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It was kind of understood that pitchers would be ahead of hitters during baseball's first weekend of 2020. Even though pitchers had precious little time build their arms up during a three-week summer camp, hitters had even fewer opportunities to hone their timing against live pitching.
The result hasn't been surprising. Thirty-three times already, a team has been held to two or fewer runs.
"I've seen so many strikeouts over the whole league. You can tell guys aren't really ready,"...
José Iglesias might not have noticed the reaction on social media to the Orioles' opening day lineup.
Impossible for me to miss it.
Twitter had a field day with manager Brandon Hyde's decision to bat Iglesias third. Fans and media partied on it.
The lineup should have been written on a cornhole board.
What does it say about this team that Iglesias is the No. 3 hitter? A guy with a career .687 OPS who's valued for his glove?
I'll ask again: Who's laughing now?
Iglesias probably won't...
The date was Dec. 4, 2019. That was the day that Isaac Mattson's world briefly got turned upside down. A right-handed relief pitcher, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in round 19 of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft and had completed three good years in their system. He reached Triple-A last summer and he was finally closing in on that major league dream.
Then he got a call. He was traded to the Orioles, one of four players coming to Baltimore in the deal for pitcher Dylan Bundy.
"Kind...
The Nationals announced that reliever Roenis ElÃas is being placed on the 60-day injured list due to a left elbow flexor strain. Because the move is retroactive to July 13, ElÃas could be activated in 45 days.
But a flexor strain is an injury that can sometimes be a precursor to Tommy John surgery, which would keep a pitcher out of action for over 12 months. So ElÃas and the Nats are being extremely cautious in monitoring this injury. They will rehab the elbow in hopes that ElÃas...
Alex Cobb allowed just one run in 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Red Sox.
Hanser Alberto went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the Orioles' 7-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday.
The Orioles bounced back from a 13-2 loss with a resounding 7-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday.
The Orioles dropped the first game of the 2020 season to the Red Sox 13-2 on Friday.
John Means was originally scheduled to make the Orioles' opening day start before being scratched due to arm fatigue.
Evan Phillips had a 6.43 ERA in 25 games in 2019.