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Comparing some numbers from the last two All-Star breaks

Comparing some numbers from the last two All-Star breaks
This is not exactly breaking news, but if you compare the Orioles at the All-Star break in 2016 and 2017, the Orioles of last year fare a lot better - both in team stats and when looking at several individuals, as well. Despite a rotation ERA of 5.15 at the break last year, the 2016 Orioles were 51-36 as the first half ended and led the American League East by two games. The 2017 Orioles, with a rotation ERA of 5.75, are 42-46 and in fourth place, now 7 1/2 games back of division-leading...
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A look at the unheralded pitcher leading the Eastern League in ERA

A look at the unheralded pitcher leading the Eastern League in ERA
He saw 720 players taken ahead of him in the First-Year Player Draft and he's never been on anyone's top prospects list. But there is one list where he ranks No. 1 right now. He is the league leader in ERA in the prospect-laden Double-A Eastern League for the Bowie Baysox. A 24-year-old right-hander taken by the Orioles in round 24 in 2014, Lucas Long has had one impressive season for Bowie. He is 5-3 with a 2.10 ERA. Over 73 innings, he has given up 61 hits and just two home runs, with 16...
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Outfielder Austin Hays moved up to Double-A and didn't miss a beat

Outfielder Austin Hays moved up to Double-A and didn't miss a beat
Orioles minor league outfielder Austin Hays has been hitting well pretty much since his first day in the organization. He hasn't been slowed down much since they selected him in the third round of the 2016 draft. His rapid rise through the farm system and recent promotion to Double-A Bowie has some wondering how soon he can get to Baltimore. Taken with the No. 91 selection out of Jacksonville University, Hays, who just turned 22 last Wednesday, hit .336 last season with short-season Single-A...
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Flying under the radar on the farm (plus other notes)

Flying under the radar on the farm (plus other notes)
We write here often about some of the top players in the O's minors. Often they are players well-known because they were high draft picks and/or have played well for a long time. Today let's take a look at a few players flying under the radar. This is by no means a complete list but some of these players should start getting noticed more. At Single-A Frederick, young outfielder Ademar Rifaela from Curacao has had a solid season. He is putting up better numbers than in his previous four...
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O's game blog: O's face Twins in road trip finale

O's game blog: O's face Twins in road trip finale
The Orioles hit the All-Star break after today's game in Minnesota, which will end not only the first half but a four-game series and a seven-game road trip. The Orioles will hit the break in a very different situation than a year ago. At the 2016 All-Star break, they were 51-36, leading the American League East by two games and sending five players to the Midsummer Classic. This year, they are 41-46 and tied for fourth in the AL East with Toronto. They are 8 1/2 games back of first place....
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Tanner Scott rides big fastball, improved slider into Futures Game

Tanner Scott rides big fastball, improved slider into Futures Game
So maybe there is one downside to the plan. He can never be a winning pitcher. But other than that, there is a whole lot to like about the Orioles' 2017 development plan for pitcher Tanner Scott, a left-hander who can touch 100 mph. Mostly a reliever previously in his pro career, the 22-year-old Scott has been making starts of three innings this season for Double-A Bowie. That gives him more innings to throw and work on all of his pitches, and also a between-outings bullpen session to work on...
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O's game blog: Orioles are 0-5 on the road trip

O's game blog: Orioles are 0-5 on the road trip
The Orioles have two games to go on what has so far been a winless road trip to Milwaukee and Minnesota. They lost three straight at Milwaukee and have lost back-to-back games at Minnesota by 6-4 and 9-6 scores. Last night, the Orioles led 6-0 in the third inning. The Twins (45-41) are 1 1/2 games behind the division leading-Indians in the American League Central. The Orioles (40-46) are tied for fourth with the Blue Jays in the AL East, now 9 1/2 games back of the Red Sox. The Orioles are five...
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Another look at the latest loss and some farm notes

Another look at the latest loss and some farm notes
The latest chapter during this miserable extended stretch of baseball by the Orioles where no lead is safe and there is seemingly no end to the poor play was written last night. The Orioles led 6-0 after the third inning in Minnesota. By the end of the fifth, they trailed 7-6. They lost 9-6 to fall to 40-46. The Orioles have been outscored 33-13 during an 0-5 road trip that has a chance to get to 0-7. They have lost 30 of the last 45 games. They are 18-36 since they had the best record in the...
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O's game blog: Kevin Gausman faces the Twins

O's game blog: Kevin Gausman faces the Twins
The Orioles are 0-4 on a seven-game road trip and look to begin to change that tonight. They play at Minnesota in the second game of a four-game series that leads into the All-Star break. Minnesota won 6-4 last night scoring six runs in the last of the third off Dylan Bundy. The Orioles had 11 hits but went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They have scored just seven runs on this trip, batting .148 (4-for-27) with runners in scoring position. Bundy is 2-3 with an ERA of 8.53 over his...
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Orioles will not sign their fourth-round draft pick

Orioles will not sign their fourth-round draft pick
Today is the final day to sign selections from the 2017 First-Year Player Draft. The deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern time. But the Orioles are not going to sign their lone remaining unsigned top 10 pick, right-hander Jack Conlon from Clements (Texas) High School in Sugarland, Texas. He was taken in the fourth round with the 128th overall selection. Had the Orioles signed Conlon, they would have reached agreements with their all of their first 16 selections over the first 15 rounds. So far, they have...
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Another loss mixed with some facts and opinions

Another loss mixed with some facts and opinions
The latest Orioles game just produced more frustration for players and fans alike. Now at 40-45 after falling 6-4 at Minnesota, the Orioles are tied for fourth and fifth in the American League East with Toronto. So that means they are tied for last place. They have lost four in a row and six of seven. They are 18-35 since May 9, when they were 22-10 and had the best record in Major League Baseball. The team since then has seldom looked like a good team, much less a winning team. They are...
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O's game blog: The road trip moves on to Minnesota

O's game blog: The road trip moves on to Minnesota
When the Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Orioles 4-0 last night at Miller Park, they became the fifth team this year to sweep three straight from Baltimore. Tonight the Orioles face one of the previous four. They've also been swept by the Royals, Astros, Yankees and Twins. The Orioles (40-44) begin a four-game series tonight at Minnesota (43-41). It's the final series before the All-Star break. Right-hander Dylan Bundy (8-7, 4.02 ERA) will make his 18th start for the Orioles. After pitching...
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Bowie skipper talks Austin Hays, plus other notes

Bowie skipper talks Austin Hays, plus other notes
BOWIE, Md. - Orioles minor league outfielder Austin Hays turned 22 yesterday. He will probably remember being 21 rather fondly. In just over a 12-month span, he has been drafted in the third round by the Orioles out of Jacksonville University, hit .336 at short season Single-A Aberdeen, hit .328 at Single-A Frederick and now is batting .339 at Double-A Bowie. Isn't it supposed to get harder as you go up? Hays was recently named the organization's Player of the Month for June, batting .373...
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O's game blog: Birds trying to salvage a series finale

O's game blog: Birds trying to salvage a series finale
With losses by 8-1 and 6-2 scores in the first two games of the series, the Orioles need a win tonight to avoid being swept in this three-game set at Milwaukee. The Orioles have been swept three straight this year at Kansas City, Houston, in New York versus the Yankees and at home against Minnesota. At 40-43, the Orioles have matched a season high at three games under the .500 mark and have fallen 8 1/2 games out in the American League East. Their road record is 15-27 and they have lost 16 of...
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Nice rookie season: Trey Mancini has hit for average and power

Nice rookie season: Trey Mancini has hit for average and power
Orioles rookie Trey Mancini hit better than .300 for his minor league career. He is doing that this year in the majors, showing even more power than he showed for much of his time on the farm. For his minors career, Mancini hit .306/.357./472 with an OPS of .829. For the 2017 Orioles, he is batting .305/.351/.544 with an OPS of .895. Mancini hit 20 homers last year, but seven came when he began the 2016 season with Double-A Bowie. For Triple-A Norfolk in tough-to-homer Harbor Park, he had 13...
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O's game blog: Jimenez on the mound at Milwaukee

O's game blog: Jimenez on the mound at Milwaukee
So that was not the start of a road trip that the Orioles wanted. Left-hander Wade Miley gave up seven runs over 1 2/3 innings as they fell behind big early in the game and lost 8-1 at Milwaukee on Monday. In the last five games, O's pitchers have had a few ups and downs. In that stretch they've allowed zero, six, 10, one and eight runs. As for Miley, this was his shortest non-injury start of the year and fourth game where he has pitched three innings or less. Three of those have come over...
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Are the O's considering Tanner Scott a future starter?

Are the O's considering Tanner Scott a future starter?
When it was announced last Thursday that hard-throwing Double-A Bowie left-hander Tanner Scott was selected for the All-Star Futures Game, manager Buck Showalter made some nice comments about Scott and the strong season he is having. He also said this: "Who knows, he might even be a starting pitcher one day. If he can grasp the changeup like he's grasped the slider, who knows? He's doing well and has really gotten a grip on his walks. He's been fun to watch and we've had a good plan." The...
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O's game blog: Road trip begins in Milwaukee (O's lose 8-1)

O's game blog: Road trip begins in Milwaukee (O's lose 8-1)
When the Orioles begin a three-game series and seven-game road trip in Milwaukee this afternoon, they will be a facing a team that is in first place. While the Orioles (40-41) are in fourth place and 6 1/2 games out in the American League East, the Brewers (44-40) lead the National League Central by two games over the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs. Milwaukee, which saw a three-game win streak snapped Sunday, has spent 43 days in first place. The Brewers are 23-23 at home and 4-3...
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Notes and quotes with Dan Duquette, Kevin Gausman and more

Notes and quotes with Dan Duquette, Kevin Gausman and more
The Orioles may have a losing record at the season's halfway point, but for now, they are not considered sellers with the July 31 trade deadline approaching. It is all subject to change, but Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette has made that clear in a few interviews now. The latest was Sunday when he was my guest on "Orioles Baseball Tonight" 105.7 the Fan in Baltimore. I asked Duquette to size up the first half. "I think everybody has seen the same thing," he said. "We were in...
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Postgame Gausman, Machado, Showalter quotes (updated)

Postgame Gausman, Machado, Showalter quotes (updated)
When he was sitting with an ERA of 6.60 in mid-June, you had to wonder if Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman would ever turn around his season. He may be doing that right now. Today, he followed up Tuesday's start of 5 1/3 scoreless in Toronto with seven scoreless in the Orioles' 7-1 win over the Rays. The Orioles avoided being swept as Gausman allowed just two singles and fanned nine while improving to 5-7 with an ERA of 5.61. He's allowed no runs and six hits in 12 1/3 those last two...
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