BOSTON— Even in a lost season, there are some positives for the Orioles. One of them is left-hander Sean Gilmartin, who was signed to a minor league contract on July 13. Gilmartin was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Aug. 11 and has proven to be a valuable member of the bullpen. In...
BOSTON—Everyone seems focused on the status of Orioles manager Buck Showalter and Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Dan Duquette. It seems they forget other members of the staff are also in limbo. The contracts of Showalter’s coaches are expiring, too. Pitching coach Roger McDowell, finishing his second season, and hitting coach...
BOSTON—The biggest remaining question for the final six games of this lost 2018 Orioles season is: Who will be there to start the games? For the moment, manager Buck Showalter has just two confirmed starters, Dylan Bundy, who lasted just three innings and 90 pitches in the Orioles’ 6-2 loss to the...
NEW YORK—Alex Cobb knew this might be a short day. He’d been bothered by a blister on his right middle finger for several weeks, and he left his previous start on Sept. 11 after just two innings. Cobb also knew he wasn’t risking serious injury by pitching, so he decided to go...
NEW YORK—How would the Orioles like a pitcher who threw 176 2/3 innings this season and had a 3.11 ERA? Those are the professional stats for the entire career of Hunter Harvey, who was the Orioles’ top draft choice in 2013 and was shut down again this month during the Instructional League....
NEW YORK—Deeper and deeper into his slump goes Chris Davis. Since a fourth-inning single on Sept. 5, Davis has gone a horrifying 1-for-39 with 20 strikeouts. “This year for me has just been kind of one disaster after another,” Davis said. In the Orioles’ 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees in...
NEW YORK—As the Orioles began their final road trip of the season, the futures of the two top decision-makers in the organization was still in question. According to a report in USA Today, manager Buck Showalter is not expected to return as Orioles manager in 2019. Before Friday night’s game, which the...
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...