This is why you watch the games. This is why baseball is so cool. Because Monday night’s 2-1 win by the Orioles against the Kansas City Royals shouldn’t have happened for several reasons. And yet they did win. In dramatic fashion. The Orioles beat the red-hot Royals in the bottom of the...
Here’s my initial take from what the Orioles did at today’s non-waiver trade deadline. What was the point here? They didn’t sell, which I thought was probably the way to go if they could get elite return. They didn’t really buy either – picking up 27-year-old shortstop Tim Beckham for 18-year-old minor...
The non-waiver trade deadline is over and it appears the Orioles – at 50-54 and 5 ½ games behind the Kansas City Royals for the second Wild Card prior to tonight’s contest between the two – were, indeed, buyers. Relievers Zach Britton and Brad Brach, and every other Oriole of note, stayed...
In their first deal before Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, the Orioles decided to be buyers, acquiring 30-year-old right-handed starter Jeremy Hellickson from the Philadelphia Phillies for outfielder Hyun Soo Kim, Double-A reliever Garrett Cleavinger and international bonus money. A pending free agent, Hellickson is 6-5 with a 4.73 ERA in 20 starts....
Maybe the Orioles are sellers and will auction off some of their best players in the next few days. Maybe they are tempered sellers, trading a few pending free agents and spare parts for salary relief and a role-of-the-dice player or two. Maybe they are buyers – something in my opinion they...
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS HERE iTunes / Google Play This time of year – the lead-up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline – always intrigues me. As a baseball writer, I hate it. The “hectic” part I’m fine with, it’s the rumors, and the vague and obvious statements that somehow pass...
With the Orioles headed to a seven-day road trip, closer Zach Britton is not scheduled to pitch at Camden Yards again until at least the evening of July 31. By then, we’ll all know whether the Orioles have decided to deal him away at the non-waiver trade deadline in an attempt to...
A lot was made of Dan Duquette’s comments Saturday to season-ticket holders about whether he is in buy mode or sell mode. He didn’t come out and specify which, but his comments would make you think that buying a starting pitcher for this team is still in play. “This year, we haven’t...
The Orioles held their annual midseason State of the Orioles address with season-ticket holders at Camden Yards – at least until it was cut short by rain. The Q&A with executive vice president Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter yielded few details on the plan for the next week or so. Let’s face...
Oftentimes during the various trade deadlines over the years, I have gone to center fielder Adam Jones to get his take on where the Orioles are and what he thinks should be done with his club. Jones, after all, is the longest-tenured Oriole, and one of the more thoughtful and outspoken members...