Minors
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May 31, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Dean Jones Report: Recent minor league acquisitions starting strong
The four pitchers acquired by the Orioles earlier this month all made their organizational debuts during the past week. The veteran of the bunch, 33-year-old left-hander Brian Duensing (pictured above), retired all three batters he faced – including the first two on strikeouts – in the eighth inning of Triple-A Norfolk’s 9-2...
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May 24, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Dean Jones Report: Tolliver surges to the majors
As I’m sure you know by now, the Orioles parted ways with Brian Matusz on Monday night. The club dealt the struggling left-handed reliever and a compensatory draft pick (76th overall in this year’s draft) to the Atlanta Braves for two minor league pitchers – right-hander Brandon Barker and left-hander Trevor Belicek....
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May 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Lefty pitching prospect Chris Lee joins ‘Minor League Podcast’
One year ago today, the Orioles announced they had dealt two international bonus slots to the Houston Astros for a Low-A left-hander named Chris Lee. I don’t think anyone thought much of the deal at the time. Since then, Lee has posted a 2.91 ERA over 151 2/3 innings between High-A Frederick and Double-A...
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2.5K1May 17, 2016 at 11:00 amYastrzemski’s hot-hitting earns him a promotion and ‘surging’ status
Every Tuesday, I give an update on how the minor leaguers on Baseball America’s Orioles 2016 Top 10 prospect list have played...
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May 11, 2016 at 2:00 pm
O’s Instructor Jeff Manto talks Stewart’s stance change and promising young hitters on ‘Minor League Podcast’
If you’ve followed the Orioles for the past 20-plus years, you’ll remember the name – and probably the feat. Jeff Manto was a corner infielder who played for eight big league teams in parts of nine seasons. In 1995, he played 89 games and had 280 plate appearances for the Orioles –...
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May 10, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Trey Mancini bullish at Norfolk: Jason Garcia’s stock still slipping
Of the six healthy prospects whom I track each week in the Orioles’ minor league system, four are bullish and two are bearish in the latest edition of “The Dean Jones Report.” It’s a good sign that there are more positives than negatives this week, right? As regular readers know, every Tuesday...
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2.6KMay 4, 2016 at 2:00 pmNorfolk writer David Hall joins episode 2 of Adam Pohl’s ‘Minor League Podcast’
Welcome to the second week of our “Minor League Podcast with Adam Pohl.” As we told you last week, Pohl is the...
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May 3, 2016 at 1:13 pm
Dean Jones Report: Harvey’s surgery a bear; Sisco continues to be bullish
The biggest news in the Orioles’ minor leagues over the past week happened Monday, when it was revealed that right-hander Hunter Harvey will undergo sports hernia surgery. This setback obviously delays his season debut for at least another month. And the struggles also continued on the field for most of the club’s...
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April 27, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Trey Mancini leads off first ‘Minor League Podcast with Adam Pohl’
OK, so we’re biased. Obviously. But we keep adding cool stuff to BaltimoreBaseball.com that we believe gives fans something a little different. Here’s another – starting today – and we’re pretty psyched about it. Every Wednesday during the baseball season, we now are offering a full-length podcast (roughly 30 minutes) about the...
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2.8KApril 26, 2016 at 11:30 amDean Jones Report: Sisco, Mancini, Yaz, Mercedes on upswing
Although three of the Orioles’ four full-season affiliates still have losing records – Low-A Delmarva is the exception at 10-8 – it...