• 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...

  • Notes on Orioles rotation, Kremer and more

    BOSTON – The Orioles are waiting until Tuesday morning to announce their starter for the series opener against the Mariners at Camden Yards. Kyle Bradish starts Wednesday, followed by Jordan Lyles on Thursday in his 300th career game. A pitcher could come up from Triple-A Norfolk or manager Brandon Hyde goes with another bullpen game to piece together nine innings. The Tides are off tonight and...

  • More Mike Elias on Rodriguez, DL Hall and other topics

    When O’s executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias updated reporters Sunday about baseball’s top pitching prospect, Grayson Rodriguez, he noted that the right-hander is not doing anything with his mechanics that made him more likely to develop the lat issue that has now sidelined him. But Elias did note one thing Rodriguez does that might make him more likely to have such an...

  • O's promote Henderson and Westburg to Triple-A, plus new rosters

    They are moving on up. The Orioles today promoted infielders Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg from Double-A Bowie to Triple-A Norfolk. Both will now get tested at the minor leagues’ highest level, one step below the big leagues in Baltimore. They are expected to be with the Tides (26-28) for the opener of their series Tuesday night at Nashville. Henderson, 20, is having a huge year and is...

  • Henderson and Westburg bumps bring needed boosts

    Promotions earned yesterday also felt like a bone tossed. The huge disappointment over top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez perhaps missing the rest of the 2022 season with a Grade 2 strain of his right lat muscle was followed a day later by the rush that comes from infield prospects Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg advancing to Triple-A Norfolk. Out with the bad report, in with the...

  • More on Stowers and Garcia joining Orioles

    TORONTO - The Orioles knew for a while that outfielder Anthony Santander and reliever Keegan Akin would leave the active roster prior to the team’s arrival in Toronto. To be decided was which outfielder might replace Santander in the lineup. Kyle Stowers became the third top-10 prospect in the system to get the call, joining catcher Adley Rutschman and pitcher Kyle Bradish. They’ll be on the...

  • Orioles recall Bannon, starting Lyles tonight

    The Orioles have recalled infielder Rylan Bannon from Triple-A Norfolk to expand their bench to four players for tonight’s series opener against the Nationals at Camden Yards. Bannon made his major league debut while the Orioles were in St. Louis and went 2-for-14 in four games before they optioned him. He was batting .232/.358/.416 in 221 plate appearances with the Tides and homered in three...

  • Britton's turn to rotate Henderson and Westburg at shortstop

    Having two shortstop prospects on the same roster and in the same lineup requires one consistent plan on how to handle their development. Manager Kyle Moore experienced it with Double-A Bowie. Buck Britton is doing the same at Triple-A Norfolk. Britton doesn’t have Joey Ortiz and Adam Hall to consider, but there’s still a pleasant excess. Gunnar Henderson started at shortstop Tuesday night in...

  • Hays' performance soaring as salary set to rise

    CHICAGO – Austin Hays is afraid of heights. He’s tried to overcome it, much to his credit, but prefers his feet planted on the grass unless he’s scaling an outfield fence in pursuit of a fly ball. The phobia dates back to his childhood, as it often does. “My dad’s a general contractor, chief inspector, so he goes up on scaffolds for a living and inspects balconies and a lot of high-rise...

  • Injury updates on Rizer and Baumler (plus Orioles notes)

    Triple-A Norfolk outfielder Johnny Rizer, the Orioles’ seventh-round draft pick in 2019 out of Texas Christian University, underwent hip surgery last week in Philadelphia and is out for the remainder of the season. The Orioles made the announcement this afternoon. Rizer appeared in 22 games with the Tides and went 14-for-72 (.194) with five home runs and 12 RBIs in 81 plate appearances. He hit...

  • Ramsey on Zimmermann: "He understands what he's here to do"

    If left-hander Bruce Zimmermann is getting a reset in the minors, Justin Ramsey is one of the most important people trusted to push the right buttons. The Orioles gave Zimmermann 13 starts before making the hard decision to send him down to Triple-A Norfolk. They didn’t want to create another hole in their rotation and try to piece together innings with heavy bullpen usage. They didn’t want to...

  • This, that and the other

    The Orioles begin a crucial non-division series tonight with the White Sox in town for three games. Crucial no longer seems like a necessary designation. It's redundant. They're all big. Every tie-breaking scenario comes into play with a packed wild card race, and the Orioles won three of four in Chicago back in June. Head-to-head results are important. They missed out on a sweep after Dylan...


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