Maximizing Playoff Odds - A Baltimore Orioles Newsletter

Maximizing Playoff Odds - A Baltimore Orioles Newsletter

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Maximizing Playoff Odds - A Baltimore Orioles Newsletter
Maximizing Playoff Odds - A Baltimore Orioles Newsletter
Meet April's Orioles minor league All-Stars, as chosen by me

Meet April's Orioles minor league All-Stars, as chosen by me

From big-name prospects like Grayson Rodirguez and Kyle Bradish to the indie-band equivalents of TT Bowens and Nick Vespi, these were the Orioles' top prospect performers in April.

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Maximizing Playoff Odds - A Baltimore Orioles Newsletter
Maximizing Playoff Odds - A Baltimore Orioles Newsletter
Meet April's Orioles minor league All-Stars, as chosen by me
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Like a wrestler leaving one territory for another, I imagined that leaving my old job for *gestures* whatever it is I am currently doing would mean I was taking all my gimmick with me. In this context, that’s basically just all the regular features that made it easy to cover a 100-loss team and drew one’s attention away from the big league team’s struggles.

I never really followed through on that, but think those types of things are fun. So I’m starting a new one. The first month of the minor league season is finished, and both now and at the beginning of each month going forward, I’ll take the occasion to highlight the Orioles minor league All-Stars for the time period.

If they’re all like this month, it’ll probably be pretty challenging. Adjusting for age or level as a tiebreaker seems complicated, so I went with the raw numbers for the most part, with a few criteria: mainly, a player had to appear in over half his team’s games, and was only eligible in the position he played most in this season.

These types of exercises can get onerous to consume, so let’s put a 100-word cap on each player capsule and really try to get what’s important covered and move on. That seemed like a good rule going into it, and as a postscript felt a bit light, but maybe we’ll adjust going forward. Either way, here goes.

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