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Gonzalez appears headed to disabled list

June 10, 2015, 1:03pm

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Gonzalez appears headed to disabled list

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Miguel Gonzalez's start on Sunday is "definitely in jeopardy," and all signs point to the right-hander going on the disabled list with a strained right groin muscle. Gonzalez said today that he's still sore after leaving last night's start in the fifth inning. No roster move is expected before Thursday's game. Showalter said all of his relievers are available tonight, but he's working with a six-man bullpen and could use another arm before Brian Matusz...

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Orioles and Red Sox lineups

June 10, 2015, 11:04am

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Jimmy Paredes is serving as the designated hitter tonight for the Orioles and Caleb Joseph is behind the plate. Matt Wieters will begin the game on the bench. Travis Snider is playing left field and Delmon Young remains in right. For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Jimmy Paredes DH Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Delmon Young RF Travis Snider LF J.J. Hardy SS Ryan Flaherty 2B Caleb Joseph C Wei-Yin Chen LHP For the Red SoxDustin Pedroia 2BBrock Holt LF Hanley Ramirez DHMike Napoli 1BXander Bogaerts...

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Caleb Joseph on All-Star balloting and Matt Wieters' return

June 09, 2015, 7:27pm

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Caleb Joseph on All-Star balloting and Matt Wieters' return

With Matt Wieters catching last night's series opener against the Red Sox, Caleb Joseph figures to set the target tonight for starter Wei-Yin Chen. Wieters will serve as the designated hitter unless manager Buck Showalter strays from the script. Joseph remains fifth in All-Star voting among American League catchers. He still finds it hard to comprehand that he's on the ballot, let alone that he's received 400,802 votes. "It's an honor just to be on the ballot, for sure, but I'm not naive...

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Updating Miguel Gonzalez and wrapping up a 1-0 win

June 09, 2015, 7:05pm

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Updating Miguel Gonzalez and wrapping up a 1-0 win

The Orioles are deciding whether to place starter Miguel Gonzalez on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right groin muscle. Gonzalez left tonight's game with one out in the fifth inning and the bullpen completed a 1-0 win over the Red Sox before 28,460 at Camden Yards. Closer Zach Britton recorded his second five-out save in a week. With a six-man bullpen, the Orioles could DL Gonzalez and bring back left-hander Cesar Cabral, who doesn't need to stay down the minimum 10 days if he's...

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Miguel Gonzalez leaves game with groin injury (O's win 1-0)

June 09, 2015, 4:46pm

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Miguel Gonzalez leaves game with groin injury (O's win 1-0)

The Orioles are short a reliever tonight and they just lost their starting pitcher to an injury. Left-hander T.J. McFarland replaced starter Miguel Gonzalez with one out in the fifth inning and Blake Swihart at third base. Manager Buck Showalter, pitching coach Dave Wallace and head athletic trainer Richie Bancells came to the mound after Dustin Pedroia bounced out. Gonzalez walked to the dugout and McFarland was given ample time to warm up. McFarland got a strikeout and fly ball to strand...

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Matt Wieters makes his return to Camden Yards

June 09, 2015, 3:30pm

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Matt Wieters makes his return to Camden Yards

As some Orioles fans stood to applaud Matt Wieters tonight before his first at-bat, it became more evident that he hadn't played a game at Camden Yards in a very long time. Wieters' last appearance came on May 10, 2014. He went 0-for-5 with a strikeout against the Astros. Wieters hadn't caught a game at Camden Yards since the second game of a May 1 doubleheader against the Pirates. He worked behind the plate for 10 innings in a 6-5 win. Before tonight, Wieters was batting .417 (5-for-12)...

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Orioles option Cabral (minor leaguer Encarnacion suspended)

June 09, 2015, 1:58pm

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The Orioles optioned left-handed reliever Cesar Cabral to Triple-A Norfolk to create space for outfielder Nolan Reimold on the active roster. The decision leaves the Orioles with a six-man bullpen, a risk with the Red Sox in town and the Yankees coming in behind them. However, they have a full bench and can bring up another reliever if needed. Cabral, 26, made two scoreless appearances over one inning after having his contract selected from Norfolk on June 5. The Orioles are going with two...

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Showalter on Reimold: "We think he's got a chance to help us"

June 09, 2015, 1:05pm

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Showalter on Reimold: "We think he's got a chance to help us"

The Orioles will wait until after batting practice today to announce their roster move. Nolan Reimold is playing left field tonight, but the club must create room for him on the active roster. They have an opening on the 40-man roster. I'm still predicting that the Orioles option a reliever to Triple-A Norfolk and go with a six-man bullpen - a risky decision with the Red Sox and Yankees in Baltimore during the homestand. Reimold is in the Orioles' lineup for the first time since July 13, 2013...

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Nolan Reimold in left field tonight

June 09, 2015, 11:16am

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Nolan Reimold is batting sixth and playing left field for the Orioles tonight in their series opener against the Red Sox at Camden Yards. No corresponding roster move has been announced. The lineup card still shows 25 players. Matt Wieters is catching and batting fourth after yesterday's off-day. Chris Davis is the designated hitter. For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Delmon Young RF Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Chris Davis DH Nolan Reimold LF Steve Pearce 1B J.J. Hardy SS Ryan Flaherty...

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Orioles draft Oregon pitcher Garrett Cleavinger in third round (updated)

June 09, 2015, 9:49am

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The Orioles used their third-round pick in the First-Year Player Draft, the 102nd overall, to select Oregon left-hander Garrett Cleavinger. Baseball America rated Cleavinger as the 185th-best player in the draft. Here's the report: The Ducks rallied in the season's second half, riding Cleavinger and Stephen Nogosek down the stretch as a two-man bullpen tandem. Cleavinger has been a consistent performer even though, for the most part, his velocity has sat more in the 92-93 mph range this...

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The draft, the next roster move and today's game

June 08, 2015, 8:04pm

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The draft, the next roster move and today's game

The 2015 First-Year Player Draft resumes this afternoon and I strongly advise that you continue to breathe normally. Talk about an inexact science. Look up the first-round picks in any year and see how many names are recognizable. How many players actually reached the majors, let alone had long and productive careers? The biggest bust for the Orioles? There are plenty of candidates, just like the other teams, but any top five list should include left-hander Chris Smith. Smith was a tremendous...

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Orioles select outfielder DJ Stewart in first round (final update)

June 08, 2015, 5:44pm

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The Orioles used the 25th overall pick in the 2015 First-Year Player Draft tonight on Florida State left-handed hitting outfielder DJ Stewart. Stewart is the first outfielder taken by the Orioles in the first round since Nick Markakis in 2003. Stewart batted .318 with 15 home runs, 59 RBIs, a .500 on-base percentage and 69 walks as a junior. He led the nation in walks. Stewart was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's Player of the Year as a sophomore after batting .351/.472/.557. Baseball...

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Orioles selecting Nolan Reimold's contract on Tuesday

June 08, 2015, 1:19pm

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The Orioles will select outfielder Nolan Reimold's contract from Triple-A Norfolk prior to Tuesday night's game against the Red Sox, according to industry sources. The club will need to create room on the 25-man roster for Reimold, who signed a minor league deal on Feb. 3 following a lengthy negotiation. The Orioles are playing a man short while left-hander Brian Matusz serves the five remaining games on his suspension for having a foreign substance on his right arm. They had a three-man...

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Jones, Machado and Joseph fifth in All-Star voting

June 08, 2015, 10:41am

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Jones, Machado and Joseph fifth in All-Star voting

Adam Jones has dropped to fifth among American League outfielders in the latest All-Star balloting. No Oriole is ranked higher than fifth, the slots also occupied by third baseman Manny Machado and catcher Caleb Joseph. Jones was fourth in the two previous weeks, but his 1,995,897 votes now trail Kansas City's Alex Rios (2,311,122) for fourth and Alex Gordon (3,393,134) for third. Another Royal, Lorenzo Cain, is first with 4,211,472 votes. Machado was fourth the past two weeks, but his 562,311...

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Brady Anderson updates Brian Matusz, Jonathan Schoop and more

June 07, 2015, 3:36pm

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Brady Anderson updates Brian Matusz, Jonathan Schoop and more

Winning three of their last four games doesn't make the Orioles wish they could skip today's off-day. It's not even close. They're embracing it the way Sidney Ponson treats "National Doughnut Day." The Orioles hadn't found an open date on their schedule since May 18, giving them 22 games over the past 21 days, including the makeup doubleheader on May 28 against the White Sox. A reminder that left-hander Brian Matusz is serving an eight-game suspension, not an eight-day suspension. He's...

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Getting key contributions from Paredes, Machado and Snider (O's win 7-3)

June 07, 2015, 10:45am

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Getting key contributions from Paredes, Machado and Snider (O's win 7-3)

Jimmy Paredes singled to right field today in the top of the fourth inning, which draws a different response now that he's cooled off at the plate. This isn't Jimmy being Jimmy. It's Paredes in desperate need of a hit. Paredes was in a 2-for-35 slump dating to May 27, his averaging falling to .296. He was hitting .353 before the bat went cold. Matt Wieters served as the designated hitter yesterday, which forced Paredes to the bench. Wieters is catching today and should be behind the plate...

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Stats, Wieters, Jones and upcoming starters (Jones homers)

June 07, 2015, 8:18am

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Stats, Wieters, Jones and upcoming starters (Jones homers)

The Orioles are 1-20 when scoring two runs or fewer following yesterday's 2-1 loss to the Indians. The Orioles are 8-8 in one-run games. They're also 0-27 when trailing after seven innings, 0-28 when trailing after eight innings and 3-21 when scoring fewer than four runs. Catcher Matt Wieters is 4-for-7 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored since coming off the disabled list. Center fielder Adam Jones is 8-for-16 in his last four games, with a double, two triples, two home runs and three...

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Navarro optioned (Orioles and Indians lineups)

June 07, 2015, 6:52am

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The Orioles have optioned infielder Rey Navarro to Triple-A Norfolk to make room for today's starter, Bud Norris, who comes off the disabled list for the series finale against the Indians. Navarro, 25, batted .276/.276/.448 (8-29) with two doubles, a home run, three RBIs and five runs scored in 10 games with the Orioles this season. The Orioles are going with a three-man bench as left-hander Brian Matusz continues to serve his suspension. Matt Wieters is catching and batting cleanup today. For...

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Norris back on the mound today

June 06, 2015, 8:15pm

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So much for Ubaldo Jimenez averaging 2.5 walks per nine innings. I passed along that stat yesterday, and he responded by issuing six walks in five innings. The most costly free pass came from reliever Brad Brach with two outs in the sixth. Jason Kipnis scored on Carlos Santana's double to break a 1-1 tie. Oh, those two-out walks. The Orioles are 2-4 on their road trip and they're sending Bud Norris to the mound for the first time since May 10. He's coming off the disabled list, which brings...

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This, that and the other

June 06, 2015, 11:14am

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The Orioles are trying today to match their longest winning streak of the season at three games. The Orioles are 15-12 at home and 10-17 on the road. They're 13-8 during the day and 12-20 at night. In five games on the current trip, the Orioles are batting .228 and their pitchers have registered a 3.86 ERA. The team has committed only one error. Center fielder Adam Jones has hit a home run in back-to-back games after going 83 at-bats without one. Jones broke a 2-2 tie Thursday with an...