As baseball waits to see when and if it can have a 2020 season, there’s more clarity on the future of the minor leagues, which has been a hot topic for the past six months. The working agreement between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball, which expires in September, has been...
No one knows when the baseball season will begin. Major League Baseball and the Players Association have painstakingly discussed potential scenarios for the 2020 season that has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, MLB announced it would pay minor leaguers $400 a week through May 31, or until the minor...
FREDERICK-After being drafted by the Orioles as the 11th overall pick in June 2018, pitcher Grayson Rodriguez said he didn’t get a lot of experience with analytics when he spent the rest of the summer in the Gulf Coast League. That changed when the 6-foot-5 right-hander showed up for his first spring...
UPPER MARLBORO-Heading into his second spring training as Orioles general manager, Mike Elias can picture the future. Though the team is still not close to contention, Elias said there are players heading to Sarasota for the start of spring training on Tuesday whom he expects to be in Baltimore sooner rather than...
In early December, the Orioles made two trades in three days, sending starting pitcher Dylan Bundy to the Los Angeles Angels and infielder Jonathan Villar to the Miami Marlins. Bundy was traded for four right-handed pitchers. Villar was traded for a left-hander. There’s a chance that one of those pitchers could see...
If you look at Kyle Stowers’ stat line in his first professional baseball season, you might think it was disappointing. Stowers, who was the 71st overall pick in the competitive balance segment of the second round in 2019, hit .216 in 55 games for Short Season Aberdeen with a .667 OPS. Stowers...
Growing up in Frederick County, Shana Knight remembers spending summer nights at Harry Grove Stadium. She spent even more time there when she returned home for the summer from Frostburg State University, working three straight summers as a camera operator for the team from 2011-2013. That connection deepened in 2019. Knight, who...
A year ago, pitcher Bruce Zimmermann was digesting an eventful 2018 season. He was unexpectedly dealt from the team that drafted him, the Atlanta Braves, to the team he grew up pulling for, the Baltimore Orioles, at the trading deadline. In five starts with Double-A Bowie, he was just 2-3 with a...
With the Orioles struggling at the major league level in 2019, fans looked to the minor leagues for optimism in 2019. When he was hired, general manager Mike Elias said he wanted to create an “elite talent pipeline,” and that plan got off to an encouraging start this past season. A number...
With the Orioles struggling at the major league level in 2019, fans looked to the minor leagues for optimism. When he was hired, general manager Mike Elias said he wanted to create an “elite talent pipeline,” and that plan got off to an encouraging start in 2019. Several prospects left over from...