• Taking another look at Orioles' hires and promotions

    One of the most important tasks of the offseason is done. The Orioles set their major league coaching staff for 2022. Business that the lockout couldn't touch. Upon review, there isn't anything unexpected in the composition beyond a new title for Fredi González, who becomes the first bench coach under manager Brandon Hyde after serving as major league coach for two seasons. There won't be a...

  • This, that and the other

    Baseball prospect lists are dropping like snowflakes as the start of major league spring training is put on ice. Organizations and players are ranked within a top 100, 30, 20 or 10. And the variety doesn't change how the Orioles are perceived within the industry. They keep gaining respect, with the only caveats being how they're a bit "top heavy" in the system. Trust me, they gladly would have...

  • Does Rutschman have any deficiencies?

    With the understanding that no prospect - no matter how highly rated - is too good to be true, and no prospect is can't-miss, the Orioles' Adley Rutschman does come close. FanGraphs.com, in ranking him the No. 1 Orioles prospect (and several outlets rank him No. 1 prospect in all of baseball), said of Rutschman: "Rutschman is a complete, franchise-altering prospect, and one of the most exciting...

  • Discussing pitching prospects, 20-game winners and more

    Orioles pitching prospect Kyle Bradish is ranked among the club's top 10 prospects on lists from Baseball America and MLBPipeline.com. He is rated No. 8 by MLBPipeline.com and No. 9 via Baseball America. This week, FanGraphs.com topped that, ranking the right-hander No. 7 when it released its list of the O's top 45 prospects. The outlet puts a 60 grade on his fastball, which tops in the 97 mph...

  • Highest-ranked Orioles prospects should make 2022 more palatable

    One of the club records set by the Orioles last year, the kind that typically is chased by non-contenders while other teams are in pennant races, was the 16 players making their major league debuts. The previous high was 15 in 2018, when the Orioles finally heard the window slam shut - it no longer could be muffled - and began dismantling. They're still rebuilding from it. A few prospects were...

  • Another sampling of Orioles spring training storylines

    Orioles pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to the Ed Smith Stadium complex on Feb. 15. The date remains alive during the lockout, but is threatened by the lack of a new collective bargaining agreement. The ticking of the clock is getting louder. Edgar Allan Poe might write a short story about it if he were alive today. The sides reportedly will meet in person Monday, with the union...

  • Orioles Name Juan Samuel Interim Manager

    The Orioles today announced that third base coach Juan Samuel has been named as the club's interim manager, replacing Dave Trembley. Samuel will be introduced as interim manager in a press conference today at 2:30 p.m. in the Auxiliary Clubhouse at Camden Yards. Samuel, 49, is in his fourth season as third base coach on the Orioles' coaching staff and 27th year in professional baseball. Prior to...

  • 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...


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