9/19: Game 2 – I won’t panic until later tonight

Baltimore Orioles (63-89) @ Boston Red Sox (87-66) Brian Matusz (1-7, 9.84) @ John Lackey (12-12, 6.19) 7:10 PM EDT |…

9/20 Online Seats Game Thread: A Different Kind of Fowl

Baltimore Orioles (59-90) @ Boston Red Sox (83-66)   Brian Matusz (8-12, 4.68) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-5, 4.82) 7:10 PM…

7/4 Online Seats Game Thread: Boston’s Patriots

The Boston Red Sox's will look to celebrate America's birthday the right way, with a series close out of the Baltimore Orioles in today's matinee.

6/6 Online Seats Game Thread: Lackey Looks to Manage Matusz

After yet another commanding performance over the Baltimore Orioles last night, John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox will look to take down youngster Brian Matusz down another peg or two.

4/22 Online Seats Game Thread: Boston’s Home Stand Hopes

The Boston Red Sox were able to clip the Orioles wings last night. Tonight, John Lackey looks to add his second win of the season to the team's total.

AL East Sleepers: Baltimore Orioles

Starting this season, the Orioles will be one of the more interesting teams in the division for what should be the better part of the decade. The top of the minors are awash with upper echelon pitching prospects (Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Jake Arrieta) to go along with plenty of reinforcements in the low minors. The lineup card is stocked with building blocks that are either locked up long-term (Nick Markakis) or have just started their arbitration clock (Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, Nolan Reimold). While the 2010 season may not be the year of the Oriole, it will be a significant landmark in the progress of the club. The team is not expected to “compete” in the classical sense, in that they will still likely finish either fourth or fifth behind the Sox, Rays, and Yanks. Yet, the team could, with a couple of breaks in the right direction, finish with a .500 record – the first time Baltimore has done so since 1997. Now, on to the sleepers: C Matt Wieters: This one should come as no surprise. Coming into 2009, Wieters was at the top of nearly every meaningful prospect list known to man. Switch-hitting catchers with the plate discipline, power, AND defensive capabilities of a Matt Wieters come around once in a generation. Accordingly, he was expected to perform much better than he ultimately did, .288/.340/.412. Even the perennially underwhelming and modest PECOTA projections pegged Wieters to hit 30 home runs...