Ending an unusual and difficult season, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde acknowledged that it was a trying time, dealing with a team during a pandemic. “We’ve all gone through a lot this year,” Hyde said after the Orioles’ 7-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Sahlen Field in Buffalo on Sunday. In...
Oriole starter John Means ended the 2020 season with a loss. However, he could hardly have pitched any better. Only a two-out, sixth-inning home run by Cavan Biggio spoiled Means’ night. Means had arm fatigue to begin the season and then lost his father to pancreatic cancer on August 7th. His fastball...
Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said he’s thankful for his players’ health during a season that was shortened by Covid-19, but that he isn’t satisfied with what he saw on the field. “It’s very difficult for me to label any season a success where we have a losing record and...
Very quickly, the Orioles were down by 10 runs to the Toronto Blue Jays, and even though they cut the deficit in half, it was another lopsided loss. Toronto’s 10-5 win over the Orioles at Sahlen Field in Buffalo on Friday night was the third bad loss in the first four games...
Rightfielder Anthony Santander, who was having an outstanding season before an oblique injury ended it on September 4th, was voted Most Valuable Oriole for 2020, the team announced Friday. The award is voted on by members of the media who cover the Orioles. Santander, 26, played in each of the Orioles’ first...
After scoring just eight runs in the past five games, the Orioles had a rare offensive outburst on Thursday night, dominating the Boston Red Sox, 13-1, at Fenway Park. The win was the Orioles’ fourth in their past 16 game and gives them a 24-33 record with three game left to be...
In a 60-game schedule, it’s easy to look back and see what went right and what went wrong. After 20 games, the Orioles were 12-8, and there was optimism about what could happen in a short season. In their next 20 games, the Orioles were 7-13, leaving them 19-21. Had it not...
The good news is that there are only four games left for the Orioles. In the last two weeks, the Orioles have had trouble at bat and in the field. On Wednesday night, the struggles extended to their shining rookie starter, Dean Kremer. Kremer excited the Orioles by allowing just three runs...
For the second time in two days, an Orioles reliever has been placed on the injured list. On Wednesday, it was Evan Phillips, who came out of Tuesday night’s game shaking his right arm and has been diagnosed with right elbow inflammation. The day before it was Dillon Tate, who injured his...
In the final week of a season highlighted by promising talent, the Orioles produced an ugly loss on Tuesday night. In the first game of their final road trip of the shortened season, the Orioles committed three errors and lost to the Boston Red Sox, 8-3, at Fenway Park. The Orioles dropped...