The Orioles are recalling catcher Chance Sisco from Triple-A Norfolk after a brief demotion. He's replacing another rookie, Austin Wynns, who was optioned after last night's game.
Yefry Ramirez also is in the clubhouse and will be added to the bullpen. The moves haven't been announced.
Sisco, 23, is batting .218/.340/.328 in 47 games. He threw out nine of the first 18 runners trying to steal against him, but has been successful on only one of his last 18 attempts.
Sent down to Norfolk on...
The bond between bullpen mates in baseball is stronger than steel beams. When one reliever is hurt, they all hurt. The Orioles are taking it literally, however, as injuries spread throughout the group.
Closer Zach Britton makes an impressive comeback from right Achilles surgery and Richard Bleier undergoes a season-ending procedure to repair a Grade 3 tear in his left lat muscle. As the club tries to navigate around the void he left, Darren O'Day reinjures his hamstring and is gone for an...
The Orioles tried the power approach tonight and took an early lead. They manufactured two runs to again surge ahead. They put a ball on Eutaw Street in the eighth inning to claim their third lead of the game. Home runs and hustle. But nothing they tried was going to stop the losing.
Chris Davis' three-run shot over the flag court in right field looked like the game-winner before Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer off Zach Britton in the ninth for a 7-7 tie that pushed the game past regulation....
Dylan Bundy is confident that his next start will come July 6 in Minnesota and that his sprained left ankle won't push him further down the rotation.
"Yeah, absolutely," he said this afternoon. "We've got a plan going forward and we've got two work days in there to make sure it's all right, so just take it day by day, I guess."
Bundy suffered the injury while rounding third base during Saturday's game in Atlanta. He knew immediately that something was wrong, though the severity of the...
Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette indicated that Double-A Bowie pitcher Hunter Harvey will remain shut down following today's visit with Dr. James Andrews.
Andrews examined Harvey's right shoulder and Duquette said, "It needs a little more time."
"But evidently he's feeling pretty good," Duquette added.
The interest in shortstop Manny Machado continues to pick up as the industry gets closer to the non-waiver trade deadline. Duquette confirmed that it's increased since the...
The MRI on Orioles reliever Darren O'Day's left hamstring didn't reveal a Grade 3 tear, which is the only good news to come from last night's injury.
Grade 3 would require surgery, as it did with Richard Bleier's lat injury. It's believed that O'Day has a Grade 2 tear in the hamstring, which is going to keep him out indefinitely. He won't make the 10-day period.
The Orioles haven't announced their roster moves, but Jimmy Yacabonis will replace O'Day on the 25-man roster and Steve...
Danny Valencia remains the right fielder for tonight's game against the Mariners.
No roster moves have been announced, but Steve Wilkerson is in the clubhouse and the Orioles set up a locker for picher Jimmy Yacabonis.
Chris Davis is batting seventh again.
Mark Trumbo is batting .353 (12-for-34) during a 10-game hitting streak.
Shippensburg University outfielder Dalton Hoiles, the son of former catcher Chris Hoiles, will sign with the Orioles on Sunday and report to short-season Single-A...
As scouts continue to follow Orioles closer Zach Britton and monitor his recovery from Achilles surgery and his dependability in the late innings, they can mark off the box that confirms his ability to enter games with little preparation and get results.
Britton was forced into the ninth inning Monday night against the Mariners after plate umpire Stu Scheuwater called a balk on Darren O'Day and then ejected him when O'Day argued the call. The left-hander didn't anticipate that the bullpen...
Getting the lineup back as intended hasn't eased the Orioles' health crisis. It's kicking into full gear.
Reliever Darren O'Day and outfielder Craig Gentry will be placed on the 10-day disabled list before Wednesday night's game, joining reliever Richard Bleier and starter Dylan Bundy as the latest casualties within the past two weeks.
O'Day reinjured his hamstring tonight and will undergo tests in the morning, but he's destined to return to the DL. He was lost on May 9 to a...
Orioles reliever Darren O'Day removed himself from tonight's game. No umpiring controversy and no arguments.
O'Day appeared to suffer a leg injury while fielding Jean Segura's bunt in the eighth inning after Dee Gordon's leadoff double. He hopped off the mound as Segura reached, his pursuit of the ball on the left side of the infield compromised, and threw one warmup pitch before heading to the clubhouse with head athletic trainer Brian Ebel.
The Mariners worked Tanner Scott for a walk to...
Right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis has been scratched from tonight's start at Triple-A Norfolk and replaced by reliever Joely Rodriguez. Yacabonis is in play to start Thursday for the Orioles. It would be his first rotation assignment in the majors after 16 relief appearances.
The Orioles are converting Yacabonis to a starter this year, and he's gone 3-2 with a 3.14 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 13 games with the Tides. Opponents are batting .205 against him.
Yacabonis had a stretch of six starts when he...
The Orioles are placing starter Dylan Bundy on the 10-day disabled list with a left ankle injury and recalling left-hander Donnie Hart from Triple-A Norfolk. The move will be announced later today.
Bundy rolled the ankle Saturday afternoon while rounding third base at SunTrust Park. He tried to throw off flat ground this afternoon and was limping.
Manager Buck Showalter is hoping that Bundy returns on July 6 in Minnesota. He doesn't want Bundy pitching on July 4 in Philadelphia with no...
Danny Valencia is starting in right field tonight to give the Orioles an extra right-handed bat against Mariners left-hander James Paxton.
This is Valencia's 43rd career start in right.
Trey Mancini is leading off and playing left field. Chris Davis moves down to seventh as the only left-handed hitter in the lineup.
Tim Beckham is batting eighth and Caleb Joseph continues to catch.
Manny Machado has hit safely in 28 of 34 home games this season, batting .360 (45-for-125). He's a career .317...
Manny Machado remains the only Orioles player to appear in the latest update in All-Star Game balloting in the American League.
Machado ranks first among shortstops with 960,628 votes, putting him ahead of the Astros' Carlos Correa (793,087). The Yankees' Didi Gregorius is third with 639,630.
Eight different teams are represented among the nine leaders. The group includes two players from the Red Sox and one each from the Orioles, White Sox, Indians, Astros, Angels, Yankees and Rays.
This...
The Orioles have played seven games since recalling catcher Caleb Joseph from Triple-A Norfolk and he's started six of them, including last night's series opener against the Mariners at Camden Yards.
There's no platoon with two right-handed hitting catchers on the roster. There's no timeshare behind the plate. Joseph is the undisputed regular as the Orioles envisioned when they opened camp in February.
Rookie Chance Sisco eventually could have seized the role, but the Orioles optioned him...
Orioles reliever Darren O'Day has been called for two balks in a major league career spanning 11 seasons and 576 games. Umpire Stu Scheurwater, hired in December to a full-time position, is responsible for both of them.
Tonight's call in the ninth inning led to O'Day's first career ejection and the 32nd for manager Buck Showalter in a 5-3 loss to the Mariners at Camden Yards.
O'Day appeared to retire Nelson Cruz on a popup to Chris Davis in foul territory after Mitch Hanigan's leadoff...
The Orioles have surrendered any hope of structuring their preferred 25-man roster moving forward in the 2018 season. Can't be done after left-hander Richard Bleier underwent surgery to repair a Grade 3 tear in his latissimus dorsi muscle. And no one is certain whether Chris Tillman, signed for the back end of the rotation, will complete a successful rehab assignment and rejoin the club.
But manager Buck Showalter could sit in the dugout tonight, scan the field and find his projected starters...
The Orioles optioned left-hander Donnie Hart to Triple-A Norfolk and transferred infielder Luis Sardiñas to the 60-day disabled list to create room for infielder Tim Beckham on the 25- and 40-man rosters.
Sardiñas went on the 10-day DL retroactive to April 29 with a lower back strain, but he recently sprained his left ankle.
Danny Valencia didn't crack the Orioles lineup for tonight's series opener against the Mariners, but he's going to resurface with left-handed starters lined up the...
Dylan Bundy rolled his ankle while running the bases Saturday in Atlanta and his start Thursday afternoon is in jeopardy.
So, too, is his roster spot.
The Orioles probably will put Bundy on the disabled list if he's unable to face the Mariners to close out the four-game series. They're monitoring the situation.
Manager Buck Showalter didn't want to commit to a brief DL stint if Bundy can't pitch, but he indicated that it likely would happen.
Bundy collected his first major league hit and...
Tim Beckham is coming off the disabled list today and starting at third base as the Orioles open their series against the Mariners. A corresponding move will be announced later.
Beckham is batting eighth against Mariners right-hander Félix Hernández.
Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter and cleanup hitter, and Chris Davis is behind him batting fifth.
Caleb Joseph is catching.
The Mariners are 1-6 over their last 7 games. Kyle Seager ranks second in the majors with 33 RBIs on the road,...