Rubén Tejada continues to play shortstop for the Orioles and he continues to rake.
Tejada, in tonight's lineup again, has 12 hits in his last 28 at-bats for a .429 average.
Welington Castillo is catching. Seth Smith is in right field.
Chris Davis is 4-for-30 with a double, three home runs, eight RBIs and 13 strikeouts since coming off the disabled list.
Manny Machado is batting .333 (23-for-69) in 17 games this month.
For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Manny Machado 3B Jonathan Schoop 2B Chris...
The Orioles have lost four games since the All-Star break and they've fallen behind 8-0, 7-0, 6-0 and 5-0. My advice is to stop doing it. The plan clearly isn't working.
Putting Ubaldo Jiménez back in the bullpen isn't really a solution for the reasons previously stated. He needs extra time to get loose, he tends to struggle in his first inning and he requires extended rest between outings. And there isn't a spot for him with Miguel Castro earning an extended stay.
Jayson Aquino would be...
The Astros hit for the cycle nine batters into tonight's game and led by five runs after the second inning. A season didn't die, but the buzz from a four-game sweep was killed.
Ubaldo Jiménez turned in another unsatisfactory performance, raising questions about his status in the rotation and the organization for the umpteenth time, and the Orioles opened their weekend series with an 8-7 loss before an announced crowd of 25,784 at Camden Yards.
The Orioles are 46-50 overall and 0-4 against...
Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy will accompany the team to Tampa and Arlington during the upcoming road trip. He'll be reexamined by a hand specialist upon the club's return home and most likely cleared for strengthening exercises.
Infielder Ryan Flaherty and Rule 5 outfielder Anthony Santander remain scheduled to start their injury rehab assignments in six days.
Seth Smith is 9-for-20 with three home runs in his last five games, but he's out of the lineup again tonight.
Smith sat the two...
Joey Rickard gets the start in right field tonight as the Orioles begin a three-game series against the Astros at Camden Yards.
Caleb Joseph is behind the plate.
The Orioles have hit at least four home runs in 10 games this season, which is tops in the majors. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles have three other seasons with four home runs or more in 10 games - 1995 (10), 1996 (14) and 2016 (16).
The 2016 Orioles also had exactly 10 four-homer games through July 20.
For the...
The question came across as innocent, though it's not always clear when delivered by Orioles manager Buck Showalter.
Showalter usually knows the answer and seems to be testing his audience. Maybe that was the intent yesterday afternoon during his pregame media session.
We took the bait.
Before delving into the latest dissection of Trey Mancini's season, Showalter asked, "Who's the Rookie of the Year frontrunner?"
"Aaron Judge" came the response from pretty much everyone in the room, the...
The Orioles' streak of quality starts ended tonight in the top of the fifth inning. They settled for tacking on another win.
Seemed like a better plan.
Down by four runs in the middle innings, the Orioles again rode their rejuvenated offense to a 9-7 victory over the Rangers before an announced crowd of 14,691 at Camden Yards that completed a four-game sweep.
Jonathan Schoop, Adam Jones, Mark Trumbo and Chris Davis homered for the Orioles, who ran the table on the Rangers in a four-game series...
With the Red Sox losing this afternoon, the Orioles already gained a half-game in the division race to leave them 7 1/2 back as they get ready to finish their series against the Rangers. They're also 3 1/2 behind in the wild card chase, but manager Buck Showalter isn't interested.
Showalter makes it appear that he's not even a casual observer.
"I haven't (looked) in about three or four weeks," he said.
Told that his club was four games below .500, Showalter replied, "I didn't know that,...
The Orioles are skipping batting practice today due to the heat index. They're taking their hitting act indoors.
"It didn't make a whole lot of sense," said manager Buck Showalter. "Hoping it clears."
The offense already is hot with 25 runs scored in the first three games of the series.
The Orioles hit 2,490 home runs at Memorial Stadium from 1954-1991. They've hit 2,490 at Camden Yards since it opened in 1992.
Rule 5 pick Anthony Santander, who's been rehabbing his right forearm down...
Welington Castillo is behind the plate tonight and Joey Rickard remains in right field, as the Orioles attempt to complete a four-games sweep of the Rangers.
Adam Jones' 15 home runs against the Rangers are his highest total against a team outside the American League East.
Jonathan Schoop's next double will be the 100th of his career.
Caleb Joseph is batting .307 (23-for-75) in 28 home games.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles were batting .203 with the bases loaded before last...
The Orioles are doing a lousy impression of a team that's focused on the future.
Players hear and read the rumors. They're aware of the vulnerability of their top relievers. They, too, wonder how they can remain competitive if the bullpen, the team's undisputed strength, is torn down at the back end.
One player told me yesterday that he'd be surprised if Zach Britton or Brad Brach isn't traded. Not necessarily both, but one of them.
Britton and Brach sat next to each other yesterday before...
If this is how the Orioles are going to respond to trade rumors and the notion that they're sellers, the front office should plant the idea a few days after they break camp.
Kevin Gausman turned in the rotation's third consecutive quality start and the Orioles batted around in the seventh inning and assured themselves of a series win with a 10-2 victory over the Rangers before an announced sweaty crowd of 15,693 at Camden Yards.
The Orioles are 45-49 overall and 28-19 at home. They've...
With Johnny Giavotella on the roster strictly as a second baseman, Rubén Tejada has settled into a role as the everyday shortstop for the Orioles.
Paul Janish was designated for assignment and again outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. The only alternative in J.J. Hardy's absence seems to be moving second baseman Jonathan Schoop to the left side of the infield, which has happened only twice in the starting lineup.
Manager Buck Showalter has kept Manny Machado at third base. Machado apparently...
Orioles manager Buck Showalter has declared left-hander Zach Britton ready to resume closing at the next opportunity.
Britton has entered games in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings since coming off the disabled list again, and he hasn't been used in a save situation. He finished up last night's 12-1 win over the Rangers.
The last of Britton's five saves came on April 14 in Toronto before his first trip to the disabled list.
"He's ready to go," Showalter said. "If we get in a close...
The Orioles will try tonight to build their first three-game winning streak since June 24-27.
Another quality start tonight from Kevin Gausman would give the Orioles three in a row for the first time since May 19-21.
The Orioles are alone in fourth place, eight games behind the first-place Yankees and 4 ½ out for the second wild card.
Joey Rickard is in right field tonight with the Rangers starting left-hander MartÃn Pérez. Caleb Joseph is catching.
According to the Elias Sports...
Not that more examples are required to drive home the point that the Orioles' rotation has been a mess, but Kevin Gausman's 71 earned runs allowed ranked highest in the majors before last night, followed by Ubaldo Jiménez and the Giants' Matt Moore with 68.
Gausman's 20 starts were tied for first. It's a large sample size.
Gausman brings a 6.39 ERA and 1.790 WHIP into tonight's game against the Rangers. Since tossing seven scoreless innings against the Rays, he's allowed a combined 13...
The Orioles are a streaky little bunch. And that includes little streaks.
They won the last two games before the break, were swept by the Cubs in a three-game series to start the second half and have beaten the Rangers twice in a row.
These are small-sample-size streaks, but they've again put the Orioles five games below .500 and intensified the debate over buyers versus sellers versus standing pat.
Chris Davis homered twice and drove in six runs, belting his eighth career grand slam, and...
The Orioles suddenly are playing again like a club that hasn't conceded the 2017 season, no matter its placement in the standings and the wild card race. The optimism comes and goes, just like the run production that resurfaced in the first inning.
To be determined is how many of the current players will be part of any attempts to make another run at contention.
Majority owner Peter G. Angelos met early this afternoon with executive vice president Dan Duquette regarding the direction of the...
Slow news day this afternoon at Camden Yards.
Nothing in the way of significant injury updates. Utility infielder Ryan Flaherty may not be ready to begin a rehab assignment later this week, but there haven't been any setbacks. Mike Wright remains with the Gulf Coast League team and will get another start after pitching yesterday and allowing four runs in two-thirds of an inning.
Manager Buck Showalter said he continues to view Wright as a starter, though the former third-round pick out of East...
No surprises in the Orioles' lineup tonight.
Seth Smith continues to bat seventh, with Adam Jones in the leadoff spot. Trey Mancini continues to play left field, with Hyun Soo Kim on the bench.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles and Nationals are tied for the major league lead with 11 games won while scoring three runs or fewer.
The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association has chosen Jones as the Orioles' recipient of the Heart and Hustle Award for the fifth time. The...