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MLB Trade Rumors 10:24pm CDT FEB. 2: Both teams have announced the trade. The Angels will pay $5MM of Cobb’s $15MM, and some of that includes deferrals, Connolly tweets. FEB. 1, 12:42pm: The Angels will send infield prospect Jahmai Jones to the Orioles as part of the discussed deal, Rosenthal and colleague Fabian Ardaya report (Twitter link). The Orioles are eating more than half of Cobb’s $15MM salary in order to facilitate the deal, according to Connolly. It’s rather surprising to see Jones included in this swap. While his stock has tumbled in recent seasons, he’s a former second-r...

Wednesday Bird Droppings: The Orioles continue to get good news about their minor leaguers Tyler Young Good morning Birdland, This sort of situation is exactly what Mike Elias had in mind when he took over the reigns of the Orioles two years ago. His plan was clear. The big league team would struggle to win while the organization bolstered the farm system through an influx of talented players, coaches, and analysts. Now, prospect rankings done by media outlets are not the same as how the various organizations regard these players. And those rankings certainly don’t mean that...

The two research institutions have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding The new MoU opens the door to new scientific opportunities and...

Copy Link This is the first in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting This is the first in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, ...

Arrival (Denis Villeneuve; no scenes in space, but bizarre-looking aliens play charades with Amy Adams), Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve again, playing around in Scott’s gloomy sandbox), First Man (Damien Chazelle; not science-fiction but a biopic about the original spaceman counts), and last year, Ad Astra (James Gray). This doesn’t even include thoughtful, small-scale science-fiction efforts from auteurs like Spike Jonze (2013’s Her) or Claire Denis (2019’s High Life), both of which question what it really means to be human. (I also chose to omit J.J. Abrams’s 2011 film Super ...