The Orioles placed left-handed reliever Keegan Akin on the 15-day injured list this afternoon with lower back discomfort, a move that’s retroactive to yesterday. Lefty Nick Vespi was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. Akin has allowed 10 earned runs (13 total) and 12 hits in his last four appearances over four innings. He was charged with two earned r

We are now only nine days from the 2023 Draft, one that not only features some of the best top-tier talent the sport has seen in a long time, but one that also sees the Nationals with one of the top picks for the first time in a long time. The Nats don’t own the No. 1 pick like they did in 2009 and 2010, but if there’s ever a year to be satisfied w

When he was last seen in the big leagues, O’s pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez was giving up nine runs over 3 1/3 innings on May 26 versus the Texas Rangers. After pitching to an ERA of 4.07 his first five big league starts, that number was 11.14 over his next five. A reset was needed and Grayson was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk. The marching o

The Orioles begin their final homestand tonight before the All-Star break. Sneaked up on you, didn’t it? There was movement in the standings yesterday, with the Orioles idle and the Rays winning in Arizona to extend its division lead to 5 ½ games. The Yankees won in Oakland and crept within four of the Orioles. Two straight losses to the Reds have

Perhaps it will work out anyway. A team selects a player first in the draft, a generational talent, and makes him the key component in a rebuild. Expects him to move quickly through the farm system coming out of college. Expects him to be impactful. To be an All-Star. Catcher Adley Rutschman will need some help from players and the commissioner’s o

SEATTLE – Throughout an often frustrating season at the plate, Nationals coaches have needed to remind Keibert Ruiz that his process has been good, even if the results didn’t suggest it. He was hitting the ball well, just not getting hits. At some point, though, talk is cheap. Doesn’t a hitter need to actually see positive results to justify the pr

After the arrival of Jordan Westburg to the majors this week, can outfielder Colton Cowser be too far behind? He could be in the on-deck circle at this point, putting up outstanding numbers this year at Triple-A while taking his plate discipline to a higher level. Working against Cowser at the moment is the fact that the O’s outfield has been reall

Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman will learn tonight whether he’s the starting catcher for the American League in the 93rd All-Star Game, played July 11 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Rutschman and the Rangers’ Jonah Heim are the finalists in phase 2 of voting, which concludes today at noon. The announcement is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN. The most recent u

Kyle Gibson lasted only three innings in his previous start, the shortest of his Orioles career, in a 13-1 loss to Seattle. He threw 35 and 34 pitches in the last two frames and followed up tonight with a 30-pitch first. And he was better than Luke Weaver for a while. Rain didn’t slow tonight’s game. The teams did it. The first inning lasted 38 min

After a night where every American League East team lost, the Orioles remain four games behind first-place Tampa Bay as they take the field tonight. It’s the rubber match game of their series with the Cincinnati Reds (42-38) after the Orioles won 10-3 Monday night and lost 3-1 Tuesday night. The Reds had lost the last two games of their series with