CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The Orioles have about three weeks remaining in the 2016 regular season, but their minor league affiliates are finished for the year. Our minor league team at BaltimoreBaseball.com, though, is still going strong – and will throughout the winter. Today’s “Minor League Podcast...
Another minor league season is in the books. When it comes to wins and losses, the Orioles’ organization had a rough time in 2016. Norfolk (62-82), Bowie (56-86), Frederick (68-72), Aberdeen (32-43) and the Gulf Coast League Orioles (27-32) all had losing records. Only Delmarva (73-66) finished above .500 – and that...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES When Dan Duquette was first hired to be the Orioles’ executive vice president in 2011, people in the industry said he had a small group of longtime baseball men that formed his brain trust. He didn’t have a lot of close advisors, but...
By this time next week, the minor league baseball regular season will be complete. With seven games remaining, believe it or not, Triple-A Norfolk – and its 59-78 record – are still technically alive for a playoff spot. The Tides are in last place in the International League South Division, but all...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES As a Rule 5 pick, hard-throwing right-hander Jason Garcia had to stay in the majors all season in 2015 for the Orioles to keep him in the organization. He made it, pitching 21 games with the Orioles last year – all in relief...
Yikes. Maybe I shouldn’t take a vacation again. In the two weeks since the last “Dean Jones Report,” the Orioles are 5-8. They were tied with the Toronto Blue Jays atop the American League East when I left. Now, they’re in third place, two games behind the Blue Jays and the Boston...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Delmarva pitching coach Blaine Beatty has been coaching in the Orioles organization for 11 seasons, and has mentored many of the club’s young hurlers. One of his prized pupils is Dylan Bundy, who is now tearing up the majors. Beatty, a former Orioles’...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Bowie Baysox manager Gary Kendall, a Baltimore native, is the winningest skipper in team history and the only person to lead the club to an Eastern League championship. He also has one of the better stories in the Orioles’ minor league system. A...
There’s a little less than a month remaining in the minor league season. That means we’re nearing the end of the first year of the “Dean Jones Report.” But as any Hall of Fame hitter – or great writer – will tell you, it’s never too late to make adjustments. And that’s...
Heading into Monday’s trade deadline, much of the focus was on what the Orioles didn’t have in their system in order to add a top rental for the pennant push. They don’t possess that marquee player, but they do have guys who generated some interest in the trade market. We’ve often heard...