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...
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...