Posts Tagged ‘baltimore orioles’

MLB Parity Non-Issue in the 00′s

With the decade quickly coming to a close, there is surely bound to be no shortage of ‘Decade in Review’ and ‘Decade Superlative’ columns, especially as we have no Y2K looming.  At the very beginning of this decade, MLB was considering contraction of two of its squads, as the Expos (remember them?) and Twins came [...]

Big Matt ‘The Future’, ‘BirdlandMan’, ‘Wheaties’, Wieters Makes His Orioles Debut Friday

CubicleGM favorite (covered in four posts, including as the focus of one of the originals), and much bally-hooed uber-super-prospect Matt Wieters will join the major league roster Friday, according to Orioles GM Andy MacPhail. MacPhail states the obvious when he says that Wieters isn’t being called up to the majors to ride the pine, and [...]

The Matt Wieters Question

Fantasy baseball GMs across the globe are facing a tough question this year as drafts are conducted: When should I bite on Matt Wieters? I, myself, with a draft upcoming on Sunday night (full report to come), can’t quite figure out how to value this guy. The Orioles catcher – nay, star – of the [...]