O's preview from Eugene Freedman at Baseball Primer.

The article is decent but kind of tails off at the end. Seems Eugene doesn't really have much interest in discussing pitching. Still, some of my favorite quotes from the article:

Mora will still be an upgrade over Batista, who despite a bunch of homers, stunk. Mora can guarantee a .300 OBP, which is pretty much a pipe dream from the hacker Batista.

Two-sixty-nine. That was Deivi Cruz’s On-Base Percentage last season. It wasn’t until about mid-season that Jim Palmer started complaining that Cruz was not getting on base enough and that it was a real problem for the lineup.

Sir Sidney returns to the O’s after a playoff run in San Francisco. The only thing the Giants have to show for it is a stretched out pair of uniform pants. On the other hand, the O’s have Kurt Ainsworth to show for it. Ponson is a solid starter and an innings eater. Well, to be honest, it looks like he eats just about anything.

He does mention that he's unsure as to why Luis Matos didn't get any playing time until recently. That can be answered by looking at his injury history. From a recent Baltimore Sun article, "Matos has a history of injuries in exhibition games. He needed surgery in 2001 to tighten his left shoulder socket after suffering another dislocation, and in 2002 to remove a broken hamate bone in his left wrist."