SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play Let’s assume for a moment that the Orioles are sellers in the next week. Let’s assume they are willing to move Zach Britton, Brad Brach or maybe Manny Machado to a contender. And let’s assume that the Orioles’ No. 1 target in return...
We’re approaching the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline. This is the last “Dean Jones Report” before the annual wheeling-and-dealing tradition. The past five seasons have spoiled Orioles fans after more than a decade of darkness. Since 2012, the club has routinely been in the hunt as the calendar turns to August. In...
There’s only one thing worse than playing in a 21-inning game over two days. Playing in a 21-inning game over two days and losing. (OK, playing in a 33-inning game – the longest in history – and losing is worse than that. Just ask Cal Ripken Jr. and the rest of the...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play There may be no player in the Orioles organization that has raised more eyebrows in 2017 than Double-A Bowie outfielder Austin Hays. One scout I talked to recently said Hays would be the guy he’d be most interested in acquiring in the entire...
The Orioles won’t play again until Friday against the Chicago Cubs at Camden Yards. I hope you enjoy the breather from the daily frustration until then. We’ve reached the All-Star break for the organization’s top two affiliates, too. Triple-A Norfolk (37-53) has the third-worst record in the 14-team International League. The Tides...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play One of the reasons I want people to listen to our weekly “Minor League Podcast” with Adam Pohl is because it routinely provides perspective that you can’t get anywhere else. Pohl is the voice of the Double-A Bowie Baysox, so he sees a...
We’re crawling closer to the All-Star break. After a disastrous sweep in Milwaukee, the Orioles only have one, four-game series remaining – beginning tonight at the Minnesota Twins – before the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday in Miami. Four days off in a row will give everyone, except for second baseman and lone...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play One of the cool things about this job – managing the content of the site – is I get to learn things about baseball I previously didn’t know, or delve into areas within the sport I had never explored. This year has been...
After a two-week hiatus to make room for our coverage of the 2017 Major League Baseball first-year-player draft, the “Dean Jones Report” has returned to its spot in the lineup. And as you’ll see, I’ve made some midseason upgrades to my “Dean’s Dozen” rankings. I’ve taken two players out who have pitched...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play The Orioles’ 2017 draft is over, and now the process of signing the club’s 41 picks is underway. On Wednesday, the club announced it had reached deals with 27 players from this draft class – an impressive number so quickly after the picks...