Itâs hard to find many real drawbacks if a player gets sporadic major league playing time and struggles early. And thatâs from any number of perspectives â developmental, analytical or scouting.
The farther we get from the rebuilding years, the harder it is to envision many of the players who wore those losses and grew through those struggles ultimately being here to enjoy an ultimate reward of a World Series. It would be sweeter for them than almost anyone else.
After crushing injury news for John Means and Tyler Wells, Baltimoreâs front office must reckon with bolstering their starting rotation. Their deal for the Cy Young-winner should be a guide for how ambitious they should be.
Organized team activities in May and June are a compromise that donât seem to work perfectly for coaches or veteran players. Getting rid of them altogether, in favor of a longer training camp, might be a better solution.
The Orioles have always had the prospect talent to make pretty much any trade theyâve wanted in the last couple years. Elias has said so himself. There might just be more urgency to this year.
John Sarbanes is exactly the right person to ask about fixing Congress. Itâs his cause. His answer is long and flows from The Federalist Papers to the fall elections. It isnât Congress thatâs broken, he says, itâs us.
âNow, when you look at his performance against pitch types, heâs hitting breaking balls really well and fastballs,â co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller said. âThatâs what we want our guys to be able to do.â
Among the top five teams in starter ERA, only the Orioles have had eight different pitchers start at least three games â and all but two of the starters have a sub-4 ERA.
Bill Walton's psychedelic wackiness was one of a kind, but so was his generous heart and dedication to the highest ideals of sports. The NCAA was better for having him, even if it never lived up to what he believed it could be.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker told a class of college graduates that the women among them were sold âdiabolical liesâ about their careers. He is the liar.
De Leon has a chance to be the top pitching prospect in the organization by the end of the year, which is saying a lot considering the pitching talent that has emerged.
Rep. Jasmine Crockettâs clapback to a personal insult from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was a refreshing reminder that Black women no longer feel compelled to cater to respectability politics.