The Fremulon Insurance Prospect of the Week Easily the best player on the Aberdeen Ironbirds is righty Kenny Moreland, the 23 year old ace starting pitcher. Moreland started the year at Frederick (where he ended last season after a solid Bluefield campaign) but was sent down to the New York Penn League after just two [...]

The Fremulon Insurance Prospect of the Week Brian Matusz finally had his extremely impressive scoreless streak broken yesterday at the Futures Game, where he looked nervous and decidedly not like himself in his single inning: bunt base hit, steal of second, walk, steal of third, run-scoring ground ball double play, ground ball. Additionally, his performance [...]

The Fremulon Insurance Prospect of the Week While the Orioles are struggling to simply not embarrass themselves this past week, their future rotation has been invigoratingly good, enough to earn Tillriettusz this week’s honors. Jake Arrieta turned in a very good performance (7 innings, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, 101 pitches against a respectable Gwinnett team) [...]

The Fremulon Insurance Prospect of the Week Chris Tillman is one of our brightest hopes, yes? The young man has by all accounts dominated the International League despite just now being legally old enough to have a beer. However, he is entering (or has entered) the most important part of the season. In June, his [...]

The Fremulon Insurance Prospect of the Week Putting an exclamation mark on the recent wave of promotions throughout the farm system (that have not all gone swimmingly) is Brian Matusz and his gem debut for the Baysox: 6 IP, 1 BB, 10 K, 3 H, 0 ER. The quality that strikes me so loudly when [...]

The Fremulon Insurance Player of the Week Hidden far down the depth charts is Delmarva’s All-Star right fielder Ronnie Welty, who put up massive numbers this week (1.494 OPS with 3 home runs). Such extreme numbers aren’t uncommon in such small samples as a single week, but Welty’s good week is only indicative of the [...]

I approached Neal with the concept for Break Up the Baysox because of weeks like these. The Fremulon Insurance Player of the Week Picture in your mind a catcher that can hit the cover off the ball (1.278 OPS this week, .852 on the year), is projected to move through the minor leagues quickly, and [...]

The Fremulon Insurance Player of the Week In addition to “The Cavalry” and the “Tier Two” pitching depth in the Orioles’ system, there are a quartet of pitchers in A-ball making names for themselves. Leading the charge for Delmarva is Rick Zagone, who has absolutely dominated (except for last night) the Sally League.  Last week [...]