Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Cade Povich makes his second career start as the Orioles look for a series victory over the Braves. Cade Povich will take the mound at Camden Yards for the first time tonight against the Braves. The 24-year-old will look to make a positive impression after allowing six earned runs in his first career start last week. With Dean Kremer … [Read more...] about Wednesday night Orioles game thread: vs. Braves, 6:35
Povich shines, Cowser launches go-ahead homer in 4-2 win over Braves
Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Cade Povich delivered six shutout innings in his first start at Camden Yards, and Colton Cowser launched a two-run homer in the eighth inning for a 4-2 win. The Orioles appeared destined for another feel good victory before one swing of the bat in the eighth inning. Cade Povich dazzled with six scoreless innings in his home debut, but … [Read more...] about Povich shines, Cowser launches go-ahead homer in 4-2 win over Braves
Thursday Bird Droppings: The Orioles are riding a season-high six-game winning streak
Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Through 67 games, the Orioles are on pace for the same 109-53 record as the franchise-best 1969 team. Wow! Hello, friends. The Orioles! They’ve done it again. The first two games of the nine-game “these teams are actually good” stretch of baseball are in the books and they’ve won both of them. Last night, a 4-2 win over Atlanta made … [Read more...] about Thursday Bird Droppings: The Orioles are riding a season-high six-game winning streak
Orioles minor league recap 6/13: Enrique Bradfield Jr. hits first career homer
Photo by Josh Tijong/MLB Photos via Getty Images The O’s affiliates did a whole of lot of winning and hit a bunch of home runs on Wednesday. Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 5, Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals) 4 Heston Kjerstad remained hot at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a double. Jackson Holliday was hitless, but he walked three times and scored twice. But it was Hudson Haskin … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 6/13: Enrique Bradfield Jr. hits first career homer
Thought Kyle Bradish couldn’t get better after last year? Think again.
Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images His stuff is even better in ’24, which is kind of scary. A couple days ago, MLB ran a piece making use of Statcast’s new bat-tracking metrics. Turns out, bat speed and hard-hit percentage are old news, people—you can now measure how well a batter makes contact with the ball. They call it a “squared-up swing.” This is one in which the … [Read more...] about Thought Kyle Bradish couldn’t get better after last year? Think again.