Great tweet and reply on MLB animal teams

Are the Marlin and Tiger fighting on land or in water?
— Carsten Meyer (@C_arstenMeyer) March 5, 2024

How do you debate Trump?

How do you debate Trump? He frequently lies.
1) If the moderator corrects him, MAGA will say they're biased.
2) If Biden corrects him, it cuts into his time to make his case for reelection.
3) If nobody corrects him, many viewers won't know Trump is lying.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) March 10, 2024

The Orioles have the best record in spring training

The Orioles are now 14-2 with a tie, the best record in spring training. I do think it matters. I think the Orioles are doing well because there are so many good prospects competing for roster spots in the infield and outfield. There is also competition for a few bullpen spots.

Do Spring Training records matter?
12 of the top 16 2023 Spring records had a winning regular season record. 8 of 16 made playoffs. 5 of Bottom 14 records in Spring had a winning regular season record and 4 made playoffs. Orioles are 13-2 in Spring.
— Orioles Fan Therapy (@OsFanTherapy) March 10, 2024

2023 Spring Best Records & Reg Season. *Playoffs
STL 17-7 71-91
ATL 18-10 104-58*
LAA 18-11 73-89
KC 19-13 56-106
CHC 17-12 83-69
Hou 14-10 90-72*
Bal 16-13 101-61*
AZ 16-14 84-78*
Tor 17-14 89-73*
Was 13-12 71-91
LAD 14-13 100-62*
SEA 14-13 88-74
— Orioles Fan Therapy (@OsFanTherapy) March 10, 2024

Tweet on the worst states for women

Let me save you the trouble. They’re all Red states.

1. Oklahoma
2. Louisiana
3. Mississippi
4. Alabama
5. Texas
6. Arkansas
7. West Virginia
8. Wyoming
9. Georgia
10. Missouri

You get what you vote for. pic.twitter.com/JP8dDhMHIS
— Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) March 4, 2024

Coby Mayo is having a great spring training

I hope he makes the Orioles opening-day roster. I think he will be an excellent player. He had four RBI today with a home run.

#Orioles’ Coby Mayo: “I knew it was gone. I didn’t know if it was going to stay fair. Usually when I hit those balls, they hook foul at the last second. So I was hoping it was going to stay fair, but it stayed so straight.” https://t.co/DEPpAesoTC
— Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) March 9, 2024

#Orioles INF prospect Coby Mayo: “I think you come into camp preparing to do everything you can for them to make a tough decision. Whether that’s going back to Triple-A or making the team, I just want to do everything I can to give myself an opportunity.”
— Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) March 9, 2024

I’ve been a BIG Coby Mayo fan for awhile now and we got the chance to talk to him at spring training about his approach this spring and his overall mentality.

Give it a watch: https://t.co/wVeDEABSX4 pic.twitter.com/Ck31DtjqYi
— Ryan Ripken (@ryanripken) March 9, 2024

Looking at ML comps for Mayo's 2023 BB profile: 92 EV, 112 maxEV, 17.2 LA, 73% contact. Remember maxEV rewards big SS

Harper (91, 116, 13.5, 73)
Riley (92, 116, 14, 73)
Chapman (92, 116, 18, 74)
Alonso (90, 118, 16.4, 76)
Henderson (92, 114, 11, 76)
Goldschmidt (91, 114, 14, 77)
— Dan Sanchez (Orioles Review) (@oriolesreview) March 7, 2024

Coby Mayo: "That's the biggest thing, is trying to prove to them that I can play defense, and that my glove can get to where my bat is. I think I've worked really hard over the last few years, and especially this offseason was a lot of hard work…to get to where I am right now."
— Andy Kostka (@afkostka) March 7, 2024

🟧⬛️Coby Mayo’s been a huge boost to the #orioles lineup. He’s showed elements of what fans can expect once he’s a regular. Clutch hits late in games + plays made at 3rd featuring quick transfers & soft hands. These are the videos I wanted to get tonight. Enjoy the skills #elite pic.twitter.com/CGmh2ew8ur
— Eric_Birdland (@Eric_Birdland) March 7, 2024

💪💪💪https://t.co/pt37lZFIwa pic.twitter.com/g0ahhcJSGJ
— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) March 6, 2024

Music covers: Lola

I am posting on this because of tweets from Dave Davies, the Kinks guitarist, on covers of their great 1970 song “Lola”.

Best version I’ve ever heard https://t.co/y9HcaQyZ8F
— Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) March 5, 2024

How come I never heard this before? Great cover Madness – Lola (Top Of The Pops 31/07/05) https://t.co/ts5WnM43D7 via @YouTube
— Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) March 5, 2024

Wilco’s Summerteeth released 25 years ago on 3/9/99

I love Summerteeth and have posted about it before. I admit it took me a while to get there based on what I was expecting from Wilco. There’s no alt-country here.

.@Wilco's Summerteeth turns 25 today. On Summerteeth Jeff Tweedy and Wilco sounded jumpier and nervier than they’d ever sounded before, as though they had been struck by lightning

Revisit our review of the 2020 reissue: https://t.co/blv99nkr3W pic.twitter.com/1uAABJX6Uq
— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) March 9, 2024

AllMusic Staff Pick
Wilco
Summerteeth

While @Wilco was inarguably @JeffTweedy's band at this point, Summerteeth, released 25 hours ago today, was the apex of his collaboration with Jay Bennett.https://t.co/SDe1Q1vTAX
— AllMusic (@allmusic) March 9, 2024

25 years ago today, @Wilco released “Summerteeth.” And marked its page in a future age. Read our #Wilco live review from 2022: https://t.co/UYBxaIGtz2 pic.twitter.com/BC3cWGrwEZ
— MAGNET Magazine (@MAGNETMagazine) March 9, 2024

Projections are underestimating the Orioles…again

The Orioles have crushed the projected win totals for the last two seasons. It looks like they are doing it again. I am going to wait for a while until I post my guess for the Orioles win total but it will be higher than any of these.

FanDuel over/under 89.5 wins

DraftKings over/under 90.5 wins

ZipPS (FanGraphs): 90-72

PECOTA (Baseball Prospectus) 87-75

How projection systems explain Orioles’ 2023 breakout, and how they can beat them again https://t.co/b32xCyyNwv
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) March 8, 2024

Projected 2024 Regular Season Wins
(average, FanDuel's over/under & FanGraphs' projection):

99 ATL
98 LAD
92 HOU
91.5 NYY
87 BAL PHI
85.5 MIN TOR SEA
85 TEX TB
84 STL
83 ARI
82 CHC
81.5 SF
81 SD
80 NYM BOS
79.5 CIN
79 DET CLE
78.5 MIA MIL
76 PIT
75 LAA
74.5 KC
66 WSH
65 CWS
64.5…
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) March 4, 2024

The projections are again doubting the Orioles. They don’t care.

“It means absolutely nothing to us. So you can put the computer away. We’ve still got to go play.”

“I don’t really care that they think the team is going to regress.” https://t.co/R6yFa7Lmnq
— Jacob Calvin Meyer (@jcalvinmeyer) February 26, 2024

The Orioles have the best farm system in MLB for the 6th ranking in a row

The top farm systems in baseball, as determined by @MLBPipeline. 💪 pic.twitter.com/HWpgJicUQt
— MLB (@MLB) March 9, 2024

The #Orioles have the No. 1 farm system in baseball, per the new @MLBPipeline rankings.

Just like they did in the '23 preseason and midseason rankings.

And the '22 preseason and midseason rankings.

And the '21 midseason rankings.

6 in a row for O's:https://t.co/LO3J8V46Zh
— Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) March 9, 2024

Baseball America likes the system too.

Yes Orioles fans, you are clearly living in a much better time to be an Orioles fan.

The last time the Orioles farm system was this loaded would have been before Baseball America got its start in 1981.https://t.co/LLGmPEebcI pic.twitter.com/GufLDkZtja
— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) March 5, 2024

So does The Athletic

Best MLB farm system according to these rankings:
2021 midseason —> Orioles
2022 preseason —> Orioles
2022 midseason —> Orioles
2023 preseason —> Orioles
2023 midseason —> Orioles
2024 preseason —> Orioles https://t.co/f2PQ5fM4aU pic.twitter.com/QDszadXmXb
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) March 9, 2024

MLB farm systems ranked from worst to best by top prospects (6/11/24)

Updated farm system rankings are here ✍️ @JoelReuterBR pic.twitter.com/x9OraZWFQE
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) June 21, 2024

After all the trade deadline moves in July 2024:

post trade deadline farm system rankings via fangraphs

also how many top 100 prospects each team has pic.twitter.com/0BCuuRxEHK
— BrooksGate (@Brooks_Gate) August 1, 2024

Baltimore Orioles Remain No. 1 in Key Player Development Ranking

8/16/24 – they are now ranked third. That’s still impressive since they have promoted so many good prospects.

Top 10 farm system rankings through the years.

Here's this year's complete rankings, 1-30: https://t.co/ktxxuqdvcs pic.twitter.com/xImLGiMAa4
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 16, 2024