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Wednesday’s O’s Links: Manny, Stop Trying to Hit Everything 500 Feet!

Manny Machado follows through on his swing.
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After beating the Blue Jays 3-1 on Tuesday night, the Orioles are now a sparkling 11 games over .500 combined against the American League East and National League. The bad news is that they’re also a dismal 11 games UNDER .500 combined against the AL Central and West. The worse news is that there’s no scenario whereby they can get to the World Series by going through only AL East teams. Bummer.

Maybe they’ll figure out how to beat those pesky central and west teams between now and October. In the meantime, at least beating up on the AL East is fun.

To the links.

The Orioles are on Life Support and Need a Transplant

If you can get past the strange title, this is a very interesting piece from Jon Shepard of Camden Depot. He lays out four potential futures for the Baltimore Orioles, with Buck Showalter, Dan Duquette, Brady Anderson, and even the Angelos family playing different roles (or none at all) in each. It’s worth reading the comments as well.

What’s Up with Manny Machado?

When I see teams overshift on Manny, it drives me absolutely insane. He’s too good of a hitter for that crap to work against him. However, it IS working, because he’s trying to hit everything 500 feet, and thus is pulling a lot of ground balls. FanGraphs’ Tony Blengino dives (deep!) into the numbers and concludes that the data backs up what our eyes are telling us. Stop trying to pull everything, Manny!

The Orioles Have Been the Worst Team at Drafting This Century

Another example of the data backing up what we O’s fans know implicitly.

Bird’s Eye View Episode 207: Visual Temptations

Jake. Scott. Horrorscopes. Listen!

Free Avocado on your Oriole Dog July 2

Definitely the first time O’s Links has directed you to “PerishableNews.com.” But hey, free avocado!

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