The Orioles' quiet off-day made plenty of noise yesterday. Wei-Yin Chen will start doing some light throwing today in Sarasota, according to interpreter Tim Lin. The first round of American League All-Star voting was announced, and Chris Davis ranked first among first basemen and Adam Jones ranked second among outfielders. Davis was named AL Player of the Week for the second time this season, but Miguel Cabrera beat him out for monthly honors. Dylan Bundy was cleared to begin a throwing...

When the Nationals show up to work this afternoon, they'll find themselves in a deeper hole in the division than when they left Atlanta on Sunday night. The Braves' win over the Pirates last night means the Nationals are now a full seven games back of Atlanta in the National League East. The deficit continues to grow and it's again found the deepest it's been all season. The Nats will try and make up some ground this week as they welcome two below-.500 teams to D.C. - the Mets and Twins....

This just in: Chris Davis is not slowing down. He was named the American League Player of the Month for April when he batted .348 with a slugging percentage of .728 and OPS of 1.171. He topped those numbers in May going .364/.768/1.210. Miguel Cabrera won the May monthly award after his amazing month, so Davis settled for winning the latest AL Player of the Week award yesterday, his second this season. In 56 games ,he is batting .357 with 20 homers, 52 RBIs and a 1.194 OPS. He is on a pace...

This afternoon, Major League Baseball announced the first balloting update for the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field in New York. Orioles first baseman Chris Davis and outfielder Adam Jones are currently in line to start the game at their respective positions. Additionally, this afternoon Davis was named the A.L. Player of the Week for the week ending June 2, when he batted .481 (13-27) with a double, four home runs, six RBI and 10 runs scored. The award is the third of Davis' career (also...

The Orioles received good news today on pitcher Dylan Bundy following his visit to Dr. James Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Bundy, the fourth-overall pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, has been cleared to resume a throwing progression program that will start on June 10, according to Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette. The Orioles have been targeting June 10 as the date, so Bundy is right on schedule. Bundy hasn't pitched since spring training because of stiffness near his...

Major League Baseball and the Orioles today announced that the start time for the Sunday, June 30 game against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park has been moved from 1:35 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. The change in time is due to the selection of the game for broadcast by ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Original ticket purchasers holding tickets for June 30 who are unable to attend due to the time change may exchange their tickets for any remaining regular season home game this season, except vs. the...

Before this season, a popular World Series pick was Detroit vs. Washington. Against those teams, the Orioles just went 5-2. It was how they did it that was equally impressive. On Wednesday night, they trailed Jordan Zimmermann and the Nats 5-2 after five innings and 5-3 after six. They erupted for a six-run bottom of the seventh inning and Chris Davis went 4-for-4 with two homers. On Friday, the Orioles went to the last of the ninth down 5-3 to Detroit. They won 7-5 on a Chris Dickerson hit...

Major League Baseball announced today that Chris Davis is leading American League first baseman in All-Star voting, and Adam Jones ranks among the top three outfielders. Today marks the first day that totals have been revealed. Third baseman Manny Machado, shortstop J.J. Hardy and catcher Matt Wieters currently rank second. Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera, who never has been elected a starter, leads all AL players with 1,500,165 votes. Machado has received 723,943 votes for the...

The weather fortunately didn't factor into yesterday's series finale between the Nationals and Braves, despite the ridiculously dark clouds that hung over top of Turner Field for much of the afternoon. It did factor into my attempts to get home last night, however. I didn't get in until after 2 a.m., thanks to a lengthy delay and issues at BWI upon our landing there, but given that a number of flights out of Atlanta were canceled last night, I'm feeling pretty fortunate to have eventually...

Orioles pitcher Wei-Yin Chen, on the disabled list with a strained right oblique, will do some soft throwing on Tuesday in Sarasota if the weather permits it. The news came via Chen's interpreter, Tim Lin, who sent out the following tweet earlier this morning: "Light toss tomorrow -> big step!!! Please stop raining, Florida!!!" Chen hasn't picked up a ball since sustaining the injury on May 12 in Minnesota. His most recent activity involved jogging in a pool. Manager Buck Showalter...