• Another look at a walk-off win over the Yankees

    eight. The Orioles are 9-11 versus the Yankees since the start of the 2021 season. Norfolk is raking: On the farm Friday night, Tyler Nevin and Kyle Stowers combined for 13 RBIs as the Triple-ANorfolk Tides won 14-7 at Scranton. Nevin went 3-for-6 with a grand slam. His eight RBI’s tied a franchise record set by Phil Lombardi in 1988. Norfolk is 7-3 and has won six of its last seven. The Tides...

  • Hall on Rutschman: "He's a difference maker"

    BOWIE, Md. – Two of the Orioles' very best prospects looked every bit of that yesterday as they played for Double-A Bowie against Harrisburg. After both catcher Adley Rutschman and pitcher DL Hall had another good day they did a round of interviews. And not long after that came the news that the stay in Bowie would last three days. They were promoted to Triple-A Norfolk to join the Tides in...

  • Mancini on potential arrival soon of Rutschman and other notes

    Trey Mancini seemed to be choosing his words a bit carefully. He didn’t want any misunderstanding. But when I asked him recently about the possible arrival soon of top prospect Adley Rutschman, he let it be known the clubhouse will embrace him with open arms. He also wanted us to know the team is getting better before our eyes this season and working very hard on what they need to do each day...

  • O's game blog: Rutschman debuts as O's host Rays

    As the Orioles host the Rays tonight in the second game of this weekend series, the game also marks the long anticipated major league debut of catcher Adley Rutschman. He is the player the Orioles selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft, who will catch and bat sixth tonight. Rutschman arrives in Baltimore after parts of three seasons and 179 games on the farm,...

  • Leftovers for breakfast

    The creative maneuvering that Orioles manager Brandon Hyde must execute to provide rest to players, sometimes on a rotating basis, also could be necessary late in games with personnel on the field. Last night’s lineup left the bench without a true utility player. Tyler Nevin plays the corner infield and outfield positions. Ryan McKenna plays all three outfield spots. Robinson Chirinos is the...

  • Orioles trade Dorrian to Brewers

    CHICAGO – The infield depth at the higher levels of the minor league system cost Patrick Dorrian a place in the Orioles organization. Dorrian, on Triple-A Norfolk’s roster, was traded to the Brewers this afternoon for cash considerations. The Orioles acquired Dorrian from the Pirates on June 26, 2019 to complete the May 27 trade of pitcher Yefry Ramirez. Dorrian, who turns 26 on Sunday, batted...

  • This, that and the other

    Orioles manager Brandon Hyde hasn’t confirmed his second-half rotation beyond Tyler Wells, Jordan Lyles and Dean Kremer for the Yankees series, which began last night with a 7-6 loss. Unless there’s a late intruder, the first two games of the Rays series next week should feature Spenser Watkins and Austin Voth in whatever order. The process of elimination is at work here. But also some...

  • Orioles promoting DL Hall

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Left-hander DL Hall is joining the Orioles later today in St. Petersburg, Fla., with the expectation that he's going on the active roster prior to Saturday afternoon's game. Manager Brandon Hyde said during his media dugout scrum that Hall is "going to be in the traveling party." "We're going to get through tonight's game and see where we are from there," he said. Hall,...

  • Rodriguez keeps making positive strides toward return to real games

    Grayson Rodriguez is confident that he’ll pitch again in September. The progress he’s making from a strained lat suggests that he’s right. The Orioles say Rodriguez is scheduled for another bullpen session, followed by live batting practice and a simulated game. All of it happening this week down in Sarasota, Fla. A prolonged shutdown period led to flat-ground throwing with increased distances,...

  • In Aberdeen, Grayson Rodriguez is ready for return to game action

    ABERDEEN, Md. – The Orioles' top pitching prospect, right-hander Grayson Rodriguez, headed north this week to continue his rehab. In two days Rodriguez will pitch in a game for the first time since his appearance June 1 for Triple-A Norfolk. Rodriguez, ranked as the No. 4 prospect in baseball by both Baseball America and MLBPipeline.com, will take the mound Thursday for high Single-A Aberdeen...

  • More on the pitch clock coming, O's over Nats and farm notes

    When the 2023 season begins we’ll be checking on the usual things. Such as if some individual players get off to good starts and more importantly, how is the team doing? But we will also be tracking the time of games. After MLB games averaged three hours and 10 minutes last year and are at 3:04 this year, MLB announced rule changes recently including the use of a pitch clock next year to...

  • The O's improved play in Toronto and Gunnar Henderson's strong start

    Where just a few years ago the Orioles went winless for an entire season at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the improved 2022 Orioles have tied one four-game series there and won a three-game series. These are not the 2018 Orioles, who went 0-9 in Toronto and that included losses by 10, six and six runs. But it didn’t start well for these O’s at Rogers Centre. They didn’t play there until June 13 and...

  • Orioles did fine job of limiting use of injured list in 2022

    The transaction seemed minor compared to the start of a critical series in Toronto. Alexander Wells hadn’t pitched for the Orioles since April 26 after straining the UCL in his left elbow. But his removal from the 60-day injured list was pending and he didn’t seem likely to get back on the 40-man roster. The Orioles quietly put him on outright waivers – these things aren’t trumpeted – and he...

  • Connor Norby wins O's minor league homer title with 29

    Heading into last night’s last game of the Triple-A season, the Orioles' last minor league game of the year, O’s prospect Connor Norby was the organization’s home run leader with 28 for the season. Norfolk teammate Jordan Westburg had 27. Could Norby hang onto his lead for one more game? He would be, perhaps, a bit of a mild surprise as O’s farm homer leader. Norby goes 5-foot-10 and 187...

  • Orioles select Bemboom's contract, Tate to play in WBC

    The Orioles made an adjustment to their 40-man roster on the first day of their offseason. Catcher Anthony Bemboom’s contract was selected this afternoon from Triple-A Norfolk, and right-hander Anthony Castro was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. Bemboom didn’t play for the Orioles after No. 1 prospect Adley Rutschman arrived on May 21. He cleared waivers and was outrighted to...

  • The go-go O's were on display in season opener (plus farm notes)

    The Orioles stole five bases on Opening Day as the Red Sox battery, almost no matter who was pitching, was no match for their thievery. They stole off catcher Reese McGuire and three different pitchers getting three bases while Ryan Brasier was on the mound and one each off Corey Kluber and Kaleb Ort. We will see how the rest of the season goes, but for one day, they ran amok. After the first...

  • O's get Opening Day win and the Baltimore offense is humming through seven games

    Opening Day in Baltimore could not have gone too much better. A sellout crowd of 45,017 got to see the Orioles beat the New York Yankees in comeback fashion. They let a 4-0 lead getaway, but overcame a 5-4 deficit to win 7-6 and improve to 4-3. For already the third time this year, they have moved one game over .500. The Orioles, after winning 83 games last season, have not backed down from...

  • O'Hearn on good start with team and more on the latest shutout

    WASHINGTON – He didn’t make the Orioles' Opening Day roster out of spring training as he hoped, but Ryan O’Hearn didn’t have too long to wait to make his Orioles debut. On April 13, for the final game of the home series with Oakland, the O’s called up O’Hearn. The 29-year-old lefty hitter got the start that day, went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs. You have a great memory if you remember the...

  • Rodriguez, Rutschman provide highlights in Orioles' 4-2 win (updated)

    season is and how early we are in the baseball season. I am happy that we have a very strong 40-man roster right now. We’ve got a strong major league team that’s winning. We’ve got the Norfolk Tides with the best record in the minors or whatever. I just view this whole group as our team this year and we’re going to tap into every resource that we have in the majors and minors as needed.” Elias...

  • Rom returning to minors

    Drew Rom’s major league debut remains on hold. So close, but unable to capture it. The Orioles announced that they optioned Rom to Triple-A Norfolk following last night’s 2-1 win over the Rays at Camden Yards. A corresponding move is coming Friday when they begin a three-game series against the Pirates that’s situated in the middle of their homestand. Rom was summoned on Monday within a flurry...


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