• Richie Martin back in bigs as Ramón Urías heads to IL

    KANSAS CITY – One infielder to the injured list, another recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. Too many times in his young career, Richie Martin has been on the wrong end of these sort of transactions. Martin has missed significant time with injury since he was selected by the Orioles with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 Rule 5 draft, including a fractured right wrist, a broken hamate bone in his...

  • Hyde on Vavra, Orioles introducing Holliday tomorrow at contract signing

    The Orioles are ready to unleash another prospect on major league opponents. Terrin Vavra, acquired from the Rockies as part of the 2020 Mychal Givens trade, has been recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. He’ll be on the bench tonight with the Rays starting left-hander Shane McClanahan. Vavra is batting .324/.435/.451 with 14 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 18 RBIs, 28 walks and 36 strikeouts in...

  • Gunnar Henderson preparing to make some starts at first base

    While the Orioles keep working out Terrin Vavra at first base before games, the drills beginning Sunday at Tropicana Field, they’ve got shortstop Gunnar Henderson doing the same with Triple-A Norfolk. Taking ground balls, making throws from a new angle. Henderson is expected to receive some starts at first base this week, perhaps today against the Durham Bulls at Harbor Park. To get Henderson...

  • Cowser's move to next level is felt in Orioles' outfield

    Colton Cowser was supposed to move quickly through the Orioles’ system. They believed it would happen before making him the fifth overall selection in last year’s draft. The advanced, polished bat with its high contact rate. The defensive skills to play anywhere in the outfield. And that’s exactly what’s happening. Right before our eyes. Cowser already has reached Triple-A Norfolk, which is...

  • O's farm catcher got valuable experience on O's taxi squad this season

    While the Orioles were playing the Toronto Blue Jays over the weekend at Rogers Centre, a catcher from their farm system was soaking in the big league experience, even though he was not on the active Orioles roster. Catcher Cody Roberts joined Tyler Nevin and Logan Gillaspie as taxi squad players for the series. For Roberts, 26, it was his third time this season on the taxi squad that includes...

  • Orioles announce minor league and player development staffs

    The Orioles are bringing back seven of their minor league managers in the same roles in 2023, but also replacing and relocating several coaches. Buck Britton will begin his second season as manager at Triple-A Norfolk after top prospects Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson graduated to the majors last summer. Kyle Moore returns to Double-A Bowie, Roberto Mercado to High-A Aberdeen, Felipe...

  • Elias talks roster, opt outs, WBC and more in radio appearance

    SARASOTA, Fla. – Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and his staff have several decisions coming when spring training nears the end and the regular season is about to begin. Not only do they have to set the 26-man roster for the big league squad but also for Triple-A where they get callups and reinforcements throughout the year. And the Norfolk team should see...

  • Rom, Vavra and O'Hearn join Orioles in flurry of roster moves

    The Orioles shook up their roster this afternoon, and the moves weren’t tied only to Ramón Urías’ left hamstring strain. Urías was placed on the 10-day injured list as expected, but the club also optioned reliever Keegan Akin and designated catcher Luis Torrens for assignment before he could appear in a game. Left-hander Drew Rom, infielder/outfielder Ryan O’Hearn and infielder Terrin Vavra...

  • Catching up with Vavra and his newest position

    The lead was large and the plan was in place. Terrin Vavra found out in the top of the seventh inning of an April 29 game in Charlotte that he’d switch from playing third base to catching for the first time as a professional. Take your at-bat, put on the gear and replace starter Maverick Handley with Triple-A Norfolk ahead 16-1. In a weird coincidence, as so many of them are, Nicholas Padilla...

  • Logjams forming at multiple levels in Orioles organization

    Colton Cowser led off Thursday night’s game in Jacksonville by homering on the first pitch, the ball clocked at 110.3 mph off the bat and slamming off the back row of bleachers in right field before arcing back onto the warning track. Jumbo Shrimp outfielder Jerar Encarnación was forced to watch and retrieve. Cowser led off the third inning with another home run, this time to the opposite...

  • Hyde on the lineup, Mullins on AL East games as Toronto series begins

    against us to have success. These games are going to be dogfights and it’s not going to be easy. But we have a really strong squad to come out with a win.” Tides roster news: The O’s Triple-A Norfolk Tides club today released pitchers Ryan Conroy, Cole Uvila and Phoenix Sanders. Theclub activated pitcher Ofreidy Gómez from the injured list and added new shortstop Robbie Glendinning, whom the...

  • O's pregame notes on today's roster move as Josh Lester arrives

    SAN FRANCISCO – The Orioles added infielder/outfielder Josh Lester to their roster today as bullpen lefty Danny Coulombe went on the bereavement list. O’s manager Brandon Hyde expects Coulombe, who has 2.08 ERA in 26 games, to miss only the final two games of this series with the San Francisco Giants. He should return for the Orioles' series at Milwaukee, which begins Tuesday. As for adding...

  • Mountcastle goes on IL with vertigo (Henderson hits grand slam in 11-6 win)

    Ryan Mountcastle has lost his day-to-day status with the Orioles. The club announced a few minutes before first pitch that Mountcastle was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Saturday with vertigo. Catcher Mark Kolozsvary had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk, and he reported to the club today. The Orioles designated pitcher Noah Denoyer for assignment to make room on the...

  • O's game blog: The Tampa Bay series begins at the Trop

    The Orioles road trip continues tonight at Tropicana Field as Baltimore begins a two-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays, the American League East leader and the club with the best record in MLB. The Rays (51-24, .680) are on a pace to win 110 games, while the Orioles (44-27, .620) are on pace for 100 wins. The Rays lead the Orioles by five games atop the division but that margin is just three...

  • No pick 1/1 this year: O's select No. 17 in MLB Draft a week from tonight

    After picking in the top five of the MLB Draft the last four years – and picking No. 2 or higher in three of those four years and selecting No. 1 twice – the Orioles will find this coming draft very different. They have the No. 17 pick in round one of the draft, which begins a week from tonight. It will take place over three days and 20 rounds beginning next Sunday evening. Along with picking...

  • Former Triple-A teammate Colton Cowser on Grayson Rodriguez's return to O's

    Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez, who returns to the big leagues tonight for the Orioles to face the Los Angeles Dodgers, made eight starts this year for Triple-A Norfolk. Colton Cowser, who is starting in left field and batting seventh tonight, was in the Norfolk lineup for five of those games. He saw Rodriguez return to the farm after going 2-2 with a 7.35 ERA in 10 starts with the Orioles. He...

  • Reliving the relief situation in Baltimore

    Austin Voth’s injury rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Norfolk yesterday, his third affiliate on the road to a return from elbow soreness that’s plagued him at various times since spring training. Updates on three other relievers – Mychal Givens, Dillon Tate and Keegan Akin – have been scarce at best. But Voth could be close to reinstatement unless the Orioles choose to use the entire 30 days....

  • Bautista sidelined with UCL injury and Hall recalled

    The Orioles are shutting down closer Félix Bautista and placing him on the 15-day injured list with “some degree of injury” to his ulnar collateral ligament, according to executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias. DL Hall is recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. Elias didn’t know whether Bautista would pitch again this season. Too soon to give a definitive prognosis. But it’s a significant...

  • Do Orioles count on Cowser to make Opening Day roster?

    Triple-A Norfolk manager Buck Britton summoned Colton Cowser to his office following a July 4 game and told the outfielder to pack his bags. He was joining the Orioles in New York. The wait was over. Cowser’s time in the majors met the same fate on Aug. 14, with the Orioles optioning him to create roster space after Aaron Hicks' reinstatement from the injured list. Cowser had seven hits in 61...

  • Hyde pregame on Kjerstad, Mountcastle, Bradish and more (plus Kjerstad quotes)

    ANAHEIM, Calif. – Outfielder Heston Kjerstad, officially activated earlier today, is in tonight’s starting lineup for the Orioles batting eighth in right field. Ryan Mountcastle, who missed last night’s game with a sore left knee, could be back in that lineup very soon. “Ryan is way better today,” manager Brandon Hyde said this afternoon in the visiting dugout. “He will definitely be available...


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