On May 1st, the Orioles had attempted only 6 stolen bases. At that point they were on pace for ~40 attempts for a full…
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O’s By the Numbers: The Bullpen
Last week we looked at the ability of the Orioles starting staff to elicit swings and misses outside of the strike zone. This week,…
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O’s By the Numbers: O-Swing % and O-Contact %
One of the skills of good pitchers is the ability to get hitters to swing at pitches outside of the strike zone. This week…
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NFL Draft Pick #85: Jah Reid
With the 85th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft the Ravens selected Jah Reid, an offensive tackle from The University of Central Florida…
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O’s by the Numbers
Throughout the Orioles Blog-o-sphere there has been discussion about the lack of walks taken by the team. As of Monday April 25th, the team…
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AL East Preview: Boston Red Sox. Best in Baseball?
Note: The 2011 projections used throughout this piece come from The Marcel Forecasting System. Details about Marcel and its forecasts are available here. It seems…
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MLB Advanced Metric Primer Series: FIP
Leading up to opening day we will be running an advanced metric primer series. The goal of the series is to introduce readers to…
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MIT Sloan Sports Analytic Conference Recap
The 5th MIT Sloan Sports Analytic Conference took place last Friday and Saturday at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The conference featured panels…
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Say It With Me Now, DUKE-shur
The latest Orioles pitching acquisition is unheralded and over-performing Justin Duchscherer. Through his last 9 seasons as a middle reliever and starting pitcher, Duchscherer…
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The Vlad Signing: Too many Bats?!?!
Last week the Orioles agreed to a 1 year, $8 million contract with free agent Vladimir Guerrero. When I heard the news I was…