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What would expanded playoffs in 2021 mean for O's, plus other notes

What would expanded playoffs in 2021 mean for O's, plus other notes
It was not a big surprise when we learned this week that Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has designs on making this year's expanded 16-team playoffs permanent. The reasons for this would start with a big one: money. Extra dollars are clearly generated and that benefits both players and owners. This also will allow for pennant races to include more teams. In 2019 we saw five playoff teams, and now there would be eight in each league. That is more than half of each league that...
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Keegan Akin delivers latest strong start for the Orioles

Keegan Akin delivers latest strong start for the Orioles
So much for a first-inning knockout. Orioles lefty Keegan Akin bounced back tonight in a big way from his early exit Friday night at Yankee Stadium. He set a career high with nine strikeouts in five scoreless innings and picked up his first career win as the Orioles beat Atlanta 5-1 to win the three-game series. It was the latest strong outing by Akin and the latest for an O's rotation that is making a nice late-season kick. Akin allowed three singles and walked one. He pitched out of jams...
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O's game blog: The series finale with Atlanta

O's game blog: The series finale with Atlanta
The Orioles wrap up their series with the first-place Atlanta Braves tonight at Oriole Park. They crushed the Braves 14-1 on Monday but had just four hits in last night's 5-1 loss. So the series will be decided in the rubber game matchup tonight. The Orioles (21-27) have lost six of their last seven games. In five of their past six games they have scored one run or none. They are 0-17 this season when scoring three or fewer runs. The Orioles are playing .438 ball and they are six games better...
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How the O's teach English as a second language to young Latin players

How the O's teach English as a second language to young Latin players
When the Orioles sign a young international prospect at 16 from the Dominican Republic or Venezuela, they surely dream of a day when that player will be on their major league team. Maybe even become a star player on a team that can win the World Series. But these Latin American players must travel a long road before any of that can happen, and that entails more than developing their baseball skills. Most speak little or no English. And while there are plenty of Spanish-speaking coaches when...
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O's game blog: O's host Braves as series continues

O's game blog: O's host Braves as series continues
After being swept in New York, the Orioles began their last homestand of the 2020 season in impressive fashion last night. They produced a season-high 14 runs and their biggest win margin of this year, beating Atlanta, 14-1. In the first five innings the top four in the O's order - Cedric Mullins, José Iglesias, DJ Stewart and Ryan Mountcastle - went a combined 11-for-15 with three homers and 13 RBIs as the O's built a 13-0 lead. The win snapped a run of five straight losses. According to...
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O's used season-high five homegrown players in lineup last night

O's used season-high five homegrown players in lineup last night
The Orioles' 14-1 romp over the first-place Atlanta Braves last night had a distinct homegrown flavor. In Cedric Mullins, DJ Stewart, Ryan Mountcastle, Chance Sisco and Austin Hays, the Orioles had five homegrown players in their starting lineup. That was the most of any game this season. The five helped the club produce a season high in runs as they combined for nine hits, including two home runs and nine RBIs. Hays just rejoined the club Monday, coming off the injured list. He had been out...
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Another look at the most lopsided win of the 2020 season

Another look at the most lopsided win of the 2020 season
It was stunning, surprising, unexpected. All of that and maybe more. The Orioles scored three runs over four games at Yankee Stadium and then they scored nine in the last of the third last night. And it was against the first-place Atlanta Braves. The Orioles won via a 14-1 blowout, producing more runs than they have in any game this year, and their biggest margin of victory. They had 16 hits in four games over the weekend and 15 last night. They hit two home runs in the entire series in New...
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A few notes on a huge night of O's offense

A few notes on a huge night of O's offense
After a weekend where the Orioles scored three runs in four losses at Yankee Stadium, we didn't have to wait long to see if the club would break out tonight. The Orioles led 10-0 by the third inning and the top four in their order were putting up crazy numbers. They piled it on to beat the first-place Atlanta Braves 14-1 in a blowout win to start a three-game series and eight-game homestand against first-place teams. In the four games at New York, the Orioles batted .138 (16-for-116) and went...
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O's game blog: The final homestand begins

O's game blog: The final homestand begins
Things move fast in a shortened 60-game season and the final homestand will begin tonight. The Orioles (20-26) will host the Atlanta Braves (28-19) to start a three-game series and an eight-game homestand versus first-place teams. Tampa Bay is in town beginning Thursday. The Braves lead the National League East by 3 1/2 games over Miami and by four over Philadelphia. Atlanta just won three out of four at Washington, a series that began a day after Wednesday's 29-9 win over Miami. The Braves...
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Tanner Scott looks to bounce back, get strong year rolling again

Tanner Scott looks to bounce back, get strong year rolling again
If a relief pitcher gets to the mound enough, even one that is having a good season, eventually something will go wrong. For 26-year-old Orioles bullpen lefty Tanner Scott, yesterday was that day. He entered with two on and two outs in a 1-1 tie in the last of the eighth to face Brett Gardner. But Gleyber Torres had not started for New York and was sent up as a pinch-hitter. Torres took a 97 mph Scott fastball for ball one. Then Scott threw another 97 mph heater. It was down in the zone, but...
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Valdez still confounding foes with changeup and Means good again

Valdez still confounding foes with changeup and Means good again
What do you say about a 35-year-old right-hander who had not pitched in the majors since 2017, throws mostly changeups, was the Mexican League Pitcher of the Year last season, and now has an ERA of 0.00 in 10 1/3 innings and five outings with the Orioles? You say you're happy he's on their team and it was good fortune and apparently a great move to sign him as a minor league free agent Jan. 9. In his latest strong outing for the Orioles, right-hander César Valdez pitched three scoreless...
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Means strong again, but O's fall 3-1 and are swept (updated)

Means strong again, but O's fall 3-1 and are swept (updated)
Left-hander John Means was able to follow righty Dean Kremer and throw another strong game for the Orioles on the mound this afternoon. But again, the offense was producing little. The Orioles would need to get at least something going with the bats to pull this game out and avoid a four-game sweep by the Yankees. But they could not do it. Gleyber Torres pinch-hit in the New York eighth with two on and two outs and doubled off Tanner Scott. That broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Yankees a 3-1 win...
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O's game blog: Trying to avoid a four-game sweep

O's game blog: Trying to avoid a four-game sweep
After losses by 6-0, 10-1 and 2-1 in 10 innings, the Orioles need a win today against the Yankees in New York or they will be swept four straight. They have been swept in a series four times this season and once before in a four-game series. That was at home against Miami in early August. In the first three games of that series, the Orioles scored just one run. In the first three games of this series, they have scored just two. They are batting .119 (10-for-84) this weekend with games of two,...
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The young pitchers are providing hope for the future

The young pitchers are providing hope for the future
It has been a disappointing weekend in New York for the Orioles. But it was a real positive to see right-hander Dean Kremer have another strong outing on Saturday afternoon. He faced the Yankees again, and again threw well against them. In two starts versus New York he has allowed five hits and two runs over 11 innings. The Yankees have hit just .135 (5-for-37) against him and he has walked six and fanned 14 in the two games. Over the next year or two, this Orioles' rebuilding effort will...
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Dean Kremer strong again, but O's lose to Yankees

Dean Kremer strong again, but O's lose to Yankees
It was another impressive day for Orioles right-hander Dean Kremer. Taking the mound after his club got swept in a doubleheader on Friday, Kremer gave his team a very solid outing against New York. Facing the Yankees for the second time in six days, he threw well against a team that had scored 16 runs last night and 23 runs during a three-game winning. But the O's offense did not do its part. The Yankees beat the Orioles 2-1 in 10 innings on a sac fly by Luke Voit. The Orioles fall to 20-25...
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O's game blog: Dean Kremer faces the Yankees

O's game blog: Dean Kremer faces the Yankees
After a miserable night of baseball - one that saw them lose 6-0 and 10-1 - the Orioles try to regroup today and gain a game on the Yankees as the series continues. It's the third game of a four-game series. The Orioles (20-24) have lost three in a row since winning six of eight games. They are 10-9 on the road and 11-16 versus American League East clubs. They begin play today tied with Detroit, 3 1/2 games behind the Yankees for the No. 8 AL playoff spot. New York (24-21) has won its last...
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McKenna soaks it up during taxi squad experience

McKenna soaks it up during taxi squad experience
When young outfielder Ryan McKenna joined the Orioles as a taxi squad player in New York this week, he was a step closer to playing in his first big league game. As he looked around the clubhouse, not only was he reunited with former minor league teammates but he saw them thriving and leading the Orioles to wins. He was the Orioles' fifth pick in round four of the 2015 draft out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in New Hampshire. The Orioles' first two picks in that draft were DJ Stewart and...
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Rough night at the office: O's outscored 16-1 in twinbill

Rough night at the office: O's outscored 16-1 in twinbill
Since the New York Mets' Michael Conforto made that incredible catch with the bases loaded against the Orioles in the sixth on Wednesday night, it seems not a lot has gone right for the club. Tonight, they got blanked in the first game by the New York Yankees, and then the Baltimore defense came unglued in the last of the first in the nightcap. The Orioles came up very flat twice tonight as they lost a doubleheader to the Yankees to start an important four-game series. The O's lost 6-0 and...
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Cedric Mullins on his hot hitting, bunt hits and more

Cedric Mullins on his hot hitting, bunt hits and more
The Orioles' 2015 draft class has been well represented in several of their recent wins. The club's top pick in that draft, taken No. 25 overall, was DJ Stewart. Then 11 picks later, the Orioles selected Ryan Mountcastle. Much later in round 13, with overall pick No. 403, they added Campbell University outfielder Cedric Mullins. The Orioles have won six of nine games to move into contention for the No. 8 American League playoff spot. And homegrown players including those three and pitchers...
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Young O's to gain some valuable experience in stretch run

Young O's to gain some valuable experience in stretch run
A couple of hours before his team was scheduled to open a big series in the Bronx against the New York Yankees, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told us via Zoom interview that his team's demeanor was no different than it had been all year. The game last night would later get rained out, and now this pivotal four-game series will begin with a doubleheader later today and be played out over three days. Just like last weekend, when the Orioles took three of four in Baltimore. "I think we're taking...
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