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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles are waiting to get the results of David Hess' eye examination and will decide whether they need to find another starter for Saturday night's game against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Hess is the victim of another dreaded football-related injury, though he didn't fracture a finger like Michael Bourn last spring training. The rookie pitcher was struck in the left eye while outrunning Trey Mancini and attempting to catch a pass before the Orioles took batting...
For the first time in 14 months, right-hander Joe Ross will start a major league baseball game tonight against the Chicago Cubs.
Ross is thrilled to be back from Tommy John rehab, and his manager shared his excitement during pregame Friday by talking about his returning starter after answering an opening question about the same day return of closer Sean Doolittle.
"I'm more excited to see Joe Ross today," said Nationals manager Davey Martinez. "He worked really hard to get back. Gets a...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles rotation for the rest of the weekend series against the Rays could undergo major changes.
Rookie David Hess was hit in the eye today while trying to catch a football during batting practice and was sent to a local specialist for an examination.
Hess is supposed to start on Saturday, but may have to be skipped. Candidates to replace him include Yefry RamÃrez, Jimmy Yacabonis and Luis Ortiz, though manager Buck Showalter prefers to use the latter out of the...
What would Sean Doolittle have thought, the Nationals closer was asked today, if told when he first noticed what felt like a minor left toe injury on July 7 that he wouldn't return for two months?
"I would've said you were crazy," the left-hander said. "I was feeling really good, and I was pitching better than I ever have in my career. If you had told me when I came out of that game that night that I was going to have to wait two months to get to do that again, I would've said you were...
Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson, who has been nursing a right wrist sprain since Aug. 16 and is on the 10-day disabled list, threw a simulated game Friday afternoon.
"Oh, it went good. Felt really good," Hellickson said. "Just trying to get out there and just see hitters in the box, really. Last time I went on the DL and came back for that minor league game, I was kind of all over the place. It was good to just see hitters and get out of the stretch a little bit."
One concern during his...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Steve Wilkerson is inside the Orioles clubhouse and still in their plans for the future. It's the lineup and game action that are placed in doubt.
Wilkerson is continuing his recovery from a hamstring injury despite the Orioles recalling him from Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday. He hasn't played since Aug. 22 with the Tides.
"It's coming along well," he said this afternoon at Tropicana Field. "I was talking to the trainers here this morning and the last couple days...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Adam Jones and Chris Davis are out of the Orioles lineup for tonight's series opener against the Rays.
Joey Rickard is in right field and batting second against left-hander Blake Snell. We'll find out later why Jones is absent.
Trey Mancini is at first base and Tim Beckham is the designated hitter. Breyvic Valera is starting at shortstop.
John Andreoli is in left field and Austin Wynns is catching.
Dylan Bundy's starts against the Rays have brought mixed results. He...
It's been 425 days since Joe Ross last pitched in a major league game. Something didn't look right with the right-hander on July 9, 2017 when he lasted only 3 1/3 innings against the Braves and saw his velocity drop. Turns out he had a torn ligament in his elbow that required Tommy John surgery, and we all know how long it takes to return from that.
Tonight, Ross will take the mound at Nationals Park again, just shy of 14 months later. He'll be facing a tough Cubs lineup, not to mention an...
The Orioles have arrived in St. Petersburg, Fla. for their third stop on a three-city road trip. Tonight they begin a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays to wrap up a trip where they went 0-3 at Kansas City and 1-2 at Seattle.
The Orioles (41-99) have lost five of six and 13 of their last 17 games. They are 17-55 away from Oriole Park and have lost nine of the last 10 on the road.
Tampa Bay (75-64) is in third place in the American League East and holds the seventh-best record in the...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles have expanded their active roster today and created more versatility by selecting Corban Joseph's contract from Double-A Bowie.
Joseph has joined the Orioles for their weekend series against the Rays at Tropicana Field. He's been assigned uniform No. 64.
The younger brother of catcher Caleb Joseph, Corban was 1-for-9 in four games with the Orioles in June before they designated him for assignment and outrighted him. He made the Eastern League's All-Star...