• Basallo ended his year swinging pretty well with Norfolk

    For Orioles young catching prospect Samuel Basallo, a 2024 season that began with him rehabbing a stress fracture in his right elbow and spending time as a DH ended with him healthy, hitting well and advancing to Triple-A for the first time in his career. Basallo spent most of this year with Double-A Bowie over 106 games but in late August moved to Triple-A Norfolk and played his final 21 games...

  • Orioles announce winners of 2023 awards for player development and scouting

    The Orioles today announced the winners of their player development and scouting awards for 2023, including shortstop JACKSON HOLLIDAY as the club’s top minor league player and right-handed pitcher CHAYCE McDERMOTT as the club’s top minor league pitcher. Norfolk Manager BUCK BRITTON and Area Scout DAVE JENNINGS will also be honored for their contributions to the organization. Jennings will be...

  • Tides manager Buck Britton on Triple-A Norfolk's amazing start

    We were probably impressed when the Orioles’ Triple-A Norfolk farm team scored 39 runs in their first four games. Their top prospects were spraying line drives in the gaps and hitting baseballs over outfield walls. As it turns out, the players on the top farm club for baseball’s No. 1 ranked farm system were just warming up. Wednesday night, Norfolk scored 17 runs from the sixth through the...

  • Norfolk rotation scrambled again, Elias on Rodriguez, tonight's starters in San Francisco

    Triple-A rotations rarely seem to duplicate after one or two turns. Can be injury related. Can be tied to major league promotions or demotions. Can be due to the built-in Monday breaks. The Norfolk Tides have used 10 starters in 54 games, and their probables in the Gwinnett series are changing. Left-hander DL Hall started Tuesday night and worked three innings in his de-load phase. Lefties Cole...

  • Hearing from Rom, Vavra, O'Hearn, Elias and Hyde before tonight's game

    Left-hander Drew Rom was sitting on the balcony of his hotel room last night in Jacksonville at around 10:45 p.m., gazing at the river and relaxing, when Triple-A Norfolk manager Buck Britton called with news that he’d need to pack his bags and board a flight to Baltimore in the morning. The Orioles decided to option Keegan Akin and recall Rom, whose first appearance out of the bullpen will be...

  • Jackson Holliday is named Orioles' Minor League Player of the Year (updated, plus the other winners)

    After a season when he rose to No. 1 in prospects rankings and has already been named Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year, today shortstop Jackson Holliday was named winner of the Orioles' Brooks Robinson Award as the organization's Minor League Player of the Year for 2023. The Orioles named right-hander Chayce McDermott the recipient of the Jim Palmer Award as the club's Minor...

  • Colton Cowser's 455-foot grand slam leads Norfolk to the AAA championship

    The Orioles' Triple-A affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, won a franchise record 90 games this year, setting several team records along the way. Then they lost the first game of the best-of-three International League championship series last Tuesday, before winning two in a row to take their first IL crown since 1985. But the Tides had one more big win in them last night as they beat Oklahoma City...

  • Orioles Place OF/DH Luke Scott on 15-Day Disabled List; Recall 3B Josh Bell from Triple-A Norfolk

    The Orioles today announced that they have placed OF/DH Luke Scott on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. Scott was injured running the bases after hitting a home run in the 7th inning of last night's win over the Oakland A's. The club has recalled 3B Josh Bell from Triple-A Norfolk to take Scott's place on the roster. Bell will be making his major league debut. Scott has...

  • Bradish and Nevin recalled from Norfolk

    The Orioles begin a 10-game homestand, minus any breaks in the schedule, with rookie Kyle Bradish making his major league debut tonight against the Red Sox. Bradish was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk this afternoon after allowing only two earned runs and striking out 17 batters in 15 innings in his three starts. He tossed two scoreless innings each against the Phillies and Yankees in spring...

  • McKenna recalled from Norfolk (plus lineups and notes)

    The Orioles strengthened their bench this afternoon in Detroit by recalling outfielder Ryan McKenna from Triple-A Norfolk and optioning reliever Denyi Reyes to the Tides. Reyes made his major league debut last night and tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. McKenna was 5-for-19 with two doubles with the Orioles. He had a three-homer game with Norfolk and was 9-for-33. The move gives...

  • Kyle Stowers on his recent power surge for Norfolk

    Triple-A Norfolk outfielder Kyle Stowers said he recently made a small batting adjustment. It helped produce big results. Stowers, ranked as the Orioles' No. 8 prospect via MLBPipeline.com and No. 9 by Baseball America, hit three home runs Sunday at Charlotte. He has hit four homers his past four games and seven in his last 10 games. Stowers’ three-homer game tied a franchise record for the...

  • Cowser and Ortiz heading to Norfolk, Rodriguez beginning rehab at Aberdeen

    ascension to Triple-A. To be determined is whether the ripple effect touches the major league roster. Outfielder Colton Cowser and shortstop Joey Ortiz are moving from Double-A Bowie to the Norfolk Tides. Infielder Darrel Hernaiz is going from High-A Aberdeen to the Baysox. Grayson Rodriguez, the No. 1 pitching prospect in baseball, is starting for Aberdeen on Thursday night after recovering...

  • Orioles option Jackson Holliday to Triple-A Norfolk

    Jackson Holliday is headed back to the minors. The Orioles announced today that they’ve optioned Holliday to Triple-A Norfolk and selected the contract of outfielder Ryan McKenna. Holliday made his highly anticipated major league debut on April 10 in Boston, but he couldn’t get onto a roll offensively. He went 2-for-34 with one RBI, two walks and 18 strikeouts in 10 games. The hitless streak...

  • Orioles recall Sulser, option Vespi, claim McCarty and DFA Diplán

    The Orioles discussed potential bullpen moves after last night’s wild 10-9, 10-inning victory over the Rangers and decided upon Beau Sulser, who’s been recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. He was on the taxi squad during the last road trip. Left-hander Nick Vespi was optioned to Norfolk after last night’s game. Vespi was charged with six runs in one-third of an inning on June 29 in Seattle, tossed 1...

  • At Triple-A, Grayson Rodriguez is getting results and making command gains

    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 orders for the staff there were mostly about...

  • Orioles reinstate O'Neill and option Mayo, plus notes for tonight's game

    Outfielder Tyler O’Neill has returned to the Orioles after two games with Triple-A Norfolk on his injury rehab assignment. O’Neill was reinstated from the IL this afternoon, but the corresponding move didn’t involve another outfielder. The Orioles optioned corner infielder Coby Mayo to Norfolk after yesterday’s game in Minnesota. The transactions was made official today after O’Neill went...

  • Norfolk's Terrin Vavra remembers rubbing elbows with MLB stars as a teen

    When Triple-A Norfolk infielder and sometimes center fielder Terrin Vavra was a teenager, he got quite an experience in baseball. He learned things that help him today as he plays for the O’s Norfolk affiliate and he closes in on his first call to the major leagues. He got off to a great start this year for the Tides – and was batting .327 through 13 games – when he suffered a hamstring injury....

  • A look at Triple-A Norfolk's break-camp roster

    Here is the break-camp roster for the Orioles’ Triple-A Norfolk Tides team. The Tides begin their 53rd season in the International League at 6:35 p.m. Friday night when they play at Durham. After three games there this weekend, Norfolk opens its home season at Harbor Park on Tuesday night versus Gwinnett. The current Tides roster includes 10 players currently on the Orioles 40-man roster and...

  • Norfolk's Buck Britton on playoff berth and Jordan Westburg's big season

    When the Triple-A Norfolk Tides won 8-3 at Nashville on Wednesday night, they became first-half champions of the 20-team International League. The first half ends this Sunday and by already winning it, Norfolk clinched its first playoff spot since 2015. There was no big on-field celebration for a few good reasons. For one, not wanting a host of top prospects to dogpile or jump on top of each...

  • How do Orioles handle first base at Triple-A Norfolk?

    The first order of business for the Orioles at spring training is finding 26 players to hop on the charter flight to Boston for opening day. Thirteen pitchers and 13 position players. No more questions about the composition of the rotation and bullpen, and which players join backup catcher James McCann and Ramón Urías or Adam Frazier on the bench. The camp cuts also enable the Orioles to...


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