Archives for September 2022

Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports The O’s lose, Santander keeps hitting homers, a new pitching lab, and Stowers on Fenway. Good morning, Birdland! The Orioles’ offense has found its way up in Boston this week, scoring 23 times the last two days. Unfortunately, the pitching has gone in the opposite direction, allowing 21 runs in the same time. Normally, scoring nine runs … [Read more...] about Wednesday Bird Droppings: Running out of time

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Tides offense comes up cold and a four-run seventh from the Jumbo Shrimp proves the difference in the penultimate game of the season. Triple-A: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Marlins) 6, Norfolk Tides 2 The Tides’ quest to finish their season with a .500 record will come down to the last day of the season. Tuesday’s 6-2 loss to the … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 9/28: Rough 7th inning dooms Norfolk in loss to Jacksonville

Brent Skeen-USA TODAY Sports The soft-tossing lefty can not be optioned again this season if recalled, but the Orioles could use one more look at Nick Vespi. The Orioles’ bullpen entered last night’s game with 598.1 innings pitched this season. The number, sixth in baseball, signifies the workload that Baltimore’s relievers have faced this year. The Orioles began … [Read more...] about Nick Vespi remains an option for overworked bullpen

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports The O’s will look to clinch a .500 or better record in game three of a four game set. While the playoffs are still dangling tantalizingly close for this Orioles team, let’s not all overlook the significance of clinching a non-losing season. By game 155 last year, the Orioles already had well over 100 losses. It was the same story in … [Read more...] about Wednesday night Orioles game thread: at Red Sox, 7:10pm ET.