It’s been nearly two months since the Orioles completed the last of the trades that sent six veterans—Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Brad Brach, Kevin Gausman, Darren O’Day and Jonathan Schoop away—and brought back 15 players and $2.75 million in international signing bonus slot money. Although it’s far too early to make a...
BALTIMORE—DJ Stewart had nothing to show for his first 13 major league at-bats. In Tuesday night’s loss, Stewart had a little league home run — a sharp single to right field on which he came around to score on two Toronto throwing errors. On Wednesday night, Stewart’s home run was of the...
BALTIMORE—Tiny crowds, seemingly meaningless games. That shouldn’t be acceptable to the Orioles, Buck Showalter says. The Orioles’ manager doesn’t know if he’ll return in 2019. That decision has yet to be made, but Showalter, who has been playing to a clubhouse that’s nearly entirely new, wants his players to realize that things...
BALTIMORE—Manager Buck Showalter was in no mood to hear about the Orioles’ record-setting 108th loss. “I heard it yesterday and today,” Showalter said. “What else is there to talk about? It was as difficult as it was yesterday. Same thing. I look at it … nothing has changed since yesterday.” What changed...
BALTIMORE—Bill Sciannella is like thousands of Oriole fans. He loves to come to the ballpark to cheer for his favorite team, even though the Columbia resident can’t see the action on the field. Sciannella, who is blind, has been a rabid baseball fan his entire life, first rooting for the Washington Senators...
BALTIMORE—Oriole fans who lived through the 0-21 start and 107 losses in 1988 were probably certain they’d never see anything that bad from this franchise again. Thirty years later, the Orioles lost for the 107th time with 12 games still to play in this dreadful season. Their 5-0 loss to the Toronto...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles have 13 games remaining in this most forgettable of all seasons. They’ll try to win as many games as they can, but even getting through those final 13 will be an immense challenge. After Sunday’s 8-4 win over the Chicago White Sox, manager Buck Showalter wouldn’t announce a starter for...
BALTIMORE—As part of his new job as senior adviser to the Orioles, Brooks Robinson got to present an award named after him to the Orioles’ Minor League Player of the Year on Saturday. Robinson hadn’t met Cedric Mullins, the winner, until just before a press conference where the winners of minor league...
BALTIMORE—With the Orioles searching for starting pitching, they may have found another option in Yefry Ramirez. The 24-year-old hadn’t started in nearly four weeks as manager Buck Showalter wanted to look elsewhere after Ramirez allowed seven runs in three innings against Cleveland on Aug. 19. Ramirez, who had been in the bullpen,...
BALTIMORE—With just 15 games to play, the Orioles are scrambling for starting pitchers. For the third time in four games, an Orioles starter was injured. On Tuesday, Alex Cobb left after two innings with a blister or cut on the middle finger of his right hand. A day later, Andrew Cashner had...