With Matt Wieters potentially playing his last few games as an Oriole - he is a pending free agent - what might the catching position look like for the Orioles next year? Caleb Joseph has certainly done a solid job behind the plate. At the plate, he is batting .237 with 11 homers and 49 RBIs in 317 at-bats. His slugging percentage and OPS have increased from last season to this year, from .354 to .397 slugging and from .618 to .699 in OPS. If - and it's a big if right now - but if Wieters...

If you want to move past the disappointments of this season and instead focus on the upcoming positives of 2016, look no further than Stephen Strasburg. The right-hander finished his dominant second half off strong, tossing six scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over the Braves. As he has since returning from his second stint on the 15-day disabled list this year, Strasburg continued commanding each at-bat with pinpoint control. He walked just one batter for the fifth consecutive start while...

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado hit two homers and stole two bases today in the O's 6-4 win over Toronto. The stolen bases were his 19th and 20th on the year and he became the fifth Oriole to have 20 homers and steals, and the second to eclipse 30 homers and 20 steals. "It's an honor," Machado said. "Something I've worked hard for. First off I want to thank my coaches. (Wayne) Kirby, Bobby D. (Dickerson), Cooley (Scott Coolbaugh), J.R. (John Russell) and Buck (Showalter). They've...

Clint Robinson smacked a solo homer to left off Braves right-hander Ryan Weber with one out in the second. It was Robinson's ninth home run of the season. Both Nats runs in this series have come from solo taters. Stephen Strasburg has yielded two hits with one walk through two scoreless frames. Update: Strasburg turned in his fifth straight quality start, tossing six shutout innings while allowing just six hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. Weber's only blemish was Robinson's homer as...

X-rays on Jonathan Schoop's right hand this afternoon came back negative and he's day-to-day. Manager Buck Showalter had no idea whether Schoop would play this weekend. Blue Jays starter Drew Hutchison hit Schoop in the bottom of the first inning of the Orioles' 6-4 win at Camden Yards, a game delayed 3 hours and 25 minutes by rain. Schoop said the hand was swollen and stiff, and he'll arrive early on Friday for treatments. "It was a little numb running around the bases," he said. "I was...

Stephen Strasburg enters his final outing of the season red hot, having allowed just five earned runs while fanning 50 batters over four starts this month. But if the Nationals are going to make Strasburg a winner in his finale, they will need to step up their offense. Through the first two losses against the Braves, the Nats have barely lit up the scoreboard, scoring just one run - on Trea Turner's first major league homer - over the last 18 innings. The lack of offensive production hasn't...

A rain delay of 3 hours, 25 minutes could not stop the Orioles today. Manny Machado hit homers before and after the delay and went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases as the Orioles beat Toronto 6-4. When Zach Britton got the game's last out for his 35th save, it was nearly seven hours after it started. The game began at 12:10 p.m., but went into a long delay after a first inning where the Orioles took a 3-0 lead. The Orioles won the last two games to split this four-game series and improve to 78-81...

The Orioles announced today that LUNGevity Foundation's Breathe Deep Baltimore, a 5K walk to raise funds and awareness for lung cancer in memory of Orioles' late Public Relations Director, Monica Pence Barlow, will be rescheduled for Sunday, October 18, at 9 a.m. at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. All current registration will be automatically rolled over to the new date. Registration is available online for those who have not yet signed up at www.orioles.com/lungevity. LUNGevity Foundation...

It's been a tale of two seasons for Stephen Strasburg. The right-hander never quite healed from a sprained left ankle coming out of spring training. Lingering pain led to overcompensation compounding the problem and leading to a baffling 6.55 ERA over his first 10 starts before landing on the disabled list for 21 days. Strasburg emerged with an improved demeanor on the mound. He won his first two starts, allowing just two runs with 15 strikeouts over 12 innings. But just as he was building...

Jonathan Schoop left today's game against the Blue Jays with a bruised right hand. He's day-to-day with three games remaining on the schedule. The Orioles announced the injury but not his status. I just made the bold assumption. Schoop was hit on the hand by a Drew Hutchison pitch in the bottom of the first inning, as six consecutive batters reached. Steve Pearce followed with an RBI double to increase the Orioles' lead to 3-0. Schoop stayed in the game, with manager Buck Showalter and...