-1745819772711.png){kind=logo}
The Orioles today announced that they have recalled catcher Francisco Pena from Triple-A Norfolk and placed catcher Caleb Joseph on the 15-day disabled list with a testicular injury suffered in the May 30 game vs. Boston.
Peña, 26, batted .200/.241/.250 (16-for-80) with two doubles, a triple, and six RBI in 24 games with Triple-A Norfolk this season. He hit safely in five of his last six games with the Tides, batting .353/.421/.353 (6-for-17) in that span. Over 808 career minor league...
The Orioles today announced that they have recalled catcher Francisco Pena from Triple-A Norfolk and placed catcher Caleb Joseph on the 15-day disabled list with a testicular injury suffered in the May 30 game vs. Boston.
Peña, 26, batted .200/.241/.250 (16-for-80) with two doubles, a triple, and six RBI in 24 games with Triple-A Norfolk this season. He hit safely in five of his last six games with the Tides, batting .353/.421/.353 (6-for-17) in that span. Over 808 career minor league...
PHILADELPHIA - Let's get right down to it, because this is what you really want to know: Bryce Harper is not in the Nationals lineup tonight.
That's not a huge surprise after Harper took a fastball off the outside of his right knee in the seventh inning last night, ultimately departing after trying to run the bases. Though he officially was diagnosed with a contusion, the 23-year-old slugger was still in some obvious pain postgame, walking gingerly around the clubhouse. Nobody believes the...
Nolan Reimold is batting second tonight against former Orioles minor leaguer Eduardo Rodriguez, a left-hander making his 2016 debut after coming off the disabled list earlier today.
Reimold is in left field and Joey Rickard is in right. Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter.
Paul Janish is batting ninth and playing third base.
For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Nolan Reimold LF Manny Machado SS Chris Davis 1B Mark Trumbo DH Matt Wieters C Jonathan Schoop 2B Joey Rickard RF Paul Janish 3B
Kevin...
The Orioles will place catcher Caleb Joseph on the disabled list before tonight's game against the Red Sox, according to sources.
The exact nature of the injury is unknown, but Joseph was taken to a nearby hospital yesterday after being hit by a foul ball in his groin area during the eighth inning. He stayed in the game, a 7-2 loss to the Red Sox, before the Orioles set up an examination.
Joseph knelt on the ground for several minutes trying to catch his breath while head athletic trainer...
Right-hander Lucas Giolito has now won three decisions in a row following Monday afternoon's 3-2 victory at Akron.
Giolito (3-2) pitched six innings, allowing one run on three hits, with four walks and six strikeouts. His ERA is now 3.17. Opponents are batting .238.
In his last four starts, he has surrendered only four earned runs. He also has allowed only seven hits in his last 13 innings. 21-year-old Giolito has walked 12 batters in those last four games.
Left-handed hitting high Single-A...
The Nationals got a big look at the in-game management style of Joe Maddon earlier in the month in Chicago where they played a four-game series.
Maddon also has many philosophies that he shares as the manager of the Chicago Cubs, and his 'TryNot To Suck' advice might have started as a joke, but it is at the core of one of Maddon's core principles that if you are going to 'suck' at one part of your game you had better find other ways to help your team win.
Maddon turned the 'Try Not To...
Darren O'Day has always defied expectations. He went from a walk-on at the University ofFlorida to the team's closer. After going undrafted out of college, he signed with the Angels,then shot through the minors and got a regular role with the Mets and Rangers. And whenTexas let him walk following an ugly 2011 campaign, he signed with the Orioles and took offonce more.
O'Day's profile certainly fits the underdog mold; he's excelled despite anunderwhelming arsenal and a cringe-inducing...
PHILADELPHIA - Daniel Murphy was the main topic of discussion last night, considering he went 3-for-4 with a homer, drove in the game-winning runs in the Nationals' 4-3 victory over the Phillies and raised his MLB-leading batting average to .395.
But Murphy never would have been in position to win the game if not for an equally important at-bat by Jayson Werth a few minutes earlier, so let's give the 37-year-old left fielder his due as well.
With two outs, two on and the Nationals still...
PHILADELPHIA - Daniel Murphy isn't going to do this the entire season. It's just not possible in this day and age to do what only a handful have come close to doing in the 75 years since Ted Williams last broke the .400 barrier.
But Memorial Day has now come and gone, and Murphy still owns a .395 batting average, so why shouldn't the Nationals enjoy every moment of this remarkable run? Especially on nights like this, when Murphy not only produces but produces in big spots to help lift his...