Player Profiles: Nelson Cruz
It is rare that I profile a player that will likely only be with a team for a short time, but Nelson Cruz deserves a profile. The Baltimore Orioles signed Cruz to a short one-year...
It is rare that I profile a player that will likely only be with a team for a short time, but Nelson Cruz deserves a profile. The Baltimore Orioles signed Cruz to a short one-year...
The Baltimore Orioles have had one of the best third baseman in the history of baseball in Brooks Robinson. Enter Manny Machado who came up to the Majors at the young age of 19. The...
O DAY O DAY O DAY O DAY!!!! The Baltimore Orioles right-handed pitcher Darren O’Day has earned his own chants in Baltimore. The Orioles aquired O’Day off waivers from the Texas Rangers during the offseason...
Tommy goes BOOM!!! Meet Tommy Hunter the Baltimore Orioles right-handed pitcher that knows how to light up the radar. The Orioles acquired Hunter and Chris Davis for Koji Uehara from the Texas Rangers in 2011. ...
Switch hitting Jesus… that’s what they call Matt Wieters. The Baltimore Orioles drafted Wieters in the first round of the 2007 amateur draft (fifth overall) and it did not take Wieters long to get to...
Power hitting, Gold Glove short stop, sounds like Cal Ripken Jr. but this player profile is on J.J. Hardy. The Baltimore Orioles acquired Hardy in 2011 in a trade with the Minnesota Twins. That trade...
The first Baltimore Orioles pitcher from Taiwan, meet Wei-Yin Chen. Chen pitched in Japan before coming to the Orioles and was a great success story for Orioles scouting. Chen came to the Orioles when he...
When you break the Baltimore Orioles franchise record for home runs… people start to notice you, meet Chris Davis. The Orioles acquired Davis and Tommy Hunter from the Texas Rangers for Koji Uehara in 2011. ...
Another Baltimore Orioles outfielder and other player involved in the Eric Bedard trade with the Seattle Mariners meet Adam Jones. Jones is one of the true five-tool players in the Major Leagues. Since coming to...
Chris Tillman came to the Baltimore Orioles in the same deal that brought Adam Jones to the Orioles. Tillman was a second round draft pick in the 2006 draft and was selected by the Seattle...