• More of this, that and the other

    The Orioles continue their homestand tonight against the Rays, and this time, the teams get to play in a major league ballpark. They split the four-game series at George M. Steinbrenner Field, losing an 8-0 lead on June 18 in one of the season’s low points. The Rays are in second place in the division, a half-game behind the Yankees. They hold the top Wild Card. Some of the Orioles talked again...

  • Mateo likely out eight-to-12 weeks with hamstring strain (plus other Orioles notes)

    ARLINGTON, Texas – The Orioles won’t have Jorge Mateo on their roster for an extended stretch and could be without him for the remainder of the season. Mateo suffered a “moderate” hamstring strain Sunday with Triple-A Norfolk, according to interim manager Tony Mansolino, and is projected to miss eight-to-12 weeks. The past two summers have brought terrible health news to Mateo, who underwent...

  • Some weekend Orioles highlights and storylines

    The Orioles have returned home after a 2-4 road trip in Chicago and Philadelphia, with a three-game series beginning tonight against the Athletics. Only two games separate the teams in the Wild Card race. Unfortunately, the Orioles are nine back and the Athletics are 11. There must be more to focus on this weekend than the standings. Ryan Mountcastle returns. The Orioles are expected to...

  • Notes on Machín, Wells and more before Orioles begin latest homestand (O's claim Walker)

    The Orioles return from their off-day to begin a four-game series against the Astros at Camden Yards, with questions lingering about a couple of players who weren’t available Tuesday night in Boston. Infielder Jordan Westburg exited Monday’s game in the first inning with discomfort in his right ankle after stumbling as he rounded second base. He hadn’t received X-rays and the club intended to...

  • An O's prospect's unique approach to help improve his offense

    was hitting. Glad to see it paying off. Seeing those results in spring really has me excited for this year,” Henderson said. Rodriguez’s strong debut: In his Triple-A debut last night for the Norfolk Tides, O’s top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez threw with the same effectiveness we saw from him in lower leagues last year. Rodriguez allowed one hit in four scoreless innings as Norfolk routed...

  • O's 'pen comes up big in Game 2 plus Stowers on team camaraderie

    is coming soon, but excited for whichever players may beat him to Baltimore. “To me, I just see the day-to-day life to be more enjoyable when you are pulling for guys,” Stowers said during a Norfolk Tides Zoom interview on Friday. “The most fun teams I’ve ever been on and the most successful teams I’ve ever been on, guys truly pull for one another. So, when you have guys playing well, even ifI’m...

  • Wall ball: The homers are becoming more plentiful at Camden Yards

    Park. And our opinion of the wall may be very different than it was in April. Good night on the farm: If you wondered if adding three of the Orioles' top15 prospects could help the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, it did. Last night, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg made strong Triple-A debuts. The Tides also welcomed back Terrin Vavra, the O's No. 14 prospect per MLBPipeline.com, while Henderson and...

  • More leftovers for breakfast

    to four yesterday with reliever Beau Sulser joining reliever Marcos Diplán, infielder Rylan Bannon and catcher Cody Roberts. Sulser was told Saturday night to join the Orioles. The Triple-A Norfolk Tides were in Lehigh Valley, and Sulser caught a flight out of Allentown. He arrived in Chicago yesterday morning. This is Sulser’s second taxi squad adventure. He also joined the team in Kansas City....

  • O's game blog: Dean Kremer faces Houston in series Game 2

    and a solo shot to Austin Hays. Urquidy's last two starts were rough, as he allowed 12earned runs and 17 hits over 11 innings against the Angels and Athletics. Tides tonight: The Triple-A Norfolk Tides have produced a strong finish to their season. They are 72-72 with six games left. Durham beat Norfolk last night 7-6, but the Tides are still 14-6 this month and have won 18 of their past 25...

  • O's game blog: The season opener against Boston (plus AAA roster)

    the first time. They are Kyle Bradish, Logan Gillaspie, Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, Kyle Stowers and Terrin Vavra. Tides 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...

  • Wells' WHIP is good, Garrett gets back to majors, stealing Mateo stat

    for us. Gives us a chance almost every time out and puts up great numbers, so I’d love to see him have a chance to go.” * Reed Garrett is no different than any other player with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. He watches the Orioles on television when he’s able to, or he checks the box scores. And he knew from watching Tuesday’s game with his wife in their apartment that the Orioles used four...

  • O's game blog: Jordan Westburg's MLB debut, plus Holliday and Kjerstad to the Futures Game

    will send two players to the All-Star Futures Game in Seattle. They are infielder Jackson Holliday of the High-A Aberdeen IronBirds and outfielder/first baseman Heston Kjerstad of the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. The rosters were announced tonight for the 24th such contest set for Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m. ET at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park. Holliday began this year with Low Single-A Delmarva and moved...

  • O's game blog: Looking to extend a win streak against Miami

    over his past six starts he is 3-0 with a 2.38 ERA. In 34 innings, he has walked just three and fanned 41, allowing a .210 batting average and .609 OPS. A few notes from Norfolk: The Triple-A Norfolk Tides, who are 56-30 overall and 8-4 in the second-half, host Scranton tonight with right-hander Garrett Stallings (1-1, 3.12 ERA) on the mound. Chayce McDermott is also expected to pitch for...

  • Looking back at the late-season offense and ahead to the Texas series

    victory since the 2011 AL Championship Series versus Detroit. Tides honored: Minor League baseball named the Triple-A end of season All-Star teams yesterday and outfielder Colton Cowser of the Norfolk Tides made the IL team. In 87 games this season he hit .300/.417/.520/.937 with 17 homers and 62 RBIs. Buck Britton was named the International League Manager of the Year after guiding Norfolk to...

  • Because You Asked - Sorority Rising

    a sinus infection, would it be a Mayo-Nasal? OK, I’m still workshopping it. Jordan Westburg is on the 10-day injury list as of May 2. Any more updates on him? Westburg is working out with the Norfolk Tides and could be in their lineup as early as tonight. He’s close. If Mike Elias was to dip into the trade market for a pitcher, would it be more expensive now or closer to the trade deadline? More...

  • Orioles option Zac Lowther

    DUNEDIN, Fla. - Zac Lowther isn’t breaking camp with the Orioles. One of the pitching questions has been resolved. The Orioles announced this morning that Lowther was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk, removing him as a candidate to start or work in a tandem role coming out of the bullpen. Lowther walked four Pirates batters yesterday in 2 1/3 innings and was tagged with four runs. He made two...

  • How do Orioles round out rotation after 5-4 loss?

    The rotation has taken its first full turn of the 2022 season, and the Orioles don’t really know more than what they understood when it began. John Means and Jordan Lyles are the two veterans at the top. Former Rule 5 pick Tyler Wells is getting his starter’s groove back but working as the front end of a tandem. Left-hander Bruce Zimmermann – he’s local, you know – is fourth in line. The fifth...

  • Late bloomer on mound for O's at end of the games in St. Louis

    Can we call a pitcher who was released by one organization and spent all of his first six seasons - when he wasn’t hurt - in short-season ball but is now in the majors a late bloomer? Can we call that a run-on sentence? Probably, but it’s hard to be concise at times about the story of right-hander Félix Bautista, a hard-throwing pitcher from the Dominican Republic who made the Orioles roster...

  • Kremer's return to mound leads to more questions

    The Orioles didn’t wait long this season to create some roster and injury intrigue, to build speculation and curiosity within the media until further details became available. Remember the third game at Tropicana Field? Come on, it wasn’t that long ago. The club hadn’t confirmed its fifth starter, who became Spenser Watkins. Dean Kremer began to warm in the visiting bullpen, eliminating him...

  • Because You Asked - Baby Geniuses 2

    The Orioles spent their off day in Boston. I can think of much worse places to do it. For example, the bottom of my mailbag. It’s cramped, the airflow is restricted, and I can’t imagine that the odor is pleasing. I empty it. I don’t clean it. You ask a lot of questions and I respond to as many as I can. Many are set on repeat. I try to stay consistent in my answers, but there are limits, which...


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