• Kjerstad has contract selected, Mountcastle stays on active roster

    The Orioles must proceed through their important four-game series and the ensuing days without their closer and, for now, their starting first baseman. But how long? Félix Bautista is on the injured list with a slight tear of his ulnar collateral ligament – he’s playing catch on flat ground while the team determines whether he can pitch again this year - but Ryan Mountcastle didn’t join him...

  • Jordan Westburg on playing for Buck Britton: “He meant everything"

    Former Orioles closer Zack Britton didn’t pitch this summer after failing to reach agreement on a free-agent contract, providing him with the opportunity to spend more time with a family that’s grown to include four children ranging in age from nine to two. And to more easily follow along on his older brother’s journey to a Triple-A championship. He knew that Buck Britton was wired to coach and...

  • New season means finally moving on from the last one (Tides score 12 runs)

    the full-season IL. They are right-handers Hugo Beltran, Wyatt Cheney, Trey Nordmann and Andry Mercedes and outfielder Adam Crampton. Holliday homers, Tides scored a dozen runs: The Triple-A Norfolk Tides opened their season last night with three top 100 prospects batting among their first four hitters. Jackson Holliday, MLB's No. 1 prospect, led off the last of the first with a left-on-left...

  • O's add Nick Maton to roster ahead of CWS series opener (plus lineups and pregame notes)

    The Orioles' roster churn continued today in advance of the homestand opener against the Chicago White Sox. The club selected the contract of infielder/outfielder Nick Maton from Triple-A Norfolk and designated catcher David Bañuelos for assignment. The Orioles acquired Maton, 27, from the Detroit Tigers on Feb. 7 for cash considerations. He has spent most of this season with Triple-A Norfolk...

  • Eflin nearing weekend return to Orioles' roster, O'Neill in Norfolk lineup, plus other updates

    MINNEAPOLIS – Zach Eflin accompanied the Orioles to Minneapolis and will throw a bullpen session tomorrow afternoon at Target Field as a follow-up to Sunday’s rehab start with High-A Aberdeen. Eflin will make his return this weekend against the Angels in Anaheim. He’d be on normal rest Friday night if that’s the chosen date. “I’m feeling great, obviously, here traveling with the team,” he said....

  • Brandon Hyde on Stewart DFA, Mullins' struggles and more

    the opening day roster despite limited spring chances. He went 0-for-3 in three pinch-hitting appearances against Tampa Bay and was then optioned to Triple-A, where he went 1-for-5 with the Norfolk Tides. “DJ is just an outstanding guy and someone that has been around here since I’ve been here. Hard to see a guy you’ve been around a lot go," O’s manager Brandon Hyde said today during his pregame...

  • Thoughts on Bradish, Rodriguez and Stewart

    The Triple-A Norfolk Tides are starting Grayson Rodriguez tonight against the Durham Bulls. Kyle Bradish is listed two nights later. The Orioles are starting Jordan Lyles today in Oakland. Left-hander Bruce Zimmermann’s next turn is Friday night in Anaheim. It’s virtually impossible to separate the two rotations. The Orioles seemed unsure about their fifth starter before confirming Spenser...

  • Martin on taxi squad and in limbo as injuries mount on Orioles' roster

    at third base. Martin boarded the charter to Detroit following a 3-2 win over the Cardinals, unsure if he’d appear in his first major league game since Oct. 3, 2021 or eventually return to the Norfolk Tides. The only information coming to Martin was the 12:30 a.m. phone call Wednesday morning instructing him to join the Orioles in St. Louis, where he’d be placed on the taxi squad. Something...

  • This, that and the other

    contract of baseball’s No. 1 prospect. Austin Hays took coach’s batting practice, but only the shadow of Adley Rutschman could keep fans from seeing the importance of that update. The Triple-A Norfolk Tides were off yesterday. Rutschman didn’t hop on a flight to Baltimore. The Orioles never circled that date or any other on the calendar. Some media did. Some fans did. The opening game of a...

  • DL Hall closes in but still some work to do, plus O's notes and Hays' cycle

    He is one of baseball’s best pitching prospects, lefty DL Hall of the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, the Orioles top draft pick from 2017. They selected the lefty from a Georgia high school No. 21 overall and now he is on the doorstep of the majors. But when he'll take that next big step is the question now for the Orioles as Hall closes in. Perhaps his latest outing on Tuesday at Lehigh Valley showed...

  • If the ABS system comes to Triple-A, could MLB be far behind?

    ESPN (subscription may be required), the electronic strikezone will be used in all 30 Triple-A parks this season to include, of course Norfolk’s Harbor Park, the home of the Orioles’ Triple-A Norfolk Tides club. The report indicated half the Triple-A games will use the full ABS system for every pitch and half will use a challenge system that MLB also could implement one day. Under that system...

  • Cole Irvin on Triple-A time and his return to the Orioles

    This was the first time he made more than one start in the minors since 2019. With an 0-2 record, 10.66 ERA and 1.97 WHIP, the club decided that he needed a reboot. And he got it with the Norfolk Tides. He returns to the O’s roster today, and for now will work out of a bullpen role. “Yeah, I got away from doing what I know how to do best, which is throwing sinkers down at the bottom of the zone...

  • After more than a calendar year at Triple-A, Jordan Westburg's time has come

    He has essentially played a full big league season’s worth of games at the Triple-A level. And now, after 158 games with the Norfolk Tides and having spent more than a calendar year with that club, Jordan Westburg’s big league debut is finally at hand. He is expected to join the Orioles roster today and play in the game tonight when they open a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. As it...

  • Orioles DFA López and recall Zimmermann (Rutschman back in lineup)

    his All-Star form from last summer, reliever Jorge López was designated for assignment this afternoon and replaced by left-hander Bruce Zimmermann. The Orioles recalled Zimmermann from the Norfolk Tides, who are in Las Vegas for tonight's Triple-A championship game against Oklahoma City. The Baltimore native hasn’t pitched in the majors since making his sixth relief appearance on July 4 at...

  • A big decision for the Orioles: When will Jackson Holliday make the bigs?

    Will he have a real shot to make the Orioles out of spring training, or will he need more Triple-A time than the 18 regular-season games and four playoff games he played in for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides? Holliday hit .267 with a .796 OPS for Norfolk to cap a remarkable year where he played at four levels and overall hit .323/.442/.499/.941 with 30 doubles, nine triples, 12 homers, 24 steals,...

  • Orioles announce 2024 minor league and player development staffs (updated)

    staff assignments for the 2024 season. Three full-season managers return, but two move to different affiliates. Buck Britton will return for his third season as manager of the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. In 2023, he led the Tides to a record of 90-59 as they won the International League championship and the Triple-A National Championship Game. Last year, he was the winner of the Orioles’ Cal Ripken...

  • Quick Q&A with Orioles outfielder Kyle Stowers

    team. But it’s hard to kill his positive vibe. Stowers went 2-for-30 with the Orioles but posted a .364 on-base percentage and .511 slugging percentage with 17 home runs in 68 games with the Norfolk Tides and won a Triple-A championship. He went 5-for-7 with a home run on a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League and 9-for-18 with a double and three home runs with High-A Aberdeen. The...

  • When prospects get to Triple-A, skipper Buck Britton is there to show the way

    When this baseball season began, Buck Britton, the third-year manager of the Orioles’ Triple-A Norfolk Tides team, was 37. He turned age 38 on May 16, just six days after he recorded his 400th win as a minor league manager. The Orioles have the No. 1 ranked farm system in the majors and many people have had a hand in that. But to hear some players with the Orioles now that have played for...

  • Sources: Mayo joining Orioles for second stint in majors

    10 strikeouts in his first major league experience but kept abusing Triple-A pitching, batting .293 with a .943 OPS, 23 doubles, three triples, 22 home runs and 67 RBIs in 87 games with the Norfolk Tides. Two of his home runs were hit after the Orioles optioned him. Mayo started at first base again last night, where he could be used by the Orioles with Ryan Mountcastle on the injured list. Ramón...

  • Orioles Name Jeff Datz Bench Coach

    The Orioles today announced that they have hired JEFF DATZ as Major League Bench Coach. Datz spent the past eight seasons on the Major League coaching staff for the Cleveland Indians, including four seasons as the Bench Coach. The 2010 season will be Datz's 29th in professional baseball. After a nine-year career as a player, which included a Major League stint with the Detroit Tigers in 1989,...


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