Orioles 2011 report card
The Orioles spent the final weeks of the 2011 season making life tough on the wild-card contenders in the American League, which ranks as a small consolation prize after they spent the rest of the year making life tough on themselves and their fans. So, at the very last minute, because they put an apple on our desk, we're changing the team's final grade from an F to a D-. It's hard to cut them much more slack with the fourth-worst record of the 30 major league clubs.
Here's the rest of our annual report card, which rates the individual performance of every position player who got at least 75 at-bats and every pitcher who threw at least 15 innings for the Orioles over the course of the past six months.
DISCLAIMER: These letter grades are based on performance relative to each individual's role on the Orioles' roster. The grades are not intended to rate players in relation to one another or players at their positions on other teams.
Note: For a text-only version of the report card, click here.
Baltimore Sun staff
Here's the rest of our annual report card, which rates the individual performance of every position player who got at least 75 at-bats and every pitcher who threw at least 15 innings for the Orioles over the course of the past six months.
DISCLAIMER: These letter grades are based on performance relative to each individual's role on the Orioles' roster. The grades are not intended to rate players in relation to one another or players at their positions on other teams.
Note: For a text-only version of the report card, click here.
Baltimore Sun staff
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INFIELDERS: Ryan Adams, C+
Key stat: 281 avg.
Skinny: Orioles like the way he swings bat, so why are they sending Matt Angle to instructional league to work at second base? |
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brogers at 2:25 PM October 02, 2011
Good job...pretty accurate I think. I would make the following changes: Reynolds B - he did ok plus transitioned to first. Reimold C+ or B- - respectable for half a year of playing time. Britton C+ - midseason disappointment. Tillman D - minor leaguer. Gregg D- or F - Not only did he blow saves....but key saves that made the team crash.
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Andy MacPhail: D+ He's made some nice acquisitions of big league talent (Hardy, Jones, Reynolds, etc.), but he failed to improve the starting pitching, the farm system and the scouting department, and that's why similarly situated teams like Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Washington, Kansas City and Florida are all going to leave us in the dust-- if they haven't already. If you've spent 4 years on the job, and your team still had the 4th worst record in all of baseball, you've failed.