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Positive updates on Mancini, Mountcastle (game postponed)

Positive updates on Mancini, Mountcastle (game postponed)
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde passed along good news this afternoon on Trey Mancini and Ryan Mountcastle, who could be ready to play over the weekend while recovering from their respective injuries. Mancini left last night's game in the first inning after being hit on the right elbow by Dylan Cease's 95 mph fastball. X-rays and exams were negative and Mancini sustained only a bruise. "We dodged a bullet with Mancini," Hyde said in his Zoom call with the media. "He's feeling a lot better....
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Orioles recall Nevin and option Waddell (updated)

Orioles recall Nevin and option Waddell (updated)
The Orioles have brought Triple-A Norfolk corner infielder Tyler Nevin to Chicago for tonight's game against the White Sox and he's expected to be placed on the active roster. The club is short on healthy first basemen with Ryan Mountcastle taking a 93 mph fastball off his left hand Tuesday and Trey Mancini being struck in the right elbow last night by a 95 mph fastball. Mountcastle has been day-to-day, deemed unavailable again last night after taking some swings in the cage. Pat Valaika...
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Grayson Rodriguez joining Double-A Bowie

Grayson Rodriguez joining Double-A Bowie
Grayson Rodriguez was destined to pass through Aberdeen. Five dominant starts became his limit. The Orioles are promoting Rodriguez, their top pitching prospect, from the Single-A IronBirds to Double-A Bowie. Rodriguez, the 11th overall selection in the 2018 draft, is the organization's No. 2 prospect per MLBPipeline.com. He threw 23 1/3 innings with Aberdeen, which moved to full-season status in 2021, and allowed only four runs and 11 hits with five walks and 40 strikeouts. Rodriguez is 13-6...
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Mancini leaves early and losing streak lengthens (updated)

Mancini leaves early and losing streak lengthens (updated)
Austin Hays is on the injured list again with a strained hamstring. Ryan Mountcastle is day-to-day with a bruised hand. And now there's Trey Mancini, drilled on the right elbow tonight and unable to stay in the game after making a couple of throws across the infield in the bottom of the first inning. Aren't the losses bringing enough pain? How much more are the Orioles supposed to endure? They didn't need to watch Mancini collapse to the ground, grimacing with forehead planted in the dirt,...
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Finding the good during another down period

Finding the good during another down period
The Orioles tend to create a reflex action of eyes darting to the farm system in search of anything positive. A No. 5 ranking is a vision of loveliness during an unsightly rebuild. However, there are individual stories on the major league club that shouldn't be treated as if invisible. And it's good for the soul to embrace them. Three examples immediately came to mind yesterday. With arms wide open. Of course, the first baseman getting drilled on the right elbow last night by a 95 mph...
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Orioles and White Sox lineups (updated)

Orioles and White Sox lineups (updated)
The Orioles are back to having 26 players on their active roster after reinstating reliever Dillon Tate from the injured list this afternoon. Tate was on the IL with a strained left hamstring. He threw a spotless inning Tuesday night with Triple-A Norfolk in his only rehab game, striking out one batter and throwing only nine pitches. The roster had an opening after the Orioles optioned starter Dean Kremer to Norfolk yesterday morning. "I'm happy to have Dillon back because Dillon's a guy...
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Hanifee undergoes elbow surgery (updated)

Hanifee undergoes elbow surgery (updated)
Orioles minor league pitcher Brenan Hanifee, a fourth-round pick in the 2016 draft out of Turner-Ashby High School in Virginia, underwent ulnar collateral ligament reconstructive surgery on his right elbow yesterday in Dallas. The team announced that the procedure was "successful." Dr. Keith Meister performed the surgery. Meister handled the same procedure in October on pitcher Carter Baumler, a fifth-round selection in 2020 out of Dowling Catholic High School in Iowa, and repaired pitcher...
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Elias on bullpen changes, pitching plans and the draft

Elias on bullpen changes, pitching plans and the draft
Trey Mancini hopped on a Zoom call after a recent loss and spoke about the frustrating nature of a team that can't get "synced up." His words coming after the Orioles scored six runs and allowed 13. Plenty of offense and no pitching to support it. It also works in reverse. Starter Jorge López completed six innings yesterday for the first time since Sept. 19, 2020. A quality start produced by someone besides John Means. Relievers Shawn Armstrong and Tanner Scott combined to retire all six...
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Orioles hold one-run lead as Elias preaches patience (O's lose 3-2)

Orioles hold one-run lead as Elias preaches patience (O's lose 3-2)
The Orioles made their latest concession with a young player prior to today's game in Minnesota, optioning starter Dean Kremer to focus again on his development. They returned outfielder Austin Hays to the injured list. They kept Ryan Mountcastle out of the lineup with a bruised hand and carried a two-man bench. The goal was to end a losing streak that grew to eight games, but the importance of the big picture trumped everything. And the pains sharpen during the process. No one promised...
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Hyde on Kremer's demotion, Mountcastle's hand and more

Hyde on Kremer's demotion, Mountcastle's hand and more
Left-hander Keegan Akin is replacing Dean Kremer in the Orioles rotation, which gives him Sunday afternoon's start against the White Sox in Chicago. Akin allowed two runs last night in three relief innings. He has a 6.10 ERA and 1.258 WHIP in four appearances over 10 1/3 innings, with only one walk and 10 strikeouts. Akin hasn't started for the Orioles since Sept. 27, 2020 in Toronto, when he surrendered four runs in three innings. Manager Brandon Hyde explained today's decision to option...
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Orioles put Hays on injured list and option Kremer

Orioles put Hays on injured list and option Kremer
Outfielder Austin Hays has gone on the injured list for a second time with a hamstring injury and the Orioles recalled Ryan McKenna from Triple-A Norfolk as they close out their series in Minnesota. Hays injured his right hamstring during the third game of the season in Boston. He experienced tightness in the left one following Sunday's game in D.C. Hays is batting .252/.319/.455 with six doubles, two triples, five home runs and 15 RBIs in 32 games. The Orioles optioned pitcher Dean Kremer to...
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More thoughts on managing the bullpen

More thoughts on managing the bullpen
John Means didn't leave the bullpen many innings to cover Monday night in Minnesota. He worked through the seventh, trailing only because of two solo home runs and an offense that short-circuited with men in scoring position. The game never carried into the bottom of the ninth. The bullpen was responsible only for the eighth, unexpectedly given a lead and coughing up six runs in a demoralizing 8-3 loss. Manager Brandon Hyde wasn't going to use his most effective reliever, left-hander Paul...
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Orioles lose lead in second inning and eighth game in a row

Orioles lose lead in second inning and eighth game in a row
The topic probably didn't come up tonight during assistant pitching coach Darren Holmes' visit to the mound in the second inning, but Dean Kremer's lengthy stay on it threatened to get a beleaguered bullpen busy. Wheels in motion with the possibility of having them come off again. Kremer surrendered two runs, and a walk following his conversation with Holmes loaded the bases with one out. The pitch count was skyrocketing, reaching 54 by the time he made it back to the dugout. Two wild...
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Updating Hays' hamstring, more on bullpen and Tate rehab

Updating Hays' hamstring, more on bullpen and Tate rehab
Orioles outfielder Austin Hays is testing his sore left hamstring and performing conditioning drills this afternoon at Target Field while retaining his day-to-day status. Hays is out of the lineup for the second consecutive night. "His hamstring's feeling a little bit better," manager Brandon Hyde said in his Zoom call. "Hopefully he'll be available off the bench tonight, but we'll see." The bullpen is a real sore spot and Hyde is keeping the closer role flexible rather than committing...
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Orioles and Twins lineups

Orioles and Twins lineups
Rookie Dean Kremer will try to play the role of stopper tonight in Minnesota, with the Orioles losing seven games in a row and 14 of their last 16. Kremer is 0-4 with a 6.35 ERA and 1.588 WHIP in eight starts over 34 innings. He's never faced the Twins. His last start resulted in four runs and five hits allowed in three innings against the Rays. He also walked four batters. Austin Hays remains out of the lineup with a sore left hamstring. Ryan Mountcastle is in left field, Cedric Mullins in...
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Stewart's swing, hockey sweaters and Shaw's struggles

Stewart's swing, hockey sweaters and Shaw's struggles
The mood swings for the Orioles last night produced the highest exit velocities of the season. The frustration of a 45-minute rain delay as DJ Stewart came to the plate with a runner on base and two outs in the eighth inning, his team down by a run. All of the failed opportunities leading up to it, the Orioles just 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. The idea that another quality start from John Means would go to waste. A second-pitch home run for Stewart, who admired the flight of the...
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Bullpen collapse in eighth buries Orioles in 8-3 loss (updated)

Bullpen collapse in eighth buries Orioles in 8-3 loss (updated)
No matter the result tonight, the Orioles obviously knew that they had the right pitcher on the mound to start the game John Means is celebrated as if deserving of his own day. His achievements and rankings among major league and American League leaders could fill an entire page of the team's game notes. The Orioles, losers of six in a row and 13 of 15 going into Minnesota, needed Means only to be himself and then hope that the offense could unearth a few runs of support. That the bullpen,...
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Ruiz lost on waiver claim and tonight's Orioles lineup (updated)

Ruiz lost on waiver claim and tonight's Orioles lineup (updated)
The Rockies claimed Rio Ruiz off waivers from the Orioles this afternoon, assuring that the infielder won't be staying in the organization via an outright assignment. Ruiz was designated for assignment after going 15-for-90 with 29 strikeouts. The Orioles selected Stevie Wilkerson's contract from Triple-A Norfolk and he's sharing second base with Pat Valaika, getting the starts versus right-handers. Wilkerson is in the lineup tonight for the series opener in Minnesota. The Orioles claimed...
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Leftovers for breakfast

Leftovers for breakfast
The return of Anthony Santander from the injured list gives manager Brandon Hyde more outfield choices. It also gives him a cleanup hitter, the early numbers dismissed with a wave of the bat. Santander was slashing .196/.230/.321 with a double, two home runs, two walks and 17 strikeouts in 62 plate appearances before spraining his left ankle in Miami. But he's a presence in the lineup, someone that the opposition must account for, a threat to produce runs from both sides of the plate. Too bad...
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Early lead disappears again and Orioles are swept (updated)

Early lead disappears again and Orioles are swept (updated)
Austin Hays was plopped in the leadoff spot today and lined a single into right field to start the game. Freddy Galvis singled to right. Trey Mancini singled to right for his 23rd RBI this month. The opposite-field approach was interrupted only briefly. Manager Brandon Hyde and hitting coach Don Long had to be mentally high-fiving each other. Anthony Santander pulled a 3-0 sinker into left field for a run-scoring single and Maikel Franco doubled to right for an RBI. Four of the first six...
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