Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Kansas City Royals, after defeating the O’s in the Wild Card Series, have been eliminated by the Yankees in the ALDS. Good morning, Camden Chatters. The 2024 postseason continues to churn out one exciting game after another. Last night the Guardians and Tigers played an incredible contest, full of lead changes, clutch hits, … [Read more...] about Friday Bird Droppings: The Orioles’ conquerors have met their demise
Brandon Young is the next unheralded Orioles pitching prospect to try to earn a place
Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Young was the 2024 Orioles minor league pitcher of the year. Going into the 2024 season, there was not much reason to know anything about Brandon Young unless you were very, perhaps even unhealthily, invested in the Orioles farm system.. The 6’6” righty was originally an undrafted free agent signing by the team after the shortened … [Read more...] about Brandon Young is the next unheralded Orioles pitching prospect to try to earn a place
Craig Kimbrel fell apart after an elite start to 2024
Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images The Orioles closer may have been the league’s most egregious All-Star snub this year, and yet by the time September rolled around he was overdue for his impending DFA. What a weird season. Craig Kimbrel was the league’s elite closer of the 2010s. He went to a handful of All-Atar games, garnered Cy Young votes, and even had a trademark … [Read more...] about Craig Kimbrel fell apart after an elite start to 2024
Three Orioles coaches, including co-hitting coach, won’t be back next year
Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images MASN’s Roch Kubatko reported that Orioles co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller and two other members of the staff won’t be back. At last week’s end-of-season press conference with Orioles GM Mike Elias, he committed to manager Brandon Hyde for the 2025 season but stopped short of making the same statement about the entire … [Read more...] about Three Orioles coaches, including co-hitting coach, won’t be back next year
The Cole Irvin experiment went about as well in Year Two as it did the first time
Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Which is to say, it didn’t go great. I wish it’d gone better. I mean, the Orioles’ whole 2024 season, but for the purposes of this player review I’m referring to the Cole Irvin experiment in Baltimore, which has already come to an end. By all accounts, Irvin is a great teammate with a great sense of humor. He’s an animal lover, one … [Read more...] about The Cole Irvin experiment went about as well in Year Two as it did the first time