It was just over two years ago that the Orioles were in the postseason, proving that it’s a lot quicker to deconstruct a team that construct one. Oriole fans will be eager to find out from the team’s new hierarchy how long they think it will take until the team can contend....
The story of the National League Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers has been Manny Machado. Not only have we been reminded during the telecasts that the Brewers were also a serious suitor for Machado ahead of the July non-waiver trade deadline, but there have been countless...
Soon after they take over, the new Orioles management team will have to make a decision on the future of Tim Beckham, and their decision will have far-reaching effects on the composition of the 2019 roster. Conventional wisdom has been that Beckham would be non-tendered, and the Orioles have until Nov. 30...
For nearly all of their history, the Orioles have had a player who could be identified by one name. There was Brooks. Then there was Eddie, and Cal, and in recent years, it’s been Adam. In this new, uncertain Orioles environment, at least one thing seems certain: There’s not a recognizable symbolic...
There will be dozens of decisions facing the Orioles’ new hierarchy beyond a new manager and coaches. At the top will be determining how they will proceed with rebuilding a team that hit bottom this past season. Will they sign free agents to one-year “bridge” contracts? Which players on the major league...
Since the dismissals of manager Buck Showalter and executive vice president Dan Duquette eight days ago, many fans have commented that they believe that the next manager needs to be more analytically based than Showalter. In comments to FanGraphs, former Orioles closer Zach Britton said that after his trade to the New...
Oriole fans have had plenty to watch in the first week of the 2018 postseason. They’ve seen the players traded away in July play into October. Some have performed well in the postseason. Others haven’t. The American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros, which begins Saturday, has...
Seven days after the Orioles decided to part ways with Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter, no confirmed names to replace them have surfaced. When the pair were released on Oct. 3, the Orioles announced that they would hire a new head of baseball operations from outside the organization. “Once in place, this...
The first task for the Orioles’ new head of baseball operations will be to find a replacement for Buck Showalter. The odds are that the new manager will come from outside the organization. In the last 50 years, ever since Earl Weaver became manager, 10 of the 14 Oriole skippers have come...
While the Orioles search for a new head of baseball operations and then a new manager, the team’s fans have decided they...