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Right-hander Patrick Lehman, a George Washington University product, advanced very well in 2011 from Single-A Potomac to Double-A Harrisburg and now looks to cap off the season with a good run in the Arizona Fall League.
Lehman had such a quality campaign that he was selected to the Scottsdale Scorpions roster as one of the representatives from the Nationals organization.
Lehman went a combined 3-2 with a 3.08 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 42 games in 2011. He had 34 strikeouts and only four free...
As Orioles fans look for a nugget of hope (pun intended) that their team will actually be better next year, consider this: Each stop where Buck Showalter managed before, his clubs made a dramatic improvement between his first and second seasons.
While Buck managed for two months last year, the 2012 season will be his second full season as Orioles' manager - if he continues in that role, of course.
Showalter's 1992 Yankees team went 76-86 and then 88-74 a year later. His 1998 Arizona club,...
Double-A Bowie's Xavier Avery, playing left field and batting ninth yesterday for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League, went 0-for-3 with a walk, run scored and two strikeouts in a 12-8 loss to Phoenix. He was the only Orioles farmhand to appear in the game.
I won't make any promises, but we could find out today whether Andy MacPhail ...
OK, I'll stop.
No lame incremental updates that don't advance the story an inch. Oh sure, it's tempting, but I won't subject you to more of...
Left-hander Matt Purke, the former Texas Christian star, will join the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League at the conclusion of fall instructional league in Viera, Fla., according to a Nationals source.
Former Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon, however, will stay at instructional league for now, and the Nationals' future plans for him are not known. Rendon, the team's first-round selection in June's First-Year Player Draft, was previously announced as part of the Scorpions'...
When the Mesa Solar Sox open their season at 2:35 p.m. Eastern Time this afternoon, playing Phoenix in the Arizona Fall League, there will be seven Orioles minor leaguers on their roster.
But two players that were slated to play for Mesa are dealing with injuries right now in Joe Mahoney and LJ Hoes, and pitcher Chorye Spoone is no longer on the Mesa roster.
Hoes was listed as on the Mesa squad, but for now, he is with the other players at the Orioles' instructional league in Sarasota as he...
I won't make any promises, but we could find out today whether Andy MacPhail is staying in the organization and being given a different set of responsibilities.
Wait, where have I written that before?
It's now apparent that MacPhail is deciding his next move, and perhaps there's more for him to consider than previously known. We had every indication that he wasn't going to remain as president of baseball operations, but not because he was being forced out. It just came down to whether he...
Shortstop J.J. Hardy has been selected as the Orioles' nominee for the 2011 Hank Aaron Award.
Fan voting begins today on mlb.com and runs until Oct 9. A winner will be chosen from each league.
The winners will be announced during the World Series.
A panel of Hall of Famers, led by Aaron, will join fans in voting for the award, which has recognized the most outstanding offensive performer from each league since 1999. Joe Morgan and former Oriole Robert Alomar have joined the panel this...
Fan voting begins today at MLB.com; Award recognizes Most Outstanding Offensive performers in each League
Roberto Alomar and Joe Morgan Added to Hall of Fame Panel, with Returning Members
Tony Gwynn, Paul Molitor, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams and Robin Yount
Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media announced that J.J. Hardy was named the Orioles' nominee for the 2011 Hank Aaron Award.
Fan voting begins today exclusively online at MLB.com and the 30 Club sites. For the second straight...
The facts are there for everyone to see.
Nick Markakis hit .284 this year with 31 doubles, 15 homers, 73 RBIs and a .756 OPS.
His slugging percentage has dropped every year from 2008 on, from .491 to .453 to .436 to this year's .406. His 31 doubles is much fewer than recent seasons when he had 48, 45 and 45. That .756 OPS is a career low.
It all started with a terrible start. Through the end of May, Markakis was batting just .249 with only four doubles, four homers, 17 RBIs and a .640...