BALTIMORE—In eight days, the Orioles and the other major league teams can expand their rosters from 25 to 40. Manager Brandon Hyde has said he’s not in favor of gross roster expansion, so don’t expect the Orioles to add the full 15 players. This is the final season teams will be able...
BALTIMORE—It was difficult to discern who the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays were. It’s Players’ Weekend in Major League Baseball, and for the occasion, the Rays were outfitted in home whites with names and numbers nearly impossible to read The Orioles, who usually wear black tops on Fridays, wore all-black uniforms,...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles continued the restructuring of their front office and scouting departments by firing 11 members of those departments. After news of the dismissals became public knowledge, general manager Mike Elias addressed the issue on Friday afternoon, when he confirmed that the team had fired 11 people. The most prominent was Tripp...
BALTIMORE—Just before play resumed at 10:59 p.m., the Orioles announced the attendance for Thursday’s game as 8,153. As a reward for waiting out a two-hour, 16-minute rain delay, the 200 or so fans who remained could sit in any unoccupied seat. For a fan who was visiting Oriole Park for the first...
BALTIMORE—For the fourth straight game, Chris Davis is not in the starting lineup, and manager Brandon Hyde said that he didn’t expect Davis to play as often as he did early in the season. Davis is batting .179 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs. Since he got into the dugout dispute...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles tied a dubious record on Wednesday night. However, most of the modest crowd of 9,872 focused on a second straight victory after enduring an eight-game losing streak. Whit Merrifield, the Kansas City Royals’ excellent second baseman, homered against starting pitcher Aaron Brooks in the third inning. That was the 258th...
BALTIMORE—Entering this season, Asher Wojciechowski stood out primarily because of the length of his last name. Wojciechowski was signed by the Orioles as a minor league free agent for spring training in 2018. Wojciechowski was an early cut, and went to Triple-A Norfolk. He pitched creditably for the Tides, going 5-4...
BALTIMORE—After eight consecutive losses, the Orioles finally broke their second-longest slide of the season with none other than Hunter Harvey getting the win. A week ago, it would have been a stretch to think that Harvey would get a win in the big leagues after six years of injuries and struggles in...
BALTIMORE—After going 5-for-5 on Monday night and hitting in 10 straight games, the Orioles promoted Adley Rutschman from the Aberdeen IronBirds to the Delmarva Shorebirds on Tuesday. Rutschman, the top overall pick in June’s draft, hit .325 with a home run and 15 RBIs in 20 games for the IronBirds. He began...
BALTIMORE—John Means looked terrific for five innings. Means, who hadn’t gotten through four innings in his previous three starts, didn’t allow a hit through five to the Kansas City Royals. In the sixth, Means and the Orioles came apart and suffered their eighth straight defeat, 5-4, on Monday night. They’ve lost 13...