Baltimore Baseball

BALTIMORE—Cal Ripken Jr. talked about how his parents encouraged him to be like Brooks. Eddie Murray joked about eating crabs with him. Current Orioles, including Kyle Bradish, Adam Frazier, Kyle Gibson, Aarn Hicks, Ryan Mountcastle, Ryan O’Hearn, Grayson Rodriguez and Tyler Wells, were there. So were teammates Al Bumbry, Rick Dempsey and Jim Palmer. But the event honoring … [Read more...] about Teammates, friends, relatives and fans pay tribute to Brooks Robinson

BALTIMORE—The Orioles know they’ll be without Félix Bautista for the postseason and the 2024 season after their star closer has Tommy John surgery next month. Manager Brandon Hyde said nothing has changed since August 26th, the day after Bautista was injured. “I’m going to continue to do what I’m doing,” Hyde said. Yennier Cano has recorded four saves in Bautista’s absence. … [Read more...] about Without Bautista, Orioles need new closer; Team records 101st win, 5-2 over Red Sox

BALTIMORE—Gunnar Henderson has been voted Most Valuable Oriole by the local media who cover the team. Henderson, who is the favorite to be voted American League Rookie of the Year, is tied with Anthony Santander with 28 home runs for most on the Orioles, and his 82 RBIs are second to Santander’s 93. Henderson is batting .257 with an .818 OPS. He began the season poorly, and as … [Read more...] about Gunnar Henderson voted Most Valuable Oriole; Jackson Holliday named top minor league player, Chayce McDermott top minor league pitcher

In the weeks before the start of the 2023 baseball season, the wise guys in Vegas applied all of their massive computing capacity and — no doubt — the best AI platforms available and came to the conclusion that the Baltimore Orioles would win 77 regular-season games this year. On April 24th, the day Dean Kremer defeated Chris Sale and the Red Sox for his team’s seventh straight … [Read more...] about Peter Schmuck: Pay up Vegas, the Orioles beat all the odds

Pardon the irritating first-person narrative, but I’ve got a few more hours before I have to submit my Most Valuable Oriole ballot, and I’m getting the shakes. There is room for only three players on that ballot and you could make a solid case for at least twice that many to be listed among the top three. The candidates get points for each first-, second- and third-place vote, … [Read more...] about Peter Schmuck: This year’s Most Valuable Oriole ballot is stressing me out