belcome to walltimore (a 2023 orioles thread)

congrats o's fans <3

100 wins, but also the best in the AL confirmed (tied worst possible conclusion)

we did it guys!!!!

I'd forgotten that the Orioles clinching last night could conceivably help the Jays this weekend against Tampa. The games are meaningless to them now, so maybe we'll get a spot starter or two and some of their regulars rested (the ones that aren't injured already)...

Posnanski's six years younger than I am, but he captures well what I was posting about last night:

There’s something about the Orioles being back in the playoffs that connects deeply to my childhood, when the Orioles were ALWAYS good. It’s funny, when I was 10, 11, 12 years old, it seemed to me that there was a permanence to the world and a permanence in sports, and the Orioles would always be good, the Cowboys would always be good, the Raiders would always be good, Pittsburgh would always be the city of champions, etc. Then as you get older, you realize that nothing is permanent, and the Orioles fell into a deep hole, only to pop out their heads every now and again like they were checking the weather.

I didn't mean that the Orioles were my favourite team when I became a fan--the Reds were--but that they were the gold standard. Even more than the A's, who won the three World Series followed by chaos and then getting dismantled. The Orioles in the '70s were always good, and they were very businesslike about it.

felix is getting surgery

o's now at 101 wins, norfolk tides won the aaa championship. pretty cool.

Absolute misery.

man i wanted them to make a run. i guess one of the talking points is lack of SP upgrades at trade deadline (Flaherty not on playoff roster)

Flaherty was not a great pick. Fuji also seemed shaky, but did improve.

wonder who they'd target this offseason. there are some SPs with an ace level ceiling (but who aren't a lock to perform at that ceiling) like Nola and Snell. i would love to see them land Ohtani but that's a pipe dream and he's also not a guy you can rely on as a pitcher (his offense would obv be a dream.)

They arent going to spend

this would be the perfect year to actually make a real SP signing, even if it's just someone like jordan montgomery or ERod. that'd be huge compared to recent years. 3 rotation spots are secure (rodriguez, bradish, means).

wouldn't really make sense to sign a position player which is fine because there aren't any position players to sign this year.

this team is in a bizarre position. like almost everything i said a year ago here The Tanking Will Continue Until Morale Improves: the 2022 Baltimore Orioles is basically the same. there's too many guys and not enough spots. there are a lot of guys with higher ceilings than santander, mullins and hays, but i don't want to lose any of them. i'm starting to think they really are just going to do the rays thing where they keep AAA loaded instead of making big trades, and then platoon guys who are probably good enough to be full time players on most other teams.

you've got coby mayo looking like the second coming of david ortiz in AAA and he's like 4th in line for any of the positions he may be able to play in the majors

but gotta say i'm glad the rest of the internet seems to have caught onto the blinding whiteness of elias drafts

Congratulations to Gunnar Henderson

Gunnar Henderson named American League Rookie of the Year

Read more at: https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2023/11/13/gunnar-henderson-named-al-rookie-of-the-year/

And to Brandon Hyde

Orioles skipper Brandon Hyde named AL Manager of the Year

https://www.wbal.com/orioles-skipper-brandon-hyde-named-al-manager-of-the-year/

This looks kind of fun

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/video/the-story-of-the-2023-orioles?partnerId=zh-20240104-1130664-BAL-1-A&qid=13&utm_id=zh-20240104-1130664-BAL-1-A&bt_ee=hqqTyiJAwOj1FEu6TfhkrwrZPzUBgblzlV0Lf86nOp%2BM%2Ba11ZdUL3prgG6SUQVj8&bt_ts=1704398151285