ATLANTA – James Wood hasn’t been a big leaguer long enough to offer much advice to anyone, but he has been a big leaguer long enough to share some words of wisdom with Dylan Crews as the latter prepares to debut tonight for the Nationals. “I remember it was a lot, in a good way,” Wood said of his first major league game just eight short weeks ago.

Since he burst onto top 100 prospects lists during the 2023 season, O’s catching prospect Samuel Basallo became a marked man. Everyone knew his name and opponent pitchers worked hard to make their mark by getting him out. He likes that actually. “I embrace it. It’s a challenge and I like to compete. Guys fighting to get me out, I take that as a cha

The trade that brought Eloy Jiménez to the Orioles was celebrated in some Chicago circles. Always injured, not hitting, clogging a roster spot and some payroll space. And the cost for the Orioles was Triple-A left-handed reliever Trey McGough, who never cracked a prospect top 30 list. “We hope we can get Eloy on a heater,” executive vice president/

A team has only so many dramatic comebacks in the bank. Expecting three in a row seems a bit unreasonable, a tall order that can’t always be scaled. Maybe spread them out a little. Make a baseball life a little easier while fighting to get back into first place. Dean Kremer ran into two-out trouble in the fourth inning tonight, surrendering three r

The Orioles last three-game win streak came over 30 games ago. They won three straight July 14-20, wrapping around the All-Star break with a win to end the first half and two to start the second half. They have not won three straight over a three-day period since taking four in a row from June 26-29. With two wins in the first three games versus Ho

Samuel Basallo on up to Triple-A. The Orioles' top 100 catching prospect is being promoted to Norfolk after homering for Bowie today in his final game with the Double-A Baysox. Basallo is ranked as the No. 11 prospect in baseball per MLBPipeline.com and No. 17 by Baseball America. He’s had a very solid year at Double-A that included an appearance i

Triple-A Norfolk outfielder Daniel Johnson is on the Orioles’ 24-hour taxi squad while center fielder Cedric Mullins is reevaluated for left quadriceps tightness. Mullins exited Friday's game due to discomfort and so far he's avoided the injured list. Johnson was removed from Norfolk’s game after two at-bats that night, and he’s got a locker at Cam

ATLANTA – There are more promising young players to come, especially the one scheduled to make his major league debut Monday night in D.C. But the Nationals already are awfully young even before Dylan Crews joins them. Of the nine players in today’s starting lineup, five were rookies. So was the starting pitcher. That made this first time the franc

The Orioles designated left-hander Nick Vespi for assignment this afternoon after optioning him for a fifth time, and they claimed right-hander Brooks Kriske on waivers from the Reds. Kriske was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk to leave the active roster untouched. The 40-man remains full. Vespi couldn’t be optioned again without passing through waiver

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Claimed RHP Brooks Kriske off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk.Designated LHP Nick Vespi for assignment. The Orioles’ 40-man roster currently has 40 players.