The Orioles announced today that infielder Alex Liddi cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. Liddi was designated for assignment on Friday to make room for outfielder Chris Dickerson on the 40-man roster. The Orioles acquired Liddi and International Signing Bonus Slot No. 3 from the Mariners for International Signing Bonus Slot No. 2 on July 6. He went 1-for-17 in eight games with Seattle this year. He batted .222/.269/.378 with 11 doubles, three triples, four homers and 22...

I was out of town over the weekend, so I missed catching Tanner Roark's first major league start live, but I did cue it up on the DVR once I got home. What I saw was another really strong outing from an impressive right-hander getting by not just on pure stuff, but on location and aggression. Roark's six scoreless innings on Saturday add just the latest line to what's been a dominant start to the 26-year-old's major league career. He now has put up a 0.94 ERA over his first 10 outings,...

The Orioles have 20 games remaining and they are all against AL East opponents with 10 at home and 10 on the road. They host New York for four beginning tonight and then go on the road to face Toronto, Boston and Tampa before ending the regular season with a six-game homestand against Toronto and Boston. Adam Jones feels it will be fun. "I do. Because the teams that are ahead of us are in our division, so I think how we play these next X-amount of games will dictate if we're going home or...

The Baltimore Orioles will host the team's Fall Instructional League at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota with games that are free and open to the public from September 16 through October 8. The Instructional League program focuses on specific individual development while providing additional playing time to accelerate a player's progress through the minor league system. Games are played on the Main Field, with parking available in the East Lot at no charge. Spectators may enter the ballpark...

The Orioles will begin celebrating their 60th anniversary next season with a March 31 home opener against the Red Sox. The schedule was released this afternoon, and it includes a home-and-home series against the Pirates, which I wrote here. Now, we know that the dates are April 29-30 at Camden Yards and May 20-21 in Pittsburgh. The Orioles also will host the Blue Jays, Rays and Royals in April, the Astros, Tigers and Indians in May, the Athletics, Red Sox, Blue Jays, White Sox and Rays in...

I read an article in USA Today last week about the Pittsburgh Pirates and how they clinched their first non-losing season in 20 years. For beginners, hats off to them. That's a feeling with which Orioles fans can certainly identify after last year, although the Orioles' streak was halted before it reached 20 - or 15 for that matter. For the most part, I feel that the players and coaches have taken this somewhat in stride. However there was one quote in the article that stood out to...

The Nationals' high Single-A affiliate faces an elimination game on Tuesday night. The Potomac Nationals are down in their best-of-five 2013 Mills Cup championship series after dropping the first two games of the series at home against Salem. The Salem Red Sox shut out the P-Nats 4-0 Sunday thanks to right-hander Mike Aguilera's 6 2/3 scoreless innings. It was only the sixth game all season the P-Nats had been shut out. They managed six hits. Cutter Dykstra and Randolph Oduber each had two...

The Reds keep on winning, and the Nationals' incredibly slim playoff chances keep getting slimmer. Cincinnati finished off a three-game sweep of the Dodgers last night, marking the Reds' sixth win in their last seven games. The Nats might have gone 4-2 so far on their road trip, but given their current situation, that's pretty much two losses too many. Twenty games remain on the Nats' schedule. To get to 90 wins, they'll have to go 17-3. Even if that somehow happens, the Nats would...

When I spoke with Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts over the winter, he made it clear that he had no intention of retiring after the 2013 season. And he confirmed his desire to continue playing while meeting with reporters at his locker in spring training. It may not be with the Orioles, he said, but he wants to play. Roberts' contract runs out after this season. He can become a free agent. And his chances of returning to the Orioles seemed nonexistent before he came off the disabled...

Chris Davis is focusing on the Orioles' pursuit of a playoff berth right now and not thinking too much about how many homers he will hit this year. But for a few moments yesterday, he did take time to talk about chasing Orioles history and the club's single-season home run record. "It is something that is cool," Davis said. "But our main focus right now is getting into the postseason. Unless those home runs are helping us win games, then they don't really mean a lot." But team history...