With pitchers and catchers scheduled to report to Sarasota in less than a week, it’s an interesting time in Birdland. The Orioles will play their first game of the season on March 28, and as you may have heard by now, they’re not going to be very good.
Still, spring training will mark the end of an offseason dominated by executive hires, and place an emphasis back on the players. There’s been a lot of talk about how executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias will bring Baltimore into the 21st century with analytics, but now we’ll get to see how sabermetrics influence the guys on the field.