Archives for June 2022

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images O’s affiliates won five out of six contests on the day, led by outstanding pitching performance up and down the farm. Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 8, Nashville Sounds (Brewers) 3 It took only two pitches for Gunnar Henderson to make his impact on Triple-A. Starting at third base in his debut at the level, Henderson … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 6/9: Henderson homers in Triple-A debut

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images We’ve found the magic formula: lots of hits allowed, lots of ground balls, decent fielding. It feels like every Orioles game you watch, the announcers are talking about it: the Orioles have turned a Major League-leading 61 double plays in 57 games, equating to 1.07 a game. It’s a statistical oddity for sure, and it’s still unclear … [Read more...] about Why the Orioles are the kings of the double play this season

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The Orioles head to Kansas City for a matchup of the top two draft picks from 2019. Adley Rutschman and Bobby Witt Jr. were taken with the first two selections of the 2019 draft. Rutschman has struggled to adjust to major league pitching so far this season, but everyone expects the bat to come around. The matchup with Witt Jr. could … [Read more...] about Orioles-Royals series preview: Adley Rutschman takes on Bobby Witt Jr.

It’s often a bad sign when the most recent available picture of a pitcher is “A guy is doing his home run trot in the background.” | Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The latest Orioles waiver claim had a 10.13 ERA in 19 games this season. That’s... uh, that’s a big ERA. Over the offseason, Camden Chat published an article about each member of the Orioles 40-man roster. … [Read more...] about Know Your Orioles 40-man: Austin Voth

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Orioles haven’t been good this year. The Royals have been worse. Tonight is game 1 of a 4-game set. The freshest Orioles news that there is to talk about as we head into Thursday night’s game against the Royals has nothing directly to do with the team and its roster. Baltimore’s new digital newspaper, The Baltimore … [Read more...] about Thursday night Orioles game thread: at Royals, 8:10