Minors
-
November 13, 2019 at 7:00 am
Projecting where some of the Orioles’ top prospects will start in 2020 — Part 2
With the Orioles struggling at the major league level in 2019, fans looked to the minor leagues for optimism in 2019. When he was hired, general manager Mike Elias said he wanted to create an “elite talent pipeline,” and that plan got off to an encouraging start this past season. A number...
-
November 6, 2019 at 7:00 am
Projecting where the Orioles’ top prospects will start in 2020 — Part 1
With the Orioles struggling at the major league level in 2019, fans looked to the minor leagues for optimism. When he was hired, general manager Mike Elias said he wanted to create an “elite talent pipeline,” and that plan got off to an encouraging start in 2019. Several prospects left over from...
-
October 30, 2019 at 7:00 am
Orioles’ minor league arrangement could be vastly different a year from now
The Orioles have an ideal minor league structure. Four of their five minor league affiliates — Double-A Bowie, High-A Frederick, Low-A Delmarva and Short-Season Aberdeen — are in Maryland. The other, Triple-A Norfolk, is about a four-hour drive from Oriole Park. That arrangement has worked out well for the Orioles. If they...
-
September 26, 2019 at 7:00 am
Moore reflects on Delmarva’s special season, playoff disappointment; Orioles’ pitching prospect Fenter looks ahead
There were so many big stories with the Delmarva Shorebirds this past season. Long a relatively forgotten outpost in the Orioles’ minor league chain, the farthest of the four Maryland affiliates from Baltimore, Delmarva never got the attention that Bowie, Frederick or Aberdeen gets. That changed this season when the Shorebirds, packed...
-
September 13, 2019 at 11:15 pm
Bowie’s season ends with loss to Trenton
. BOWIE —-The Bowie Baysox ran out of comebacks Friday night. Trenton’s pitching kept the Baysox bats and the home crowd quiet as the Thunder won the Eastern League Championship Series with a 5-2 victory. The Baysox overcame a 7-23 start to finish fourth in the Western Division in the first half...
-
September 12, 2019 at 10:44 pm
Trenton’s late steal of home costs Baysox Game 3 of championship series
BOWIE–Bowie Baysox pitcher Alex Wells was one pitch away from working out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam to preserve a 1-1 tie in Game 3 of the Eastern League Championship Series. After giving up one run and throwing just 58 pitches through the first six innings, the Australian left-hander gave up singles...
-
September 7, 2019 at 12:03 am
Delmarva’s best season ends with 1-0 loss in 10 innings
SALISBURY–The best season in Delmarva Shorebirds history is over. In a game that was scoreless heading into extra innings, the Hickory Crawdads scored the only run in the top of 10th inning and swept the Shorebirds on Friday night to advance to face the Lexington Legends in the South Atlantic League Championship...
-
September 5, 2019 at 11:42 pm
Baysox comeback stalls, Harrisburg takes Game 2 of Eastern League Division Series
BOWIE– The Bowie Baysox had moments of brilliance in Game 2 of their division series. But it wasn’t enough to overcome their sloppy play throughout the game, leading the Harrisburg Senators to a series-tying 5-4 victory in 12 innings on Thursday night. Harrisburg first baseman Dante Bichette Jr., son of former major...
-
September 4, 2019 at 11:07 pm
Baysox take Game 1 on eighth-inning rally sparked by Palmeiro; Delmarva loses to Hickory
BOWIE—The Bowie Baysox, whose improbable second-half run gave them an unexpected place in the Eastern League playoffs, got off to a good start in their first playoff game since 2015. Bowie, which beat out Erie for the second playoff spot in the Western Division, scored three eight-inning runs to break a 2-2...
-
at 12:00 pm
Minor league wrap, Part 2: Norfolk, Frederick struggle, but Mountcastle, Hall shine
Minor league season wrap-up, Part 2: On Monday, I took a look at Bowie, Delmarva and Aberdeen, three Oriole minor league teams that either qualified for the playoffs or just missed. In Part 2 of the minor league season recap, we’ll examine High-A Frederick and Triple-A Norfolk, teams that didn’t compete for...
