Wednesday Bird Droppings

Bird Talk - A Baltimore Orioles Centric ShowBaltimore Sports and Life
Dropped this in yesterday's BDs late in the evening, but here is a fantastic podcast interview with Will Carroll, a writer who focuses on all the myriad injuries that befall sports players, discussing Bundy's situation and the PRP procedure he underwent on Monday.

School of Roch: Orioles option Britton, DFA Exposito
Allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll aboarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd! The Honey Badger Express has left the station and is chugging along at full speed.

Who's the next to be the Orioles' fifth? | Comcast SportsNet Baltimore
Questions deserving answers. Answers deserving action. What am I of the populii, I am but a fraction

Has "That Old Buck Magic" expired? - Baseball Nation
Lest one forget, 'That is not dead which can eternal lie'.

The New Nate McLouth | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball
He is immortal. He has inside him blood of Kings.

What To Expect In The First Round: American League - BaseballAmerica.com

A profile of each American League scouting director to help prepare you for the MLB Draft on June 6.

Manny Machado's Importance For O's - ESPN Video - ESPN
National media starting to sniff around Manny and take notice of the fact that he's pretty good.

Baseball Prospectus | BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 192: Stephen Strasburg's New Injury Scare/The Underhyped Manny Machado
Very brief conversation making note of Manny's early season performance. Starts around the 15 min mark.

Robert Andino has fond memory of Orioles — even after they traded him to 'Alaska' - baltimoresun.com
Robert Andino reflects on joining the Wildling army North of the Wall.

Braves place Luis Ayala on DL with anxiety disorder | HardballTalk

Wishing Ayala well.

On this date last year, the O's smacked down the Yankees, 7-1, which earns Buck Showalter his 1000th career Managerial victory. Brian Matusz earned his 1st Win since June of 2011.