Will the Orioles get at least one hit tonight with a runner in scoring position? If they do it will be the first hit with RISP that New York Yankees pitching has given up this month.
Over the seven games in June, Yankee opponents are 0-for-35 with RISP. According to Elias Sports, opponents are 0-for-their-last-36 overall with RISP dating back to May 31 at Baltimore. That is the team's longest streak of hitless at-bats with RISP in the Expansion Era (since 1961) and the majors' longest streak...
The Orioles have hired Tim Raines Jr. to be the hitting coach at short-season, Single-A Aberdeen. Raines Jr. is the son of new Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Tim Raines Sr.
Raines Jr. played for the Orioles in 2001 and again in 2003-2004. On Oct. 4, 2001, father and son played in a game together for the Orioles against Boston, with Raines Jr. in center field and Raines Sr. in left. They became the second father-son combo to play for the same team in the same major league game after Ken...
With several key Orioles players - a list that includes Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Adam Jones and Chris Tillman - eligible to be free agents in the next year or two, the Orioles are in win-now mode.
The latest First-Year Player Draft begins Monday and runs through Wednesday. The Orioles have four of the first 100 selections, picking at Nos. 21, 60, 74 and 98. The O's have 11 picks in the first 10 rounds.
So does a win-now situation affect how they proceed in this year's draft? Orioles...
Once again, it's the Orioles and Nationals. This time for one night only at Nationals Park, as the clubs make up the rainout in Washington from May 11.
The clubs were scheduled for a four-game, home-and-home series. The Orioles won the first two games in Baltimore, 6-4 and 5-4. The Nats rallied late to win the first in Washington 7-6.
The Orioles lost that game and went on to go 3-13 over a 16-game stretch through May 28. But starting May 29, they began a nine-game homestand that ended with...
Not only did Trey Mancini hit game-tying and game-winning home runs for the Orioles last night, but he added to some amazing stats he is compiling when he bats with runners in scoring position.
Mancini is now batting .483 (14-for-29) with six homers, 24 RBIs and an OPS of 1.672 when batting with runners in scoring position. Last night, he hit with a runner in scoring position and two outs each time he batted. For the season, when he hits with RISP and two outs, Mancini is batting .583...
The Orioles' Trey Mancini had gone 21 games without a homer. Then tonight he hit one in the ninth inning to tie the game, and again in the 11th to win it.
It was a remarkable performance by a player who didn't even start the game, and by a team that trailed 6-1 in the eighth. The Orioles trailed 5-3 in the ninth and won in extras last night and trailed 6-2 in the ninth tonight and won in extras.
So, some Oriole magic was seen at the Yard. They beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-6 in 11 innings to...
If Trey Mancini's first homer was pretty special tonight, his second was even better. Mancini's Oriole legend grew tonight as he hit a two-run homer in the ninth to tie the game and then a three-run homer in the 11th to win it.
You had to see it to believe it. The Orioles beat the Pirates 9-6 in 11 innings.
With the game tied 6-6 in the 11th, Joey Rickard singled and then, with two outs, Caleb Joseph walked. Mancini hit the first pitch from Wade LeBlanc out to left for his second homer in...
The Orioles are in the midst of a week's worth of pre-draft meetings. The First-Year Player Draft will be held over 40 rounds and three days beginning Monday.
The Orioles have the No. 21 selection in round one, their highest pick since taking right-hander Kevin Gausman fourth overall out of LSU in 2012. They have three other top 100 picks, with selections at Nos. 60, 74 and 98. The Orioles will have 11 picks in the top 10 rounds.
Today, Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette and...
The newest reliever in the Orioles bullpen is a veteran of over 1,700 major league innings. The Orioles added right-hander Edwin Jackson to their roster today, selecting his contract from Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles are his 12th different major league team.
The Orioles signed him April 5, and after he built up some innings at extended spring, they sent him to Norfolk. Over 12 games in relief he pitched to a 3.10 ERA. In 20 1/3 innings he gave up 20 hits, walked 10 and struck out 17. His last...
Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft, consisting of 40 rounds, will be held over three days beginning on Monday, June 12.
The first two rounds of the draft, through competitive balance round B (where the Orioles have a pick) will be held beginning Monday at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Rounds three through 10 will be held starting at 1 p.m. on June 13. On June 14, the draft resumes at noon with rounds 11 through 40.
The Orioles select 21st overall in round one. It is their highest selection...
They used some dramatic home runs to get back in the game, but a measly single to center won it for the Orioles tonight in the series opener with Pittsburgh.
Mark Trumbo's RBI single to center with two outs scored Adam Jones in the last of the 10th as the Orioles rallied to beat Pittsburgh 6-5 at Camden Yards.
Jones came up with a one-out single in the 10th for his third hit. He then alertly tagged up and advanced to second when Manny Machado flew out to the left field wall. Trumbo then...
The Orioles are 4-2 against National League teams this year, going 2-1 against both Washington and Cincinnati. Their next three games are versus NL teams, starting with a two-game series that begins tonight with Pittsburgh.
This series will end a nine-game homestand. The Orioles are 4-3 on the stand, going 2-1 against the Yankees and 2-2 against the Red Sox.
The Orioles went 14-6 in interleague games last season. The 14 wins were the most in club history. Since interleague play began in 1997,...
A veteran of 616 major league games since 2010, the Orioles added infielder Rubén Tejada to their 25- and 40-man rosters today, and he was in the clubhouse this afternoon. Tejada will wear No. 17. To make roster room, Paul Janish was designated for assignment.
The Orioles had just acquired Tejada on Sunday night for cash considerations from the New York Yankees.
The 27-year-old right-handed hitter was playing for New York's Triple-A Scranton team this season. In 37 games, he is batting...
When it comes to some starting rotation stats, they are not overall favorable for the Orioles. But they must hope that some recent potentially positive developments can begin to change some of that.
You may have heard, starting pitching is pretty important and the pundits had it as a question mark for Baltimore to start the year.
Through Sunday's games, the Orioles' starting pitching ERA of 4.59 ranked 13th among 15 American League teams. Their starters' total innings pitched ranked...
After going through a 3-13 stretch through the end of a series at Houston a week ago yesterday, the Orioles went 4-3 over their past seven games against the Yankees and Red Sox.
A 4-3 record against those teams would be pretty solid most of the time, except maybe when they started the stretch 4-1, then lost the next two games as the Orioles just did.
They took the first two games against Boston before losing the last two. They have played four series against Boston and have not lost a single...
The Orioles tonight added a right-handed hitting infielder when they acquired 27-year-old Rubén Tejada from the New York Yankees for cash considerations. Tejada is not on the 40-man roster and will report to Triple-A Norfolk. He can play second, third and shortstop.
A veteran of 616 major league games since 2010, Tejada was playing at Triple-A Scranton this season. In 37 games, he is batting .269/.345/.462 with seven doubles, six homers, 21 RBIs and an OPS of .806. He posted strong stats...
Orioles catcher Francisco Peña saw a great chance to get a key out this afternoon and he took it. But he didn't get the result he wanted.
In the sixth inning of a 3-3 game, his costly throwing error allowed two Boston runs to score and the Red Sox went on to a 7-3 victory in the series finale.
With two outs, Chris Tillman had an 0-2 count on No. 9 hitter Devon Marrero and wanted to try and get him to chase a curveball to end the inning. Even with the bases loaded, Tillman wanted to bounce a...
The Orioles scored three runs in the first inning today off Boston left-hander Chris Sale. But they could not muster any offense after that. Then a costly throwing error gave Boston the lead and the Red Sox beat the Orioles 7-3 to split the four-game series.
It was a disappointing last two games of the series for the Orioles that leaves them at 29-26 and 1 1/2 games behind Boston for second place. The Orioles fall to 19-10 at home and are 4-3 on this homestand that resumes Tuesday. Boston has...
The Orioles have played Boston in four series now and they have not lost one. They won't lose this current series either after taking two of the first three games. But they lost last night 5-2 and need a win today to take this series.
Earlier, they split two games with Boston, won two of three and split a four-game series. The Orioles are 7-5 on the season versus Boston and 4-2 at home. Since the 2012 season they are 61-45 (.575) versus the Red Sox. Since the start of last year they are 10-5...
It is a charity very near and dear to Orioles right-hander Mike Wright. And today at Camden Yards, his sister will have a community booth set up on the main concourse to raise money.
It is all about helping families dealing with an Alzheimer's disease or dementia patient. Mike's mom is dealing with this now and the Wright family wants to educate and help other families that may have to deal with such a situation.
Wright hopes that money raised can go toward hosting a conference this summer in...