Minors
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November 5, 2016 at 7:00 am
Minor League Podcast: Spotlight on Frederick Keys
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Things haven’t been easy for the High-A Frederick Keys recently. They finished 68-72 overall in 2016, their fifth straight losing campaign. They haven’t been a real force since winning the Carolina League in 2011 with a pair of infielders named Manny Machado and...
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November 3, 2016 at 7:00 am
Dean’s Dozen: Our Top 12 Orioles prospects for the 2017 season
If you’re a fan of the Orioles’ minor-league affiliates, I’m sure you already know that Baseball America released its picks for the organization’s Top 10 prospects last week. Click here if you haven’t seen the list yet. You’ll notice that my rankings don’t have a lot in common with Baseball America’s. To...
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October 27, 2016 at 7:00 am
Minor League Podcast: Melewski, Jones talk prospect rankings
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES There’s just something intriguing about analyzing baseball prospects. Who really knows which ones will pan out and which ones will end up fizzling before they reach the majors? Like the draft, breaking down prospects can be a crapshoot. I guess that’s part of...
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October 20, 2016 at 7:00 am
Minor League Podcast: Spotlight on Ryan Mountcastle and the Delmarva Shorebirds
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Of all the Orioles’ minor league affiliates, none did better record-wise than the Low-A Delmarva Shorebirds, who just missed qualifying for the South Atlantic League playoffs in the first half. The Shorebirds, managed by former Oriole third baseman Ryan Minor, ended up with...
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October 13, 2016 at 7:00 am
Minor League Podcast: Corban Joseph talks life as a minor leaguer and as Caleb’s little brother
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES Most Oriole fans are familiar with the organization’s top prospects, whether that’s Chance Sisco, Trey Mancini, Cody Sedlock or Hunter Harvey. But there are plenty of other players trying to push themselves to the big leagues from within the minor-league system. And the...
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September 28, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Minor League Podcast: Justin Lord discusses Aberdeen’s pitching staff
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The Short-A Aberdeen IronBirds didn’t exactly have a great season in the New York-Penn League. They finished last in their division with a 32-43 record. But it’s pretty easy to take some positives from their season based on the pitchers that dotted Aberdeen’s...
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September 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Minor League Podcast: Digging a little deeper with Sisco and Hart
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES During the next few weeks in our Minor League Podcast, we’ll be looking at particular affiliates in the Orioles organization and how they did in 2016. But we took a break teams this week to really focus on a few individuals. Adam Pohl,...
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September 18, 2016 at 7:00 am
Hearing from Sisco, Hart and others on minor league awards
Dan Duquette called it one of his favorite days of the year, when the executive vice president of baseball operations gets to honor minor league players and staff who have excelled this season. On Saturday evening he did that, as lefty reliever Donnie Hart, a former 27th rounder who reached the majors...
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September 14, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Minor League Podcast: Spotlight on the GCL Orioles and manager Orlando Gomez
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES The minor league baseball season has ended for all Orioles’ affiliates. But we’re not giving up here at BaltimoreBaseball.com. That would be irresponsible, defeatist, just plain wrong. So our “Minor League Podcast” with Adam Pohl continues – with a little twist. Pohl, the...
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September 13, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Walker, Sisco, Hays and Hart lead BaltimoreBaseball.com’s minor league All-Star squad
It’s clear that the Orioles’ minor league teams collectively had a rough 2016 season. As I mentioned in the final “Dean Jones Report” last week, only Delmarva finished with a winning record this year. The Orioles’ top six affiliates – Norfolk, Bowie, Frederick, Delmarva, Aberdeen and the GCL Orioles – combined...
