In the 20-round MLB Draft last summer, the Orioles selected 10 position players and 10 pitchers. They signed nine of the position players. And in what was clearly a small sample which should be noted, that group of nine showed some outstanding plate discipline which could bode well for their future MLB chances. As a group of nine players, the Oriol

The Nationals were bad in a lot of ways this season. You don’t lose 107 games because of a deficiency in one single department. You lose that many games because of multiple problem areas. And one of the Nats’ most notable problems in 2022 was a lack of power. Like, a complete lack of power. They hit only 136 home runs, fewest in the National League

The Orioles are concentrating on upgrades for their rotation, but they also could acquire at least one new reliever on a major league or minor league deal. They don’t usually bring back the exact same unit while expecting the exact same results. That's a dangerous little game. If nothing else, they can increase the camp competition. The trust that

Today in this space I'm reviewing a few articles that recently were published here. Sometimes you take a look back before you move ahead. In this article featuring some of my recent interview with MLBPipeline.com's Jim Callis, we discussed how trading prospects can be beneficial to a team. It's another way to make good use of a strong farm system,

For the first time in a long time, the bullpen was the Nationals’ biggest strength this season. After so many years (in which they did win, I might add) of trusting unproven closers and acquiring top relief pitchers through trade deadline deals, general manager Mike Rizzo constructed a bullpen mostly through waiver claims and minor league deals tha

Armchair general managers stayed busy in the early days of the offseason. Imagine how hectic it’s become with the free agent and trade markets wide open and the Winter Meetings approaching. Your mistakes can’t cost you a job that you don’t actually have, which makes it a sweet gig. I already posed five questions: whether you’d re-sign first baseman

When we look at the 2023 Orioles infield, they return a top prospect talent in Gunnar Henderson, along with a Gold Glove winner in Ramón Urías and a Fielding Bible Award winner in Jorge Mateo. Those three could man second, short and third. But where does that leave Jordan Westburg, who is not currently on the 40-man roster? Or Joey Ortiz, who is? N

There weren’t a lot of prominent Nationals prospects who participated in this year’s Arizona Fall League, and the most prominent of the lot appeared in only two games due to injury. So you’re forgiven if you didn’t pay much attention to the month-long showcase of top minor leaguers that wrapped up Nov. 12. That’s what we’re here for: To provide a r

The fatigue that I keep blaming on tryptophan, which makes no sense because I use the excuse year-round, limits how much heavy lifting I can do in one day. The mailbag isn’t a priority compared to daily workouts, but I decided to empty it this morning while it’s still relatively light. While I don’t need relatives to assist me. This is the holiday

They are going to be a great 1-2 punch in the Orioles lineup next season and quite possibly for many seasons to come. A case could be made that the Orioles' two best hitters going into next season are catcher Adley Rutschman and infielder Gunnar Henderson. And while that talented young duo combined for 602 plate appearances last year, they might ge