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Jan 20, 2025 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
On January 20, the Baltimore Orioles officially said farewell to Anthony Santander after he signed a contract with the rival Toronto Blue Jays. Of course, Santander’s departure wasn’t exactly a surprise after the Orioles signed Tyler O’Neill earlier in the offseason. While O’Neill and Santander are certainly both power-hitting corner outfielders, they’re hardly clones. The pair differ in several key factors including their strikeout rate, platoon splits, health and of course, their contracts.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles face important decisions this offseason when it comes to their rotation and lineup with Corbin Burnes and Anthony Santander becoming free agents. While those two players are certainly the most important parts of the 2024 team who could leave, there’s another area of the roster that could look different next year: backup catcher.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
At 7:42 PM on October 2, 2024, the honeymoon phase for this era of Orioles baseball ended. Gunnar Henderson’s strikeout against Lucas Erceg put the finishing touches on a season that began with optimism and ended with a whimper. If 2022 was the first sign of success and 2023 was the team becoming a true contender, 2024 was meant to be the year where they put it all together.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
It’s hardly a secret that the Baltimore Orioles are entering this year’s postseason after a rather pedestrian end to the regular season. After finishing the first half with a record of 58-38, they spent the second half as a .500 team, going 33-33 which included a 13-12 record in September. Of course, their September record does include a 5-1 stretch to end the year but still, it’s fair to say that fans might struggle with optimism about how they finished the year.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz
There will be plenty of compelling teams to follow this year in college football ranging from Michigan without Jim Harbaugh to teams like Oregon adjusting to their new conferences as well as schools like Ole Miss and Missouri hoping to make the playoff for the first time. However, I think most fans are already aware of who’ll be worth following in the power conferences, but are less likely to know about what makes someone like San Jose State noteworthy entering this year.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
As the trade deadline draws closer, the Orioles find themselves in the position of being a team that is a virtual lock for the postseason while still having a roster that could certainly use some pitching help for October. If the Orioles are looking to make a big swing at the deadline, there are three prospects I’d expect every team will inquire about: Samuel Basallo, Heston Kjerstad and Coby Mayo.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
In modern baseball, there’s no shortage of stats. Simple stats like home runs and strikeouts remain incredibly important, but they’re now joined by more elaborate Statcast metrics like expected batting average. Of course, there’s also plenty of stats that aren’t as simple as batting average but also don’t need the technology of Statcast. Here’s a look at four stats you might not regularly see that still help explain the success of this year’s Baltimore Orioles.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
In 2023, Gunnar Henderson completed his first full season in the majors in spectacular fashion by winning American League Rookie of the Year. The former #1 overall prospect helped the Baltimore Orioles win 101 games and the AL East with an .814 OPS, 6.2 bWAR and 28 homers across 150 games. While Henderson did just about everything you could want from a rookie, there was one clear area for improvement as we entered the 2024 season: hitting left-handed pitching.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
On July 9, 2023, Austin Hays wrapped up the best first half of his career by going 2-for-5 with a homer to raise his OPS to .853. Two days later, Hays started the All-Star Game in Seattle. However, not much has gone right for Hays since then. Hays posted a .667 OPS in the second half and has followed that with a very alarming start to 2024 with a .269 OPS and zero extra-base hits after 18 games and 46 plate appearances. So, what exactly has caused Hays’ dreadful start?
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
baltimoresportsandlife.com | Rose Lynn Katz |Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles have thus far been able to build a contender without worrying about losing any key players they developed. However, that could change following the 2024 season. Anthony Santander, a member of the Orioles since 2017, is currently expected to become a free agent at the end of the season.
