I’ve been at the Tap Room all night and morning waiting for you. I’m trying to dry out – not from imbibing, but from sweating at Camden Yards. You may not have noticed, but it gets humid in Baltimore in July. This is probably where I should say the trade market is...
We all know the narrative by now. On May 9, the Orioles sat at 22-10 and had the best record in baseball. By the All-Star break, they were four games below .500 at 42-46. Add it all up, and the first half of the 2017 season was filled with its fair share...
Back in April, we checked in on all the members of the 2016 Orioles who have landed with new clubs this season, and how they’ve fared. With the All-Star break upon us, now’s a good time to take another look at that group. Which of last year’s Orioles have found success since...
So far, our season-long “Stats All, Folks” feature has delved into sabermetric stats for hitting, pitching and fielding. But there’s one key facet of the game we haven’t yet considered: baserunning. Let’s change that. For today’s edition, we’ll focus on BsR. What is BsR? No tricky acronyms here — BsR is simply...
Excuse the mess in the bar today. Someone set off fireworks in the men’s bathroom. At least that’s what we think – or hope – it was. Anyway, Fourth of July is over, and it’s time to sit quietly in the Tap Room and talk baseball. I’ll type softly. There’s been a...
Welcome to the Tap Room. I’m pushing the Canadian beer in non-throwable cans today. You may want to partake. The question I’m pushing is sort of timely. Tonight at 11:59 p.m., Major League Baseball halts its voting for the 2017 All-Star Game. On Sunday at 7 p.m., the rosters for both teams...
It’s likely few Orioles fans paid notice earlier this month when the team optioned first baseman David Washington to Triple-A Norfolk. In his first major league action, Washington (pictured above) was 0-for-6 with five strikeouts, barely registering a blip on the club’s radar. Washington, however, has a chance to join a somewhat...
It’s no secret that the Orioles’ 2017 rotation is in pretty poor shape. But things wouldn’t be much better if the club had held onto Yovani Gallardo, who started 23 games in 2016, fourth most among that Orioles’ rotation. The veteran right-hander, whom the Orioles traded to Seattle for Seth Smith last...
Here in Orioles country, we know a little bit something about streaks. Of course, Baltimore was the home of the most famous streak in baseball history, Cal Ripken’s MLB-record 2,632 consecutive games played. But now the Orioles are on the precipice of another record-breaking streak — and this time, nobody will be...