With Chris Ray back this season it will be interesting to see who will take over the closer job. Last season Sherrill was a all-star caliber closer, but also put the team in many tough situations in the 9th. So far this year Ray has been looking good in spring training, and with his arm [...]

Here is a pretty good quote from a article I read when I woke up this morning.
Entering this offseason Baltimore needed to overhaul a starting rotation that last year threw just 882 innings, the lowest total in baseball. Their starters also had a collective 5.51 ERA, which was tied with the Rangers for the worst [...]

Pitching was much better today, especially after the second inning. Scott Moore went 2-2 with a homer, Nolan Reimold also went deep for a 2 run homer.
Matt Albers and Chris Ray also had a very good game, putting up zeros on the board. Which was the complete opposite than the pitchers from yesterday. Overall, the [...]

The pitching today was just horrible, all the way 1st to the 8th inning. The most disturbing news from today’s game is Hennessey leaving the game in the 2nd inning due to injury. He said after the game that he doesn’t believe its anything to serous, that his elbow just felt stiff. Pauley also didn’t [...]

The O’s will be taking on the Mets today at 1:00 pm. This is the first official spring training game and I expect it to be a sloppy game, especially on the offensive side. I’m sure all of us will once again keep our eye on Wieters. You can listen to the game on 105.7 [...]

The O’s beat Italy today in a non-official spring training game. Matt Wieters only had two at bats and got walked both times. I was looking forward to seeing Wieters putting up big hits today, but it looks like Italy either pitched around him, or Wieters was patient at the plate. I’m a little disappointed [...]

The Orioles will be playing against the Italian national team tomorrow at 12:00pm. Unfortunately, the game won’t be televised or broadcasted on the radio that I know of.
Here is the projected lineup………
Christian – CF
Murphy – 2B
Moore – 3B
Salazar – 1B
Wieters – C
Brazell – DH
Montanez – RF
Reimold – LF
Turner – SS
Matusz – P
Obviously all eyes will [...]

The backup catcher is pretty much narrowed down to Robby Hammock who played his entire career with the Diamondbacks, and a career .255 batting average.  Our other option is Chad Moeller who played with the Yankees last season. Moeller has a career batting average of .224, but is slightly better behind the plate then Hammock.
Another [...]