With Westburg and Holliday out, Jackson is proving his value to Orioles
BALTIMORE—A year ago, Jeremiah Jackson was toiling away for the Chesapeake Baysox, his fourth season in Double-A with his third different organization. Jackson had been invited to major league spring training because the Orioles needed extra infielders. He was stuck in the auxiliary clubhouse and wasn’t with the team for long. After hitting .254 with […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
Should Orioles sign Lucas Giolito? | MAILBAG
Question: Zach Eflin is down. Chris Bassitt might be Charlie Morton 2.0. Dean Kremer is doing April Kremer things. I see that Lucas Giolito is still out there in free agency. Is there a reason he has yet to sign? Would it be a prudent for the Orioles to sign him? I can’t imagine it […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
Wells allows 3 runs in 10th as Orioles lose to Diamondbacks, 8-5: ‘There’s no running away from it’
BALTIMORE- What happened? Entering Wednesday’s game, the Orioles’ bullpen had held opposing batters to a .199 average and had struck out the fourth most batters in baseball. But Tyler Wells had a bad 10th inning, giving up a two-run home run to Adrian Del Castillo on a 2-0 count as the Orioles lost to the […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
Uncertain return for Orioles’ Mountcastle; Huff added as 3rd catcher; O’s-D-backs lineups
BALTIMORE—Ryan Mountcastle was wearing a plastic boot on his left foot and navigating the Orioles’ clubhouse on a scooter Wednesday morning. The Orioles’ first baseman/designated hitter broke a metatarsal bone in his left foot running out a double on Saturday night and immediately left the game. Mountcastle didn’t feel anything as he was rounding first […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
Rogers has rare subpar night in Orioles’ 4-3 loss to Diamondbacks
BALTIMORE- What happened? For four innings, Trevor Rogers flirted with trouble, but the Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t score. That ended in the fifth inning. Rogers gave up four runs in the fifth. In his 4 2/3 innings, the 28-year-old left-hander allowed nine hits, his most as an Oriole and equaling his career high in a 4-3 […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
The One And Only Billy Loes
On his way to winning a team-high 14 games for the Orioles in 1957, pitcher Connie Johnson had a curious conversation with a teammate. “Be careful. You don’t want to win too many games,” Billy Loes told him. “What are you talking about?” Johnson asked. “Well,” replied Loes, a fellow starting pitcher, who would record […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
Orioles’ Albernaz back on job after breaking jaw, shattering cheek bone; Holliday put on hold; O’s-D-backs lineups
BALTIMORE—A day after Orioles manager Craig Albernaz was forced to leave the dugout after a Jeremiah Jackson line drive hit him on the right side of the face, breaking his jaw, he was back at work and in good spirits. “I don’t have sick days,” Albernaz said. “I kind of have to show up every […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
After scary injury to Albernaz, Jackson, Alonso lead Orioles to stirring comeback win, 9-7 over D-backs
BALTIMORE- What happened? On a night when Orioles manager Craig Albernaz was forced to leave the dugout after he was hit by a foul ball off Jeremiah Jackson’s bat, Jackson and his teammates engineered a stirring comeback. In the bottom of the fifth inning, a foul ball off Jackson’s bat hit Albernaz, who was standing […] [ READ MORE HERE ]
