TORONTO - Two Orioles arrived in Toronto and found out today they've been honored by the American League. Trey Mancini has been named the AL Player of the Week and Austin Hays was recognized for making the AL's Play of the Week, which was his home-run robbing catch last Thursday against Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Mancini claimed his first career weekly honor and is the first Oriole to win since his former teammate Jonathan Schoop last season for the period ending July 30th. In six games...

The Orioles Charitable Foundation today announced community grants to Jubilee Arts and Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA). These grants are a result of charitable funds raised during the Athletes & Artists Play for Kids fundraiser held the evening before the historic, first-ever concert at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, featuring Billy Joel. The Orioles are committed to supporting arts education, hosting a collection of Athletes & Artists Play for Kids events throughout the season in...

While sorting through Sunday afternoon's 15-minute dugout interview with Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias, held before the home finale, there were certain points that stood out more than the others. It's bound to happen during a conversation of that length. The important and enlightening stuff mixed in with the more obvious parts. Wins and losses don't matter in the early stages of a rebuild, but Elias still is asked about them. And he still has to remind people...

Trey Mancini wasn't done after collecting his Most Valuable Oriole award yesterday afternoon. The honors keep rolling in for Mancini, who's been named the American League's Player of the Week. Mancini, who's the designated hitter for the Orioles tonight in Toronto, collected 12 hits in 26 at-bats for a .462 average. He had four doubles, two home runs, 10 RBIs and four runs scored. The award came to Mancini after he tied for the AL lead in hits and extra-base hits and was second in RBIs,...

This has been looming on the schedule for months. Five games in four days against the Phillies, the result of a rainout in mid-June. At the time, we had no idea how significant this would be for one or both of these teams, or even whether it would be significant for either of them. The answer: It's very significant for the Nationals, not all that significant for the Phillies, who remain mathematically alive but are hanging on by a thread. (Their elimination number is three.) The Nats, of...

Chris Davis is in the Orioles lineup for back-to-back games, playing first base tonight in the series opener against the Blue Jays in Toronto. Austin Hays remains in center field and is batting second. Trey Mancini, who sat out yesterday's game with a bruised left thigh, is the designated hitter. Anthony Santander is the right fielder and he's batting cleanup. Rio Ruiz moves down to fifth. Stevie Wilkerson is in left field again tonight. Chandler Shepherd is making his second start and fourth...

TORONTO - The Orioles have won just four road series all year - they are 4-16-4 - but tonight they return to the scene of two of those series victories. The Orioles are opening a three-game series in Toronto at Rogers Centre, where they went 2-1 from April 1-3 and won two of three from July 5-7. They are 4-2 at Rogers Centre a year after going 0-10 in the building. They were out-homered 35-20 and outscored 63-28. They had series when they went 0-4 and 0-3 twice north of the border in 2018. The...

Baseball's final week of the regular season has arrived. Here's what we know: The Brewers haven't missed National League MVP candidate Christian Yelich: The Brewers are 10-2 since Yelich was sidelined with a knee injury. They are 17-4 during September, a repeat performance of last season when they won 20 games in the final month to make the postseason. The Brewers, who have the tiebreaker to get home field in case of a wild card tie with Washington, have scored 32 runs in their last four...

The Surprise Saguaros had a very good first week in the Arizona Fall League, going 4-1. They have the best record in the West Division and the league overall, and enjoy a three-game win streak. Here is a rundown of last week: Surprise 4, at Glendale 2. Scottsdale 8, at Surprise 6. At Surprise 4, Salt River 1. At Surprise 12, Salt River 0. Surprise 4, at Peoria 1. Catcher Jakson Reetz is hitting .455 (5-for-11) in three games with a 1.084 OPS. He has one double, one stolen base and three RBIs....

The final days spent on the road for Orioles manager Brandon Hyde will include a series of closed-door meetings with players as part of the annual exit interviews. They happen everywhere, but it isn't something that Hyde has done as a major league manager. The closest comparisons are the talks in spring training after players are optioned or reassigned, and when someone is sent down during the season. He's had lots of practice with that one. "I'm really interested in what they have to...