It looks as if the long wait for Brian Roberts and O’s fans will finally come to an end tomorrow night as rumors have it that he will finally be activated onto the major league roster and be in an Orioles uniform. He’s been out for over a year with his concussion and it has been a long road back and while I am still not sure how good he will be for the O’s, it is good to see the long time and loyal Oriole back on the team. BRob has been in the minors for the last couple of weeks rehabbing and hit .263 in that time with a home run and a few doubles. Those stats aren’t amazing or anything for but for a guy who hasn’t played in a year and couldn’t even be near crowds of people in the winter due to his injury (that’s how bad it was) it’s obvious that he is progressing nicely. I’ll talk more tomorrow about what I expect from Roberts but it will be interesting to see how they use him. Another thing is that somebody will obviously have to be sent down to Norfolk to accommodate BRob. It looks like right now the favorite for that demotion is yesterday’s hero Scott Tolleson but also could be somebody like Ryan Flaherty, Steve Pearce, or Endy Chavez. None of those guys would be huge losses but none of them have been huge liabilities either.  Read more...