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Orioles Spring Training 2013

  • Chris Davis is a beast.

    fearthenoodle

  • Trollgarden starting early

    Noah Cross

  • Wtf just realized I hadn't posted in the thread yet. These guys are pretty much all I have right now.

    b1210k

  • jsh said...

    Outside of the homer to Gomes Britton has looked good.

    Even that pitch was down in the zone. Sometimes you just tip your cap.

    skindeep

  • Jurrjens starts today and will throw 2-3 innings. 2-3 innings for Hunter and 2 innings for Gausman also.

    fearthenoodle

  • fearthenoodle

  • fearthenoodle

  • fearthenoodle

  • Roberts looks a lot better than he did last year. Can't believe I'm getting sucked into this.

    jsh

  • jsh said...

    Roberts looks a lot better than he did last year. Can't believe I'm getting sucked into this.

    Yeah well how does Casilla look?

    I, for one, am glad that Roberts did not go gentle into that good night last year. He looked death in the eye and lived to tell about it and what not. But I'm not getting sucked in.

    ravensnterps

  • SS Casilla
    3B Machado
    DH Ford
    RF Jackson
    1B Valencia
    LF Robinson
    2B Navarro
    CF Hoes
    C Robinson
    RHP Jurrjens

    fearthenoodle

  • Peter Gammons‏@pgammo

    If I were an Oriole, after winning 93 games, beating Texas and doing so with professionalism , I'd consider "fluke" a four-letter word

    jsh

  • I turned off the MD game last night with about 6 minutes left to watch the inning Patton pitched. Then when Buck took him out and I saw the entire infield had numbers in the 80s or 90s I decided I should probably go to bed

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9

  • Now, I don’t think the Orioles are a 96-win team, anymore than I believe they’re a 74-win team. Their +7 run differential is troubling, but, from the moment they added Manny Machado to the lineup, they outscored their opponents by 54 runs in 51 games. How do you marry that with the rest of the data?

    In scouting, comps are used for projection. If a player looks like, or has the same arm action, or swing path as someone else, it reasons that it gives the scout a rough idea of how a player can develop. But there are always outliers. While PECOTA is modest in its assessment of Machado, it’s tough to find many 19-year-olds to compare his numbers to at the big-league level. The same could be said for any number of players on the Orioles roster. Was last year’s Chris Tillman with improved velocity and command a turning point? Or was it a fluke given his career numbers? Or was last year’s 30-homer season for Chris Davis the forebear of things to come, or just a fluky coincidence for a player with big power and contact issues? Trying to assess what this team is going to do is trickier than most. Guys develop at different rates, and with so many players holding a checkered major league history, but still entering their primes, it can be easy to convince yourself that either point is possible.

    Projection is one of the things GM Dan Duquette is banking on. “I thought Chris Davis had a breakout year. Adam Jones, obviously has had some good years but had a really good year last year, Matt Wieters continues to improve and obviously we like what we saw from [Machado]. These guys are determined ballplayers. They want to be consistent major league ballplayers. I think they’ve developed a lot of really good habits that will help them, repeat and in some cases improve their production, and they’re serious about being good this year.”

    We’re getting ready, likely a month from today, to do our own predictions. The AL East, and particularly the Orioles, are what I’m least looking forward to guessing on. To paraphrase Adam Jones, there’s a good chance I’ll end up looking like a fool, no matter which way I go.

    Baseball Prospectus | BP Unfiltered: Grapefruit League Journal: Baltimore Orioles

    The Orioles are confounding for projection season. - Keywords: Chris Davis, Manny Machado, Adam Jones, Jim Johnson

    www.baseballprospectus.com

    jsh

  • who wants a retro O's shirt?

    (for $45)

    Remote Control – Baltimore Orioles - Red Jacket Clothing

    Red Jacket Clothing

    redjacketclothing.com

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9

  • jsh said...

    Now, I don’t think the Orioles are a 96-win team, anymore than I believe they’re a 74-win team. Their +7 run differential is troubling, but, from the moment they added Manny Machado to the lineup, they outscored their opponents by 54 runs in 51 games. How do you marry that with the rest of the data?

    In scouting, comps are used for projection. If a player looks like, or has the same arm action, or swing path as someone else, it reasons that it gives the scout a rough idea of how a player can develop. But there are always outliers. While PECOTA is modest in its assessment of Machado, it’s tough to find many 19-year-olds to compare his numbers to at the big-league level. The same could be said for any number of players on the Orioles roster. Was last year’s Chris Tillman with improved velocity and command a turning point? Or was it a fluke given his career numbers? Or was last year’s 30-homer season for Chris Davis the forebear of things to come, or just a fluky coincidence for a player with big power and contact issues? Trying to assess what this team is going to do is trickier than most. Guys develop at different rates, and with so many players holding a checkered major league history, but still entering their primes, it can be easy to convince yourself that either point is possible.

    Projection is one of the things GM Dan Duquette is banking on. “I thought Chris Davis had a breakout year. Adam Jones, obviously has had some good years but had a really good year last year, Matt Wieters continues to improve and obviously we like what we saw from [Machado]. These guys are determined ballplayers. They want to be consistent major league ballplayers. I think they’ve developed a lot of really good habits that will help them, repeat and in some cases improve their production, and they’re serious about being good this year.”

    We’re getting ready, likely a month from today, to do our own predictions. The AL East, and particularly the Orioles, are what I’m least looking forward to guessing on. To paraphrase Adam Jones, there’s a good chance I’ll end up looking like a fool, no matter which way I go.

    Extremely fair and solid analysis.

    parlay

  • Red Jacket, Brass Tacks, and Brand 47 are all good stuff.

    jsh

  • JDawgBBall9 said...

    who wants a retro O's shirt?

    (for $45)

    Love it. $45 is just so much for a tshirt.

    fearthenoodle

  • JDawgBBall9 said...

    who wants a retro O's shirt?

    (for $45)

    I wish the sleeves were an inch or two longer....love the logo.

    https://appsec.aarp.org/MSS/join/application?keycode=U8LX53&intcmp=dso_tt_hp_jn_ms

    Dean Wormer

  • jsh said...

    Now, I don’t think the Orioles are a 96-win team, anymore than I believe they’re a 74-win team. Their +7 run differential is troubling, but, from the moment they added Manny Machado to the lineup, they outscored their opponents by 54 runs in 51 games. How do you marry that with the rest of the data?

    In scouting, comps are used for projection. If a player looks like, or has the same arm action, or swing path as someone else, it reasons that it gives the scout a rough idea of how a player can develop. But there are always outliers. While PECOTA is modest in its assessment of Machado, it’s tough to find many 19-year-olds to compare his numbers to at the big-league level. The same could be said for any number of players on the Orioles roster. Was last year’s Chris Tillman with improved velocity and command a turning point? Or was it a fluke given his career numbers? Or was last year’s 30-homer season for Chris Davis the forebear of things to come, or just a fluky coincidence for a player with big power and contact issues? Trying to assess what this team is going to do is trickier than most. Guys develop at different rates, and with so many players holding a checkered major league history, but still entering their primes, it can be easy to convince yourself that either point is possible.

    Projection is one of the things GM Dan Duquette is banking on. “I thought Chris Davis had a breakout year. Adam Jones, obviously has had some good years but had a really good year last year, Matt Wieters continues to improve and obviously we like what we saw from [Machado]. These guys are determined ballplayers. They want to be consistent major league ballplayers. I think they’ve developed a lot of really good habits that will help them, repeat and in some cases improve their production, and they’re serious about being good this year.”

    We’re getting ready, likely a month from today, to do our own predictions. The AL East, and particularly the Orioles, are what I’m least looking forward to guessing on. To paraphrase Adam Jones, there’s a good chance I’ll end up looking like a fool, no matter which way I go.

    why would anyone be "modest" in their assessment of Machado? How many 19 year olds have started at 3B in the post-season in the last 50 years? I'm guessing less than can fit on one hand.

    *guess he turned 20 last July. Same difference.

    This post was edited by BCiB on 2/28/2013 at 9:44 AM

    BCiB

  • BCiB said...

    why would anyone be "modest" in their assessment of Machado?

    Because he's 20 years old.

    FTR, they're talking about this year, not his career.

    This post was edited by jsh on 2/28/2013 at 9:45 AM

    jsh

  • fearthenoodle said...

    Love it. $45 is just so much for a tshirt.

    Yeah its a crapload to spend on a t-shirt

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9

  • can anyone find video of the davis HR last night?

    AlphaOmega said... im sorry i was confusing...your "Superbowl" was the Redskins losing since you know that the Ravens cant win it all.

    TheHugeManatee

  • Here you go.

    Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | BOS@BAL: Davis goes opposite field for a two-run shot - Video | orioles.com: Multimedia

    2/27/13: Chris Davis laces a pitch over the left-field wall for a two-run shot to give the O's a one-run lead in the bottom of the sixth

    mlb.mlb.com

    jsh

  • fearthenoodle said...

    Love it. $45 is just so much for a tshirt.

    Why would you even think about buying that?

    parlay

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