If you think the 2017 Orioles look a lot like the 2016 squad, that’s not a surprise — they’ve brought back nearly two-thirds of last year’s roster. With the Orioles re-signing outfielder Michael Bourn and outfielder-turned-pitcher Dariel Alvarez to minor league deals last week, 30 of the 47 players who appeared in...
The key number for Cam Nolet was 15. The junior lefty for St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis struck out an eye-popping 15 batters in a 3-0 win against St. Paul’s last week. And that tremendous outing – coupled with a whole lot of support from the St. Mary’s Saints community –...
Note: Shortly after recording this segment, pitcher Oliver Drake was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
While Conor Reynolds was a teenager playing baseball at Loyola Blakefield, he had aspirations of continuing the sport in college. Early in high school, Reynolds envisioned going to a big Division 1 university— out west, perhaps — but his offensive numbers at Loyola weren’t dazzling. He reached out to a number of...
Welcome to the first edition of Stats All, Folks. This season-long series will provide a primer into the statistical side of baseball, focusing especially on analytics and advanced stats. Think of it as a crash course in sabermetrics. If you’re a baseball fan who is fascinated by new ways of analyzing and...
No matter how you slice it, if you are an Orioles fan, you have to be relatively thrilled with this first week of the season. Just winning each series against division rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees, has to be considered a success. A 5-0 start would have been...
Our second “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” vote is underway. It was a competitive selection process as a majority of teams around the Baltimore area took to the diamond more than once. Extra-base hits rained down – no pun intended – throughout the week and a pitching performance stood out like no...
Our first “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” voting has been completed. And it was one heck of a race – with a tremendous, almost record-setting, response. First, our high school writer Sean Naylor picked three exceptionally worthy candidates: Arundel High’s junior pitcher Steve Sturlaugson, who dominated in his start last week; Archbishop...
Adrian Chinnery’s baseball career has been a steady stream of challenges. In high school, he was passed over by most college coaches and recruiters. His school of choice, the U.S. Naval Academy, didn’t originally offer him admission. And, once he got Navy’s attention, he’s had to play through shoulder and elbow injuries....
Major League Baseball is back. And so is our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” feature and vote. The mid-March snowfall and recent rain may have affected the scheduling of games, but high school players throughout the Baltimore area seemingly weren’t bothered by it. During this past week, we saw pitchers going the...