Not long after the disappointing Game 2 loss in the Wild Card Series, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was hit with a question he had grown weary of answering. “The problems Adley had in the second half, can you figure it out at all? That’s all I get asked by people,” Hyde was asked. Hyde wasn’t in the mood to elaborate on the bad second half by Orioles All-Star catcher Adley … [Read more...] about Rutschman’s second-half struggles were a huge story for 2024 Orioles
Should Orioles acquire more left-handed starters? | MAILBAG
Question: The Orioles have built their park with the deep left field so that left-handed pitchers should have an advantage, yet their rotation is predominantly right-handed and their two big acquisitions this season – Corbin Burnes and Zach Eflin – are both right-handed. Why don’t they try to sign more left-handed starters to play to their ballpark’s strength? From: Harold … [Read more...] about Should Orioles acquire more left-handed starters? | MAILBAG
Orioles’ Cowser has surgery to repair fractured left hand
Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser had surgery to repair his fractured left hand on Tuesday, the team announced. Cowser was hit on the hand in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the Orioles’ Wild Card Series with Kansas City when the struck out on an inside pitch by Angel Zerpa. The Orioles say that the surgery performed by Dr. Donald Sheridan in Phoenix was successful. Cowser is … [Read more...] about Orioles’ Cowser has surgery to repair fractured left hand
Looking at Orioles’ relief options for 2025
In 2023, the Orioles had the game’s best relief pitcher for five months, Félix Bautista, and the bullpen had a 3.55 ERA. In 2024, with Bautista rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, the bullpen had a 4.22 ERA. The Orioles tried to substitute Craig Kimbrel for Bautista, and for half a season, Kimbrel was fine with a 6-2 record, 2.80 ERA and 23 saves. In a disastrous second half, … [Read more...] about Looking at Orioles’ relief options for 2025
The Other Frank Robinson Trade
BaltimoreBaseball.com is delighted to be partnering with John Eisenberg, the author and longtime Baltimore sports columnist, whose latest venture is an Orioles history project called The Bird Tapes. Available via subscription at birdtapes.substack.com/subscribe, the Bird Tapes is built around a set of vintage interviews with Orioles legends that Eisenberg recorded a … [Read more...] about The Other Frank Robinson Trade