José Iglesias has returned to the Orioles' lineup tonight in Philadelphia as they try to extend their winning streak to four games.
And perhaps do it in regulation and without any rain-related madness.
Chris Davis stays in the eighth spot and Chance Sisco is catching and batting ninth.
Hanser Alberto and Anthony Santander remain one-two in the order.
Wade LeBlanc is trying to rebound from Thursday night's start against the Marlins, when he surrendered six runs and seven hits in 3 1/3...
The roster manipulation by the Orioles yesterday was minimal. One player on the taxi squad for the trip to Philadelphia. Nothing else to report.
Left-hander John Means joined right-hander Jorge López on the injury list in a pair of procedural moves. They can be placed on the active roster after undergoing COVID-19 intake testing and the team has the results.
Keegan Akin remained in the bullpen last night, still unsure how long he's going to stay in the majors. He gives the Orioles an extra...
The new baseball trade deadline is creeping up on teams. None are certain how the market is going to evolve in a truncated season. But pitching always is in demand and an expansion of the playoff field could lure more executives into discussions.
Alex Cobb was supposed to be a topic of conversation last summer, except he was injured in spring training, made only three starts and underwent hip and knee surgeries.
Not much demand for an injured pitcher in the second year of a four-year, $57...
Allowed to carry five players on their taxi squad for the trip to Philadelphia, the Orioles have taken a more conservative approach and added infielder Ramón UrÃas for their series against the Phillies.
UrÃas is the lone extra and he's with the club to provide insurance with shortstop José Iglesias out of the lineup again tonight due to soreness in his left quadriceps muscle.
Manager Brandon Hyde planned to sit Iglesias on Sunday, but the veteran was expected to start tonight....
José Iglesias was given a planned day off Sunday in D.C., but he remains out of the lineup tonight in Philadelphia.
Pat Valaika is the starting shortstop to open the series.
Iglesias is 3-for-6 with a double against Phillies starter Zack Wheeler and 15-for-37 (.405) this season with seven doubles and seven RBIs.
Pedro Severino is behind the plate and batting fifth after sitting out Sunday's suspended game with a sore left wrist and hand. Austin Hays is batting seventh and Chris Davis...
Stevie Wilkerson knew before he yanked the glove off his left hand. He felt the pop. A diving catch in right field impressed the judges but also ruined his season before it started.
Wilkerson saw the swelling in his ring finger. The unnatural bending.
He saw months spent on the injured list.
The exact name of the injury is a "boutonniere deformity," with the joint nearest the knuckle bent toward the palm and the farthest joint bent back.
"It looks as weird as it sounds," he said.
The...
The 60-man player pool no longer is full for the Orioles.
The team announced this morning that it released left-hander Ty Blach, who was on the injured list after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
Blach wasn't on the 40-man roster, which is full, but his removal from the pool allows the Orioles to bring in another player.
Pitcher Jorge López was claimed off waivers yesterday from the Royals and tossed into the pool. He's out of minor league options and set to join the team this week after...
The Orioles reach their latest off-day with 14 games still played and an unexpected complication in breaking down an unusual season into increments.
The fractions are supposed to show that they're one-fourth of the way into it, but yesterday's rain in D.C. and grounds crew follies forced a suspension and the resumption Friday at Camden Yards with the Orioles ahead 5-2 in the top of the sixth inning.
Manager Brandon Hyde is making the necessary mental adjustments, however the numbers are...
The search for pitching that can provide length and serve in swingman and long relief roles has brought the Orioles to right-hander Jorge López.
A team that's trying to get back above .500 fiddling with its roster.
The Orioles claimed López off waivers from the Royals earlier today, filling their 40-man roster and 60-man player pool with one transaction. They made the move while also busy building a lead against the Nationals that's been put on hold in the top of the sixth inning due to...
Pedro Severino is on the bench this afternoon after being hit last night on the left wrist by a pitch from Nationals reliever Ryne Harper.
Manager Brandon Hyde intended to start Severino until checking on him this morning.
"Sevie's wrist is sore, his hand, from being hit last night, so he was going to play today, but I talked to him this morning and he's pretty sore from getting hit last night," Hyde said today in his Zoom conference call with the media.
Bryan Holaday gets his first start...
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is providing rest for a few of his veterans this afternoon as the team attempts to complete a three-game sweep over the Nationals in D.C.
Pat Valaika is the shortstop, with José Iglesias on the bench. Renato Núñez is the first baseman, with Chris Davis on the bench.
Bryan Holaday gets his first start behind the plate. Chance Sisco is the designated hitter and Pedro Severino is out of the lineup again after his pinch-hit home run last night.
Austin Hays...
Nothing against Asher Wojciechowski, who's been chosen to make today's start for the Orioles to close out the series in D.C., but confirmation that he'd get the assignment stung a fan base that's itching to watch Keegan Akin's major league debut.
The Orioles recalled Akin from the alternate camp site in Bowie and the jumping to conclusions looked like an Olympic event.
They needed a starter with John Means away from the team. A bullpen game was an undesirable option. Akin was summoned to...
The Orioles destroyed baseballs and an old adage tonight in the top of the eighth inning.
A team that enjoys a massive offensive explosion always seems to go into a shell the following night. Death, taxes and bats disappearing. Can always count on them.
Shut out on two hits over the first seven innings, the Orioles had fallen into that same inexplicable trap. But they rose up with three home runs, the last a three-run shot by Anthony Santander off Daniel Hudson, and reveled in the...
The major league debut of Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin won't necessarily come in a starting role.
Not on Sunday, for sure.
Manager Brandon Hyde said today on his Zoom conference call that Asher Wojciechowski will work on short rest to close out the series in D.C. Akin is available in long relief this weekend.
Left-hander John Means will miss his turn while on the bereavement list.
Wojciechowski started the nightcap of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Marlins and threw 67 pitches, which...
Chance Sisco is going to catch Thomas Eshelman tonight as the Orioles continue their series against the Nationals in D.C.
Sisco came off the bench last night in an 11-0 win, but he's behind the plate tonight and Pedro Severino is among the reserves.
Hanser Alberto stays in the leadoff spot and Austin Hays remains at the bottom of the lineup.
Dwight Smith Jr. is the left fielder again and Chris Davis continues to bat eighth.
A lineup very similar to last night. Because it ain't broke.
With...
The first prospect from the Orioles' alternate camp site has found his way to the majors.
The club announced today that it has recalled left-hander Keegan Akin from the Bowie complex and optioned outfielder Cedric Mullins as the corresponding roster move.
A starter is needed Sunday in D.C. if left-hander John Means stays on the bereavement list. Manager Brandon Hyde indicated yesterday that he could resort to a bullpen game, but Akin is in position to make his debut.
Akin, 25, threw four...
WASHINGTON - On a night that their offense stayed in high gear, the Orioles made certain that their pitching and defense didn't shut down the operation.
Keeping everyone on the same page brought a much different result.
Nine of the first 15 Orioles batters reached against AnÃbal Sánchez, three runs scored and a team still bruised from a four-game sweep in its home ballpark hit the road and kept hitting in an 11-0 win over the Nationals in D.C.
José Iglesias had a run-scoring double,...
The gradual dissolving of the 2020 minor league baseball season, a painfully slow execution akin to sporadic drops of water splashed onto a pile of sugar, had the Orioles scrambling to come up with ideas to prevent it from impeding the development of their prospects.
Teams set up alternate training camp sites near their home ballparks. Plans were devised to incorporate workouts and games while abiding by rules that prohibited competition with outside clubs.
The Orioles had to construct a staff...
Rio Ruiz is back in the Orioles lineup tonight as they open a three-game series against the Nationals in D.C.
Ruiz has been on the bench with inflammation in his right shoulder.
Austin Hays drops to ninth in the order while Hanser Alberto continues to lead off. José Iglesias is batting third as the shortstop.
Pedro Severino is catching tonight and Chris Davis is batting eighth again.
Chance Sisco, who isn't in the lineup, has gone 5-for-11 with two doubles, a home run and five walks. He's...
The 60-man player pool is down to one open spot.
The Orioles announced today that they added infielder Gunnar Henderson and left-hander Brian Gonzalez to the group that's working out and playing intrasquad games at the alternate camp site in Bowie.
Henderson, 19, was an anticipated arrival based on his prospect status. The Orioles selected him in the second round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft out of John T. Morgan Academy in Alabama and assigned him to the Gulf Coast League, where he...