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Hyde on Mancini: "Class guy, everything you want" (O's up 5-3)

September 20, 2019, 1:33pm

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Hyde on Mancini: "Class guy, everything you want" (O's up 5-3)

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde didn't possess inside information on the voting process for the Most Valuable Oriole award. However, he seemed to know what was coming. Hyde expected Trey Mancini to receive the honor, which the club announced earlier today. "Well, it's not a surprise to me," Hyde said. "Well-deserved. Had an amazing year. He's finishing the year extremely strong and he's done everything for us this year. An All-Star type year and he's a great player and one of the better...

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Orioles lineup vs. Mariners

September 20, 2019, 10:51am

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Chris Davis is playing first base tonight and Trey Mancini is the designated hitter for the series-opening game against the Mariners at Camden Yards. This is the final homestand of the season. Mancini was hit on the left leg last night, but he's staying in the lineup. He's just off the field. Anthony Santander is in left field, Austin Hays is in center and DJ Stewart is in right. Rio Ruiz is batting cleanup. Left-hander Richard Bleier is tabbed as the opener tonight, making his first major...

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Mancini named Most Valuable Oriole

September 20, 2019, 9:24am

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Outfielder/first baseman Trey Mancini has been named Most Valuable Oriole by members of the media covering the team, an honor that he's collecting while in the midst of another hot streak at the plate. Mancini enters tonight's game with a .286/.356/.536 slash line, 36 doubles, two triples, 34 home runs, 93 RBIs, 100 runs scored and 56 walks. He's tied for second among American League outfielders in total bases (305), third in runs scored, tied for third in hits (163), fourth in doubles,...

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Notes on Wilkerson, Hays and Bleier

September 19, 2019, 7:11pm

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Stevie Wilkerson keeps showing up at the ballpark each day unsure if he's playing and having no clue which glove he'll be using if he does. The Orioles gave Wilkerson 57 starts in center field this season and used him in 71 games. He's also played left and right field, second base, shortstop and third base and served as an emergency reliever on four occasions. It's assumed that Wilkerson also is viewed as an extra catcher if the Orioles somehow run out of them. The risk grew slimmer after...

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Mancini's four hits can't prevent 13th sweep (updated)

September 19, 2019, 6:05pm

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Mancini's four hits can't prevent 13th sweep (updated)

An uncomfortable streak for Trey Mancini finally ended tonight. A strange, inexplicable, coincidental streak that left him shaking his head and searching for the humor in it. Like the bashing on Twitter about how he isn't clutch. A guy who's the overwhelming favorite to be voted Most Valuable Oriole had made the final out in three consecutive games. He's been swinging a red-hot bat, going 6-for-14 with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs in those games, but he also was stuck with the...

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Harvey on being shut down and his relief role (O's down 8-4)

September 19, 2019, 1:32pm

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Harvey on being shut down and his relief role (O's down 8-4)

Hunter Harvey understands why the Orioles shut him down for the rest of the month. Why he's going to watch instead of pitch. Doesn't mean he has to like it. "It stinks," he said this afternoon, "but I know their reasoning and, all in all, I think it's been a good year, so I'm happy with it." Harvey has pitched only once since Sept. 2 due to some mild soreness in his right biceps. The Orioles already were taking a cautious approach by refusing to use him on back-to-back nights. "It...

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Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

September 19, 2019, 11:03am

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Left-hander Ty Blach cleared waivers today and has been outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles designated Blach for assignment Monday after claiming pitcher Eric Hanhold off waivers from the Mets. Blach was 1-3 with an 11.32 ERA and 2.18 ERA in five starts and opponents posted a .356 average against him. Tonight's lineup includes Mark Trumbo as the designated hitter and Austin Wynns catching. Austin Hays is in center field, flanked by Anthony Santander in left and Trey Mancini in right....

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Mountcastle, Baumann, Rodriguez among Orioles award winners

September 19, 2019, 5:28am

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Ryan Mountcastle didn't squeeze onto the Orioles' expanded roster this month. However, he's going to be at Camden Yards this weekend. His name won't be in the lineup, but it's etched with the past recipients of the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year Award. Mountcastle has been chosen as the organization's top position player and will be honored in an on-field ceremony before Saturday's game against the Mariners. Joining Mountcastle are right-handers Michael Baumann and...

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Notes on Cobb, Givens, Harvey, rotation and minors

September 18, 2019, 8:18pm

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Notes on Cobb, Givens, Harvey, rotation and minors

The contact that manager Brandon Hyde has maintained with Alex Cobb is confined to the daily medical reports that reach his desk. The ones that, Hyde says, show how the veteran starter is "recovering well." Cobb underwent two procedures over the summer that kept him in Nashville, Tenn. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. J.W. Thomas Byrd repaired a tear in the labrum that ended Cobb's season after only three starts. Cobb told MASNsports.com in June that he'd also have surgery on his knee, with the...

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Castro surrenders slam to Grichuk in 11-10 loss (Harvey shut down)

September 18, 2019, 7:17pm

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Castro surrenders slam to Grichuk in 11-10 loss (Harvey shut down)

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde bumped back Dylan Bundy in the rotation to provide a little extra rest as the season moved into the third week of September. A sound plan, except that Bundy threw 31 pitches tonight in the first inning and 20 more in the second. A heavy load threatening to cancel out the benefits of a slightly fresher arm. Bundy pushed through five innings while tying his career high with five walks, the bats produced five doubles and two home runs in the first four innings and the...

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Updates on Williams, Trumbo, NÃºÃ±ez and rotation (O's up 8-5)

September 18, 2019, 1:17pm

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Updates on Williams, Trumbo, NÃºÃ±ez and rotation (O's up 8-5)

Mason Williams is unable to put much weight on his left leg today after slamming into the fence last night at full speed while chasing Cavan Biggio's triple in front of the bullpen area. Williams said today that he didn't sustain a concussion, but the knee is wrapped and he has a deep bruise that brings uncertainty to his availability over the last 11 games. "My head's fine," he said. "No concussion or anything like that, so that's fine. I just feel like I ran into a wall." Maybe it's...

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Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

September 18, 2019, 10:50am

Orioles

Stevie Wilkerson is starting at second base tonight against the Blue Jays. The Orioles have Trey Mancini at first base and Anthony Santander in right field. Austin Hays is in center field. DJ Stewart is the designated hitter. Dwight Smith Jr. is in left. Dylan Bundy has allowed three runs in 12 innings this season in his two starts against the Blue Jays. He owns a career 3.24 ERA and 1.063 WHIP in 13 career games against them. Bundy has a 5.52 ERA and 1.466 WHIP in 11 starts since the All-Star...

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NÃºÃ±ez hoping hand heals and he's available tonight

September 17, 2019, 7:28pm

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NÃºÃ±ez hoping hand heals and he's available tonight

Renato NÃºÃ±ez felt the ball slam into his left hand Monday afternoon, spun out of the batters' box and measured the levels of pain and anger. Bones tend to shatter in these circumstances, especially in the part of the hand that absorbed the pitch from Tigers reliever Buck Farmer. NÃºÃ±ez stayed in the game and X-rays were negative, but he remained on the bench last night in the Orioles' 8-5 loss to the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. Mark Trumbo was available to play after being scratched...

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Mancini's four-RBI night wasted in 8-5 loss (updated)

September 17, 2019, 6:36pm

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Mancini's four-RBI night wasted in 8-5 loss (updated)

The Orioles used their power tonight to take an early lead while attempting to win the first game of their series against the Blue Jays. They switched to a small ball approach to tie the score. Anything that might work for them. Don't live and die by one method. Trey Mancini proved again that he could handle both of them. But his work was wasted. Too many mistakes and one 95 mph fastball that was launched deep into the night. Disconsolate yesterday after striking out on three pitches to leave...

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Updates on Trumbo, NÃºÃ±ez, Hanhold and rotation (tied 4-4)

September 17, 2019, 1:15pm

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Updates on Trumbo, NÃºÃ±ez, Hanhold and rotation (tied 4-4)

The tightness in Mark Trumbo's upper back and neck area that caused him to be scratched from yesterday's lineup has subsided and he's available to play tonight, according to the veteran outfielder and Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. The club announced yesterday that Trumbo had a strained left trapezius. "Upper back, something tightened up and it just wouldn't cooperate by the time that the game came around," Trumbo said. "So with this many extra guys, I felt like somebody else was probably...

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Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

September 17, 2019, 11:08am

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Chris Davis has returned to the lineup for the Orioles' series opener against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. Davis hasn't played since Wednesday against the Dodgers. He's accumulated only nine plate appearances this month. Trey Mancini is the designated hitter and DJ Stewart is in right field. Mason Williams is in center field. Rio Ruiz is batting cleanup. Chandler Shepherd is making his first major league start and third appearance, becoming the 17th pitcher to start for the Orioles this...

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Villar being more practical on the bases

September 16, 2019, 4:27pm

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Villar being more practical on the bases

DETROIT - Jonathan Villar was born to run. Which also means it's in his blood to get thrown out on certain occasions. That's the risk he takes. The Orioles can't tame him. It's more like they're trying to educate him on the proper times to be aggressive and to show some restraint. Make smart decisions, but don't become timid. A recent check of baserunning WARs - and yes, such a thing exists - found Villar tied with the Mariners' Mallex Smith for best in the majors at 0.9. He's stolen 35...

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Means with rough start and finish in 5-2 loss (updated)

September 16, 2019, 2:45pm

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Means with rough start and finish in 5-2 loss (updated)

DETROIT - Four pitches into today's start, left-hander John Means already had surrendered a leadoff triple and a long home run. He hadn't worked up a sweat. Hadn't built up any mound dirt in his spikes. Means would get on a serious roll after Jordy Mercer's 424-footer into the left field seats. Back to the form that allowed him to string together four consecutive quality starts and surrender two earned runs or fewer in five. Would it be too late? Would a team knocking off the two hardest...

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Orioles claim Hanhold, Trumbo scratched (O's down 5-2)

September 16, 2019, 11:43am

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DETROIT - Just as the Orioles appear set with their 25-man roster over the final two weeks of the season, they make another move that today involves a new addition to the pitching staff. The Orioles claimed right-hander Eric Hanhold off waivers from the Mets this afternoon and designated left-hander Ty Blach for assignment. Hanhold, 25, isn't with the team, but could join it Tuesday at Camden Yards for the start of a three-game series against the Blue Jays. The Mets designated Hanhold for...

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Notes on Santander, Means, Villar and more

September 16, 2019, 10:53am

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Notes on Santander, Means, Villar and more

DETROIT - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde thought about sitting Anthony Santander today while the young outfielder was mired in a lengthy slump. Santander altered those plans yesterday with a two-run single that snapped an 0-for-27 streak. "He wanted to be in there today," Hyde said this afternoon. "I know how much that hit meant to him in his last at-bat. I told him, 'Listen, I wasn't planning on playing you tomorrow if things didn't go real well today.' And he said, 'No, no, no, papi, I...