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...
The Orioles have an ideal minor league structure. Four of their five minor league affiliates — Double-A Bowie, High-A Frederick, Low-A Delmarva and Short-Season Aberdeen — are in Maryland. The other, Triple-A Norfolk, is about a four-hour drive from Oriole Park. That arrangement has worked out well for the Orioles. If they...
There were so many big stories with the Delmarva Shorebirds this past season. Long a relatively forgotten outpost in the Orioles’ minor league chain, the farthest of the four Maryland affiliates from Baltimore, Delmarva never got the attention that Bowie, Frederick or Aberdeen gets. That changed this season when the Shorebirds, packed...
. BOWIE —-The Bowie Baysox ran out of comebacks Friday night. Trenton’s pitching kept the Baysox bats and the home crowd quiet as the Thunder won the Eastern League Championship Series with a 5-2 victory. The Baysox overcame a 7-23 start to finish fourth in the Western Division in the first half...
BOWIE–Bowie Baysox pitcher Alex Wells was one pitch away from working out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam to preserve a 1-1 tie in Game 3 of the Eastern League Championship Series. After giving up one run and throwing just 58 pitches through the first six innings, the Australian left-hander gave up singles...