Dean Jones Report
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July 26, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Christian Walker among those surging for Orioles’ affiliates
The Orioles’ minor league system could look a lot different by this time next week. Or maybe it won’t. It all depends on whether executive vice president Dan Duquette can find a match in his quest to improve the American League East-leading club with a trade (or more). When I first started...
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July 19, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Injuries and struggles: A rough week on the Orioles’ farm
The Orioles continue to lead the American League East as we creep closer to August, but things aren’t going as smoothly down on the farm at the moment. Right-hander Hunter Harvey hurt his arm over the weekend. Left-hander Chris Lee had a setback in his rehab. Infielder Jomar Reyes has been dealing...
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July 12, 2016 at 1:58 pm
Dean Jones Report: Updates on first-rounders Harvey, Stewart and Sedlock
We’ve reached the official midpoint of the major league season. And, at the same time, Triple-A Norfolk and Double-A Bowie have also reached their respective All-Star breaks. The Tides (35-56) have the worst record in the International League, while the defending Eastern League champion Baysox (38-51) are in fourth place in the...
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July 5, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Dean Jones Report: Mancini, Reyes lead several O’s prospects in bullish week
I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July holiday weekend. Or, at least, I hope yours was better than the Orioles’. Yikes. It hasn’t been pretty on the West Coast over the past week. And, really, it hasn’t been pretty on the road all season. The Orioles are just 16-22 away...
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June 28, 2016 at 7:00 am
Dean Jones Report: Wright back on track at Norfolk; Mancini and pitchers surging
Like I said last week, this is an exciting time of the minor league season. Teams are beginning to sign the players they selected earlier this month in Major League Baseball’s first-year-player draft. And they’re also rewarding prospects with promotions. The Orioles did both over the past week. Through Friday, when the...
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June 21, 2016 at 1:46 pm
Dean Jones Report: Josh Hart hurting; Tanner Scott surging; Hunter Harvey returning
The weeks after Major League Baseball’s first-year-player draft are often filled with promotions, releases and other moves as a new group of signees joins the organization. On Friday, the Orioles announced their first draft-pick signing – former Illinois right-hander Cody Sedlock, the club’s first-round selection (27th overall). And Monday, the club added...
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June 7, 2016 at 4:00 pm
The Dean Jones Report: Welcoming a draft; a surging Aquino; an injured Lee
A few dozen new players will join the Orioles’ minor league system this weekend. The 2016 Major League Baseball first-year player draft will take place Thursday evening through Saturday. The first two rounds will be televised Thursday on MLB Network, starting at 7 p.m., while rounds three through 10 can be viewed...
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May 31, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Dean Jones Report: Recent minor league acquisitions starting strong
The four pitchers acquired by the Orioles earlier this month all made their organizational debuts during the past week. The veteran of the bunch, 33-year-old left-hander Brian Duensing (pictured above), retired all three batters he faced – including the first two on strikeouts – in the eighth inning of Triple-A Norfolk’s 9-2...
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May 24, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Dean Jones Report: Tolliver surges to the majors
As I’m sure you know by now, the Orioles parted ways with Brian Matusz on Monday night. The club dealt the struggling left-handed reliever and a compensatory draft pick (76th overall in this year’s draft) to the Atlanta Braves for two minor league pitchers – right-hander Brandon Barker and left-hander Trevor Belicek....
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May 17, 2016 at 11:00 am
Yastrzemski’s hot-hitting earns him a promotion and ‘surging’ status
Every Tuesday, I give an update on how the minor leaguers on Baseball America’s Orioles 2016 Top 10 prospect list have played in the previous seven days. Regular readers know that right-handers Dylan Bundy, Mychal Givens and Mike Wright are excluded since they’re in the major leagues. I assign the other seven...
