BALTIMORE-Jonathan Villar is in the starting lineup for Saturday night’s game, and he has played in each of the Orioles’ 109 games this season. Villar has started 106 games and entered in the late innings three times. Villar would like for the record to show that he played in all 162 games...
BALTIMORE—After their West Coast trip that resulted in five wins in nine games, manager Brandon Hyde was hoping that the Orioles’ strong offense would carry over to their homestand. So far, that hasn’t been the case. After scoring at least seven runs in each of their five wins on the trip, the...
BALTIMORE—Dillon Tate has allowed six runs in his first five major league innings for an ERA of 10.80. To manager Brandon Hyde, the 25-year-old right-hander has pitched much better than the stats indicate. “I don’t have a long track record with Dillon except for some innings in spring training and monitoring the...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles returned home after a winning West Coast road trip and their first non-losing month in nearly two years. They began August with a decisive loss. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two home runs and drove in four as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Orioles 11-2 on Thursday night. Guerrero, whose...
BALTIMORE—Mike Elias was uncertain whether he’d be able to make a deal in the hours leading up to Wednesday’s trade deadline. In the end, he couldn’t. But he doesn’t sound disappointed. “I think there were some moments where it looked like something might happen,” the Orioles’ general manager said Thursday night. “We...
SAN DIEGO—Now that the trade deadline has come and gone, it’s time to look ahead to the last two months of this fascinating Orioles season. The team has shown improvement in the last month. Since they lost 10 straight and 13 of 14 on June 28, the Orioles are 14-13. They just...
SAN DIEGO-To the surprise of many, Wednesday’s 4 p.m. Major League Baseball trade deadline passed without the Orioles making any deals. Players such as reliever Mychal Givens and infielder Jonathan Villar could have been complementary pieces to contenders, but the deadline passed without any movement. There had been speculation that there might...
SAN DIEGO—With his teammates mentioned in trade talks, Chris Davis could reflect on having gone through the experience. Tuesday was the eighth anniversary of the trade that changed Davis’ career, the one that sent him from the Texas Rangers to the Orioles. That trade sent Koji Uehara to the Rangers for Davis...
SAN DIEGO—In his first three at-bats against the San Diego Padres Tuesday, Chris Davis struck out. That ran his hitless streak to 18. On the nine-game road trip, Davis was 0-for-16 with 14 strikeouts. The fourth at-bat was different. Davis homered against left-handed Matt Strahm to center in the eighth, breaking a...
SAN DIEGO—Even though his name has been thrown around in trade rumors, Trey Mancini doesn’t think he’s going anywhere. Earlier Tuesday, MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi suggested that the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers had been making a push for Mancini. With the trade deadline nearing on Wednesday at 4...