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Matt Kremnitzer: Another scrap heap success story for O's

Matt Kremnitzer: Another scrap heap success story for O's
The Orioles currently have three relief pitchers who have thrown more than 10 innings and posted sub-2.00 earned run averages. The first two, Zach Britton and Darren O'Day, are names you'd expect. But the third isn't, because his name is Chaz Roe. As MASNsports.com's Steve Melewski wrote in May, Roe thought his career was coming to an end a few years ago. A career minor leaguer up to that point with the Rockies (2006-2010) and Mariners (2011), he failed a drug test before the 2012 season,...
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Marty Niland: Dealing Desmond, prospects might put Nats over the top

Marty Niland: Dealing Desmond, prospects might put Nats over the top
A banged-up, scuffling Nationals team has gotten up off the mat to win back-to-back games for the first time in almost three weeks and stay within spitting distance of the equally banged-up and scuffling New York Mets in the National League East. Now it's time for general manager Mike Rizzo to show us what he has and give his team the tools to put the division away. It's fair to say that the Nats have medium to long-term needs that can only be filled through a trade, as do their main division...
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Andrew Stetka: On Buck Showalter's Baltimore legacy

Andrew Stetka: On Buck Showalter's Baltimore legacy
Buck Showalter created another milestone this weekend by moving into third place on the Orioles' managerial wins list. The skipper now has 408 wins and passed Hank Bauer, who helped lead the Orioles to their first World Series title in 1966. If he sticks with it, Showalter will have a chance to pass Paul Richards for second place on the list. Showalter has a long history as a manager outside of Baltimore, but it's time to start viewing him as an Oriole before anything else. Showalter came to...
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Patrick Reddington: Storen appears bound for All-Star Game

Patrick Reddington: Storen appears bound for All-Star Game
In the process of earning his 18th save last week against the Cubs in the nation's capital, Drew Storen gave up a run for the first time in 18 appearances dating to April 21. It was just the third run Washington's 27-year-old closer has allowed in 24 1/3 innings this season. His ERA jumped from 0.81 to 1.16. It dropped back to 1.11 when he completed a scoreless, 10-pitch inning in the Nationals' 5-4 win over the Yankees on Wednesday in which he earned his 19th save. Storen is now tied for...
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Matthew Taylor: Orioles history flush with Yankees ties

Matthew Taylor: Orioles history flush with Yankees ties
It may seem a strange choice for an Orioles blogger to write about a former Yankees manager and a former Yankees outfielder on the weekend that the Bronx Bombers visit Camden Yards for a three-game set. However, there's good reason for that decision. With his next win, former Yankees manager Buck Showalter will tie former Yankees outfielder Hank Bauer on the Orioles' all-time managerial wins list at 407. Should the Orioles win the weekend series, Showalter will pass Bauer while New York is in...
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David Huzzard: Pondering Bryce Harper's future

David Huzzard: Pondering Bryce Harper's future
With the Nationals playing the New York Yankees, one of the big storylines was Bryce Harper playing his first games in new Yankees Stadium. This is a story because Harper grew up a Yankees fan, his favorite player is Mickey Mantle and he even wears No. 34 because three plus four equals seven, Mickey Mantle's number. These facts lead to an assumption that when Harper becomes a free agent after the 2018 season that he is destined to become a Yankee. This assumption ignores many factors that are...
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Zach Wilt: What's made Zach Britton so good this season?

Zach Wilt: What's made Zach Britton so good this season?
After an All-Star-caliber performance in which he recorded a league-high 51 saves 2012, Jim Johnson scuffled the next season. The Orioles closer still managed 50 saves, but blew nine along the way and the Birds finished 6 1/2 games out of the wild card. Johnson allowed two more hits per nine innings in 2013, as a result recording a 9.75 ERA over 12 innings in May of that season. Johnson's success in the ninth inning was predicated on the success of his sinker. Unlike most closers, he relied on...
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Rachel Levitin: Pinpointing the Nationals' problem

Rachel Levitin: Pinpointing the Nationals' problem
The Nationals are 58 games into this season, and it's not the Marlins, Mets, Cubs or even the Yankees who remain their toughest foe. As it turns out, they may be their own worst enemy. Though the Nationals have managed to find a groove and settle into first place in the National League East so far this season, they've dropped a game behind the Mets to second place in the division with their 6-1 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday night. It's June 10 and the All-Star break is nearly a month away....
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Domenic Vadala: Getting a grip on a slippery situation

Domenic Vadala: Getting a grip on a slippery situation
A few weeks ago, Brian Matusz and the Orioles became part of a league-wide discussion about foreign substances used by pitchers on the baseball. That kind of started up again late last week when it was announced that Matusz's eight-game suspension was being upheld (never mind the fact that Milwaukee's Will Smith had his shortened to six games for the same offense). I come at this from various angels. First off, I'm not a fan of opposing managers asking umpires to check guys. At a time when...
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Matt of Matt's Bats: Handicapping the Nationals' Triple Crown contestants

Matt of Matt's Bats: Handicapping the Nationals' Triple Crown contestants
If you're like me, you were glued to the TV on Saturday evening, watching the Belmont Stakes to see American Pharoah win the Triple Crown. In horse racing, the Triple Crown means that a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes in the same year. American Pharoah was the first Triple Crown winner since a horse named Affirmed did it in 1978. American Pharoah's win on Saturday ended a 37-year drought for thoroughbred racing's biggest prize. (It was also more fun to...
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Marty Niland: Injuries continue to take toll on Nationals

Marty Niland: Injuries continue to take toll on Nationals
A day off on Monday has to be a welcome relief for a Nationals team that has dropped three straight series and eight of its last 10 games. After a torrid 18-9 May, the Nats could not help but come back down to Earth. In the major leagues, .667 baseball just isn't sustainable. The Nationals are also succumbing to another inevitability of the big league season: injuries. The eight position players who were projected as starters at the beginning of spring training have yet to play in the same...
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Andrew Stetka: It's too early to talk about the Orioles selling

Andrew Stetka: It's too early to talk about the Orioles selling
Much of the talk surrounding the Orioles in recent weeks has been focused on the July 31 trade deadline and whether or not the team will be sellers going forward. Despite having taken two out of three over the Indians this weekend, the O's have struggled to gain traction this season and still sit last in the weak American League East. That said, we all know how the weak division has allowed the Orioles to remain just 5 1/2 games out of first place despite sitting in the cellar. I'm not...
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Patrick Reddington: Forgiving Stephen Strasburg

Patrick Reddington: Forgiving Stephen Strasburg
It's not Stephen Strasburg's fault that he was hyped beyond belief throughout his final collegiate season and all the way up to the majors. Having followed him that entire time from San Diego State University to the Nationals system and up through his electric major league debut, I'm willing to bet he would have been perfectly fine without the over-the-top attention. He made a point of saying he hadn't done anything yet to earn the spotlight when he was anointed the "next big thing" by...
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Matthew Taylor: Mining major league talent from Maryland

Matthew Taylor: Mining major league talent from Maryland
Residents of the great state of Maryland can claim seven Hall of Famers as their own: Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Home Run Baker, Al Kaline, Vic Willis, and, of course, Cal Ripken Jr. and Babe Ruth. As the Babe Ruth statue outside Camden Yards demonstrates, Marylanders are proud of their native sons, even when they play for the Yankees. Last weekend's Brooks Robinson High School All-Star Game got me thinking about the connection between "Maryland, My Maryland" and the Major Leagues. The...
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Zach Wilt: Moves by GMs could be key in AL East race

Zach Wilt: Moves by GMs could be key in AL East race
Simply put, the American League East is an absolute mess this season. The Yankees remain atop the division with their 29-25 record, but even the last-place Orioles are just five games out of first. Around the rest of the najors, cellar-dwelling teams aren't nearly as fortunate. The last-place Oakland Athletics (22-33) are 12 ½ games back of the Houston Astros in the AL West. The last-place Milwaukee Brewers (18-36) trail the St. Louis Cardinals by 17 1/2 games in the NL Central. On June 4,...
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David Huzzard: Baseball's maddeningly consistent inconsistency

David Huzzard: Baseball's maddeningly consistent inconsistency
A friend of mine asked me the other day why it feels like we are having the same discussions every year on social media, and I answered that it's because it's different people. The conversation he's referring to is the one about why can't baseball teams just be consistent. The main answer is that the baseball season is not a victory march. Sure, a bunch of experts picked the Nationals to win the World Series before the season started, but that never meant it was going to be easy or that all...
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Rachel Levitin: Renion recalls Riggleman's abrupt resignation

Rachel Levitin: Renion recalls Riggleman's abrupt resignation
The Nationals ran into a familiar face last week while in Cincinnati. Former Nats Manager Jim Riggleman, who served as manager from 2009 to 2011, caught up with general manager Mike Rizzo and reflected on his time with the ballclub. Riggleman is now the Reds' third base coach, after serving as a minor league manager in their system for a couple of seasons. According to reports, Riggleman doesn't harbor any ill will against the club and is happy to be working in baseball, regardless of the...
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Domenic Vadala: A baseball anniversary and the Orioles' outlook

Domenic Vadala: A baseball anniversary and the Orioles' outlook
Today, June 3, is a notable date in the history of baseball, the 127th anniversary of the popular poem, "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. It was first published by the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888. We all know the story. "The mighty Casey" is the heavy hitter for the team from the fictional town of Mudville. And with the "Mudville Nine" down by two runs in the last of the ninth with two runners in scoring position, the epic slugger Casey struck out to end the game....
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Matt of Matt's Bats: No place in baseball for intentional plunkings

Matt of Matt's Bats: No place in baseball for intentional plunkings
The week did not end well for the Nationals. The team was just swept by the Cincinnati Reds, a team that is 10 games out of first place in their division. The loss snapped the Nationals' streak of winning nine series in a row. Now, the Nationals come home to take on the highest run-scoring team in baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays. The worst thing that happened this weekend took place in Game 1 of the Reds series, when Tony Cingrani, a former starter and now middle a reliever, hit Bryce Harper...
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Matt Kremnitzer: Brach's leverage in O's bullpen is improving

Matt Kremnitzer: Brach's leverage in O's bullpen is improving
There's no single, effective way to build a bullpen. Some teams throw money at high-priced relievers to fill holes. Some target young relievers early in the major league draft, hoping they'll be able to contribute to the club in a hurry. Many teams convert failed starting pitching prospects into one- or two-inning relief options, while most frequently seek out overlooked or underwhelming pitching options and hope they figure something out. That's how someone like Kevin Gregg keeps finding...
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