Orioles prove that sometimes baseball is just a confidence game
The Orioles could have been forgiven for feeling some heat after dropping a weekend series to the Red Sox that featured a 17-run embarrassment and a rubber-game loss to a team that replaced its manager and much of its coaching staff before Sunday’s finale. That kind of thing can put a dent in the confidence […] Read More
Orioles-Astros postponed; Thursday doubleheader at 12:35 p.m.
BALTIMORE–The Orioles-Houston Astros game scheduled for 6:35 p.m. on Wednesday was postponed due to rain. The announcement came just before 2:30 p.m. The Orioles and Astros will play a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 12:35 p.m. Chris Bassitt will start Game 1 and Brandon Young will start Game 2. Houston will start Peter Lambert and […] Read More
Baz gets 1st win, Alonso homers in Orioles’ 5-3 win over Astros
BALTIMORE–What happened? Two of the most prominent acquisitions of last December played key roles in an Orioles win on Tuesday night. Starting pitcher Shane Baz and first baseman Pete Alonso, who joined the Orioles within eight days of each other, had starring roles in a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros before 13,233 at Camden […] Read More
The Orioles’ Adult In The Room
Sandwiched between Boog Powell and Eddie Murray in Oriole first base lore, Lee May was a slugger known as “the Big Bopper.” But years later, his teammates recalled him more for the person he was. At the Orioles’ spring training camp in Miami in 1977, veterans Pat Kelly and Lee May were standing in the […] Read More
Albernaz on Alonso: ‘He’s close’; Orioles-Astros starting lineups
BALTIMORE—Orioles manager Craig Albernaz doesn’t think slugging first baseman Pete Alonso is pressing. Alonso is hitting .196 with a .637 OPS, three home runs and 10 RBIs. He does have a .301 on-base percentage because of 15 walks. He’s struck out 32 times. “I mean this in the best way possible, he’s such a pleaser,” […] Read More
Orioles need more quality from their starters
Through 28 games, Oriole starting pitchers have a 4.56 ERA, 22nd in baseball. The good news is that they’ve had only two awful starts. Chris Bassitt gave up six runs in two innings at Pittsburgh on April 5th, and Trevor Rogers allowed three runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings against Boston last Saturday. […] Read More
Why did Orioles switch from Aberdeen to Frederick? | MAILBAG
Question: Why did the Orioles’ High-A affiliation team switch from Aberdeen to Frederick? From: Jacob P Answer: Jacob, attendance in Aberdeen had fallen sharply in recent years. In 2025, after several years of steady decline, the IronBirds averaged only 1,628 fans per game, second lowest in the South Atlantic League. When Aberdeen was a short-season […] Read More
Baz gets 1st win, Alonso homers in O’s 5-3 win over Astros
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Peter Schmuck: The wise guys in Vegas are more optimistic about the Orioles than I am
I stopped by the Maryland Live casino on Sunday to cash another long-odds ticket on red-hot golfer Matt Fitzpatrick and decided to check the futures odds on the Orioles. Surprisingly, they remain at 22-1 to win it all even though they will enter their upcoming series against the Houston Astros two games under .500 and […] Read More
