injured players, as selected by the medical staff. Correnti will also implement year-round training and conditioning programs for the organization's...
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Duquette's pursuit of international talent continues with high school lefty

Duquette's pursuit of international talent continues with high school lefty
Dan Duquette's continued pursuit of international talent for the Orioles led him to South Korea and the Orioles executive vice president this week announced the signing of 17-year-old, left-handed high school pitcher Seong-Min Kim. "Kim is a top quality left-handed pitcher," Duquette said. "He's got an excellent breaking ball and very good command of it. It's a 12-6 breaking ball and he's got an average fastball. Our scouts really like this player and they've been following him for a...
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Dan Duquette on arbitration cases and recent trade talk (update)

Dan Duquette on arbitration cases and recent trade talk (update)
The Orioles have three arbitration cases scheduled for the next 15 days. One with pitcher Jeremy Guthrie this Monday, one with pitcher Brad Bergesen next Wednesday and one with outfielder Adam Jones scheduled for Feb. 17. Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette would not speculate this morning on how likely the Orioles would be to settle on a 2012 contract with those players before hearings are held, but said the club is ready for the hearings if it comes to that. The Orioles have not...
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AL East position rankings and a look at Jones vs. Cespedes

AL East position rankings and a look at Jones vs. Cespedes
This will probably come as no surprise to anyone that follows the team, but when ESPN.com recently ranked the American League East teams position by position, the Orioles didn't fare too well. This story was in the SweetSpot blog and authored by David Schoenfield. First, the most positive news. Matt Wieters was rated as the best catcher in the division. 1. Matt Wieters, Orioles 2. Russell Martin, Yankees 3. J.P. Arencibia, Blue Jays 4. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Red Sox 5. Jose Molina, Rays...
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