Just how well have the Orioles drafted and developed homegrown talent compared to the rest of baseball since 2019?
@BrendanMorty dives into the numbers.
This is kinda random, but it's surprising how forgotten Toby Harrah seems to be today. Not a Hall of Famer, but he was a rare shortstop of the 1970s who was a power hitter (basically him and a declining Petrocelli) and from 1975-1980 he drew 569 walks against 389 strikeouts.
The Orioles place plaques on the street outside right field for every home run that lands there 😮⚾
Eutaw Street features dozens of bronze discs that mark all of the homers that have landed there in Oriole Park history - all 134 of them
The spot is carefully marked when a homer lands there, then plaques are created after the season and laid out the following spring
Orioles catchers are posting an .822 OPS this season. They're the only unit in baseball above .775.
@BrendanMorty breaks down the massive positional advantage that Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo are bringing to Baltimore.
In Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo, the Orioles have the best catching duo in baseball.
Baltimore catchers lead MLB in:
BA — .266
SLG — .486
OPS — .822
wRC+ — 129
Their 2.9 fWAR is easily the best in baseball. No other team is above 1.9 fWAR.
"I don't think it's a coincidence that things have turned around since [Adley Rutschman] got here."
@kevinnbrown explains to @alannarizzo the importance of Rutschman in cultivating the Orioles young, winning ballclub.
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Two years ago, Adley Rutschman made his @MLB debut!
At the time of his debut, the @Orioles were 16-24. Since then, they have the best record in the American League (197-132).
"[Gunnar Henderson] is certainly in that conversation when you start to think of top 5, top 10 players in baseball."
@Anthony_Recker, @AlLeiter22 and BK discuss where the @Orioles' shortstop stands among the best hitters in the game.
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At 26-12, the @Orioles have matched their best 38-game start in franchise history. The two other years they started 26-12?
1969: Won AL pennant
1970: Won World Series
"I would say at this point he is the MVP of the league."
#MLBNow takes a look at Gunnar Henderson's sophomore season metrics leading to a lot of early success.
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