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Orioles DFA Reimold

July 01, 2014, 1:52pm

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The Orioles made the expected move this afternoon, reinstating outfielder Nolan Reimold from the 60-day disabled list and designating him for assignment. The Orioles now have 10 days to trade, release or waive Reimold. Should Reimold pass through waivers, which isn't expected to happen, he would have to accept an outright assignment to Triple-A Norfolk. Reimold, 30, was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 26, following corrective surgery to fuse to vertebrae in his neck....

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Gausman starting Wednesday at Aberdeen

July 01, 2014, 12:44pm

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Right-hander Kevin Gausman is scheduled to start Wednesday night at short-season Single-A Aberdeen, where he threw in the bullpen yesterday. Gausman will face Staton Island, with first pitch slated for 7:05 p.m. The Orioles wanted to keep Gausman on a normal turn and will limit his innings and pitches to make him a candidate for Sunday's start in Boston. T.J. McFarland, who starts tonight, also is a candidate. For now, the rotation lines up as Chris Tillman Wednesday, Wei-Yin Chen Thursday,...

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Flaherty at third base tonight

July 01, 2014, 11:09am

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Ryan Flaherty gets the start at third base tonight for the Orioles, with Chris Davis returning to first. Steve Pearce is in left field and batting second. That's the norm these days. For the Orioles Nick Markakis RF Steve Pearce LF Adam Jones CF Nelson Cruz DH Chris Davis 1B J.J. Hardy SS Jonathan Schoop 2B Ryan Flaherty 3B Caleb Joseph C T.J. McFarland LHP For the Rangers Shin-Soo Choo LF Elvis Andrus SS Alex Rios RF Adrian Beltre 3B Robinson Chirinos C Chris Gimenez 1B Adam Rosales...

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Almanzar returned to Red Sox

July 01, 2014, 10:19am

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It took almost seven months before the Orioles surrendered their pick from the 2013 Rule 5 draft. The Orioles returned infielder Michael Almanzar to the Red Sox today. Both teams confirmed the transaction on Twitter. Almanzar, 23, joined the organization during the Winter Meetings on Dec. 12. The Orioles placed him on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 23, with left patellar tendinitis and transferred him to the 60-day DL on June 6. Yesterday, the Orioles announced that they...

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McFarland making second major league start tonight

June 30, 2014, 7:05pm

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McFarland making second major league start tonight

One day after Orioles manager Buck Showalter gave Chris Davis the start at third base, he's turning reliever T.J. McFarland into a starter against the Rangers. How far does Showalter want to carry this theme? He could give a player a different assignment every game. Who wouldn't want to see Adam Jones at shortstop, where he played 275 games in the minors? Or Nick Markakis take the mound, since he used to pitch? Showalter won't go to those extremes. The Orioles needed a starter tonight...

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Showalter on Jimenez and a 7-1 win

June 30, 2014, 6:53pm

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Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed tonight that left-hander T.J. McFarland will start Tuesday night's game against the Rangers at Camden Yards. Talk about having a tough act to follow. (And talk about a tired cliche.) Ubaldo Jimenez held the Rangers to an unearned run over a season-high eight innings in a 7-1 win over the Rangers - his first victory at Camden Yards this season. "He's had some good ones this year," Showalter said. "It's that time of year as far as track record and...

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Home finally sweet for Jimenez (O's win 7-1)

June 30, 2014, 5:44pm

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Home finally sweet for Jimenez (O's win 7-1)

Ubaldo Jimenez has a legitimate chance to finally win a game this season at Camden Yards. Jimenez was 0-6 with a 6.28 ERA at home before taking the mound tonight against the Rangers. The Orioles hadn't scored more than two runs while he was still in the game. They were blanked in his last four outings and five of six while he was pitching. They weren't trying to diss him. It just kept working out that way. Jimenez had completed seven innings only twice this season, most recently May 13...

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Pearce, Hardy and Jones muscle up (Pearce homers again, O's lead 7-1)

June 30, 2014, 3:53pm

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Pearce, Hardy and Jones muscle up (Pearce homers again, O's lead 7-1)

Former Rangers are hitless in three at-bats tonight against left-hander Joe Saunders, with Nelson Cruz grounding out twice and Chris Davis striking out. If only Saunders could face seven more of them. Steve Pearce hit a long two-run homer before Cruz's grounder in the first inning, and Adam Jones homered before Davis struck out. The Orioles led 3-0 only four batters into the game. J.J. Hardy led off the second inning with his second home run of the season. The Orioles led 4-0 only seven...

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Orioles select contract of Ramon Ramirez

June 30, 2014, 2:20pm

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The Orioles brought up a fresh arm for their bullpen today, purchasing the contract of reliever Ramon Ramirez from Triple-A Norfolk and optioning Evan Meek. The move leaves the Orioles' with the same number of relievers, but Meek threw 24 pitches yesterday and was charged with four runs in one inning. Ramirez tossed two innings Saturday for the Tides and is available tonight. He's also on a roll. Ramirez, 32, has registered eight scoreless innings for Norfolk in five relief appearances...

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Showalter on Machado suspension and Davis at third base

June 30, 2014, 2:05pm

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Showalter on Machado suspension and Davis at third base

Orioles manager Buck Showalter knew that he had to be careful today regarding his comments on Manny Machado's five-game suspension. The Major League Baseball office has big ears. Asked for his reaction to the suspension being upheld, Showalter replied, "For public consumption?" "I'm not going to go there," he continued. "But I knew from our team standpoint that we were going to be without Manny for some period of time and we felt like it would probably be today, considering how things...

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Davis on playing third base, Orioles statement on Cashen

June 30, 2014, 1:24pm

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As reporters drifted toward his locker this afternoon, Chris Davis politely put them on hold by claiming that he had "early work at third base." Once Davis returned to the clubhouse, he was slumped in his chair and drenched in sweat from taking ground balls from third base coach and infield instructor Bobby Dickerson. Davis was using Manny Machado's glove, saying it felt weird having The Gold Glove Co. inscribed on it. With Machado serving a five-game suspension, Davis is making his first...

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Notes on roster move, McFarland, Reimold, Davis, All-Star voting and more

June 30, 2014, 12:47pm

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Notes on roster move, McFarland, Reimold, Davis, All-Star voting and more

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said the club will make a roster move before tonight's game against the Rangers at Camden Yards. Showalter said the move will be "in the pitching department." The Orioles need another reliever and could option a starting pitcher. Left-hander T.J. McFarland is "most likely" going to start Tuesday night, according to Showalter, unless he's needed tonight in relief. The Orioles intend to designate outfielder Nolan Reimold for assignment today, according to...

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Chris Davis starting at third base

June 30, 2014, 11:00am

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Chris Davis is moving across the diamond tonight as Manny Machado's replacement at third base, as the Orioles open a four-game series against the Rangers at Camden Yards. Steve Pearce is starting at first base and Delmon Young is serving as the designated hitter. Davis has played 71 games at third base in the majors, including 17 with the Orioles in 2011. For the Orioles Nick Markakis RF Steve Pearce 1B Nelson Cruz LF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 3B Delmon Young DH J.J. Hardy SS Jonathan Schoop...

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Orioles DFA Almanzar

June 30, 2014, 10:33am

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The Orioles have reinstated infielder Michael Almanzar from the 60-day disabled list and designated him for assignment. Almanzar, 23, joined the organization via the Rule 5 draft from the Red Sox on Dec. 12, 2013. The Orioles placed him on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 23, with left patellar tendinitis and transferred to the 60-day DL on June 6. Despite needing a third baseman while Manny Machado serves his five-game suspension, the Orioles didn't consider Almanzar to be a...

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More on Machado suspension

June 30, 2014, 9:16am

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The Orioles are withholding comment on Manny Machado's five-game suspension until later today, when a team official will address the media. In the meantime, they will continue to fume over the announcement that Machado's punishment was not reduced. The expectation coming from the warehouse was that Machado would have to serve a maximum of four games, with the possibility of a further reduction. Instead, he will miss the next five games, beginning with tonight's series opener against the...

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Machado's suspension upheld

June 30, 2014, 7:52am

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The Orioles finally received word on the result of Manny Machado's appeal hearing and it's not what they had anticipated. Major League Baseball has upheld Machado's five-game suspension, which he will begin serving tonight. The Orioles open a four-game series tonight against the Rangers at Camden Yards. Machado also will miss the Fourth of July game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. He can return to the 25-man roster on Saturday. Machado's hearing took place last Wednesday at the...

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More on the bullpen and wondering who starts vs. Saunders

June 29, 2014, 8:01pm

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More on the bullpen and wondering who starts vs. Saunders

During yesterday's pregame session with the media, Orioles manager Buck Showalter was asked to explain how his bullpen had allowed only one run in the last 29 2/3 innings. "Well," he replied, "now that you've jinxed it ..." Showalter was kidding at the time, but look what happened. Evan Meek was charged with four runs and Brian Matusz was charged with five in a 12-7 loss to the Rays at Camden Yards. Lesson learned. Don't talk about it. Just appreciate it. Showalter extended Matusz to 2...

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Showalter on Gonzalez and a 12-7 loss

June 29, 2014, 2:21pm

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The Orioles planned on sending down a reliever and bringing up an infielder once third baseman Manny Machado began serving his suspension. However, the rotation has produced one quality start in the last seven games, taxing a bullpen that may not be able to handle a subtraction. "The timing is never good, especially with some of the pending things, because you'd like to do some things with an infielder, but where we are with the bullpen is going to make that hard to do," manager Buck...

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Suspension may be only way to cool off Machado (O's lose 12-7)

June 29, 2014, 11:10am

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Suspension may be only way to cool off Machado (O's lose 12-7)

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has picked the days leading up to his suspension to really get hot. Machado homered for the third time in three days to give the Orioles a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. He went to the opposite field off Rays starter Alex Cobb. Ben Zobrist homered off Miguel Gonzalez in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 3-3, his second RBI of the day. Machado homered in Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader, yesterday and again this afternoon, giving him seven on the season....

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Gonzalez trying to get back on track (O's down 2-1)

June 29, 2014, 10:11am

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Gonzalez trying to get back on track (O's down 2-1)

Miguel Gonzalez strung together four consecutive quality starts for the Orioles before going on the disabled list retroactive to May 31 with a strained oblique. Before today, Gonzalez had allowed seven runs and 17 hits over 10 innings in two starts since his return. He seemed to be fine physically. He just hadn't found the same rhythm. Two batters into today's game, Gonzalez already had fallen behind 1-0 to the Rays. Desmond Jennings drew a leadoff walk and scored on Ben Zobrist's double to...