The Orioles and Major League Baseball today announced that catcher JAMES McCANN has been named the Orioles’ 2024 nominee for the esteemed Roberto Clemente Award. The most prominent individual player award bestowed by MLB, the Roberto Clemente Award, presented by Capital One, is the annual recognition of a Major League player from each club who best

PITTSBURGH – CJ Abrams’ first at-bat Sunday afternoon was shaping up to look a lot like so many of his at-bats over the last two months. Leading off the Nationals’ series finale against the Pirates, the slumping shortstop aggressively went after Jared Jones’ first pitch of the day – a 99 mph fastball over the plate – and could only manage to foul-t

When the Orioles scored 13 runs Monday and nine runs Tuesday night in beating the Chicago White Sox, we had no idea the next few games would prove to be so futile for the Baltimore offense.  Through Tuesday the Orioles had scored 38 runs over a five-game stretch. Was the offense finally coming around? As it turned out, no. In the last four games th

The Orioles can envision a pitching staff that returns Grayson Rodriguez to the rotation and Danny Coulombe and Jacob Webb to the bullpen. Like “trade deadline 2.0,” as pitching coach Drew French called it yesterday. An apt description. “Acquisitions by reinstatement from the IL,” he said, maintaining his roll. But the club can’t simply count on ad

PITTSBURGH – Patrick Corbin was going to throw 100 pitches this afternoon, no matter how many innings it required, no matter how many runs scored along the way. One day after Davey Martinez had to push his bullpen to the absolute limit to secure a doubleheader sweep over the Pirates, it was time to pay the bill. Martinez was going to have to stick

The outs were coming more easily to Corbin Burnes. Early traffic on the bases had thinned. He was back on his familiar roll. And then it stopped. Even a brief pause can be costly for a team that can't offer much support. Burnes hung a slider to Jonny DeLuca in the sixth inning, and the resulting two-run homer broke a scoreless tie. One pitch would

PITTSBURGH – After combining to close out a tight victory in the opener of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader, Derek Law and Kyle Finnegan were asked jokingly if they were ready to pitch again in the nightcap. “Of course,” Law said. “It would only be fitting, right?” “Oh, yeah,” Finnegan said. “Yeah, I’ll be ready for Game 2.” Some 5 1/2 hours later

The Orioles' six-game homestand ends today. They won two of three from the White Sox and have split two games with the Rays heading into the series finale. The Orioles won 2-0 with their ninth shutout Friday night and lost 7-1 Saturday. The Orioles (82-61) have fallen back into second-place by a 1/2 game behind the Yankees (82-60) with 19 games rem

Orioles reliever Danny Coulombe is ready to begin his rehab assignment. Coulombe will join Triple-A Norfolk for Wednesday night’s game in Durham, his first competition beyond live batting practice since undergoing surgery in June to remove bone chips in his left elbow. The Orioles haven’t used Coulombe since June 8, when he retired all six batters

The Orioles go for the series win this afternoon, the last game on the homestand, with Nick Maton at third base and Austin Slater in right field. Anthony Santander is the designated hitter. Corbin Burnes has posted a 4.97 ERA and 1.342 WHIP in nine starts in the second half. He had a 7.36 ERA and 1.597 WHIP in five starts last month. Burnes went fi