Camden Chat

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The O’s get a heavy dose of playoff contenders for the remainder of the month, giving them a chance to make up ground in the Wild Card race. Good morning, Camden Chatters. The Orioles took care of business against three sub-.500 teams these past nine games, going 6-3 against the Reds, Rangers, and Pirates. I’ll take that, even if … [Read more...] about Monday Bird Droppings: The Orioles begin a make-or-break stretch

DL Hall whiffed eight over 5.1 innings, the Baysox poked their head above .500 with an 18-run pounding of Harrisburg, and Coby Mayo hit his 15th homer of the season. Triple-A: Nashville Sounds (Brewers) 9, Norfolk Tides 4 Norfolk got a good start from DL Hall but lost this one during a disastrous eighth inning. As clever as new Orioles farmhand Cade Povich made the O’s front … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 8/8: DL Hall bounces back and Bowie blows away the competition

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The GM had a noticeable shift in tone following the trade deadline. That could mean a whole lot of changes coming to Birdland this winter. According to Orioles’ GM Mike Elias, the team is about to enter into a “decade-long window” of winning. It’s the type of comment that some will take as bloviating to cover up for a trade deadline … [Read more...] about What does Mike Elias mean by “liftoff” for the Orioles?

Adley in Toronto | Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Can the Orioles make inroads in the wild card race with three games against one of the teams ahead of them? So far this year, the Toronto Blue Jays have felt more like an idea than an actual baseball team. Here the Orioles are with 108 games in the books and they have played the Blue Jays four times. That’s nuts! … [Read more...] about Orioles-Blue Jays series preview: An A.L. East matchup with wild card implications

We tip our hats to you, Gunnar Henderson. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images O’s affiliates won four of five games Friday, as many of their most high-profile hitting prospects continued to shine. Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 7, Nashville Sounds (Brewers) 2 GUNNAR HENDERSON continued to do GUNNAR HENDERSON things, going 2-for-4 with his ninth home run at … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 8/6: Cowser does it all, Henderson and Ortiz stay hot