The Orioles completed their 2019 first-year player draft last week, and the bulk of the attention has been focused on the top picks, particularly No. 1 overall selection Adley Rutschman. That’s the nature of the draft. The top prospects and budding stars, with occasional exceptions, are usually found in the first few...
We’re just three days away from meeting the face of the Orioles’ rebuild. The 2019 Major League Baseball draft will begin Monday night at 7 Eastern time. And, of course, everyone knows the Orioles hold the No. 1 pick for the first time in 30 years. So, who will they take? According...
One of these things is not like the others. It isn’t hard to figure out. Orioles (10-16) Triple-A Norfolk (7-14) Double-A Bowie (4-16) High-A Frederick (8-12) Low-A Delmarva (16-2) My colleague, Paul Folkemer, touched on Delmarva’s fast start in this recent post. The Shorebirds already have a 10-game winning streak this season....
As Rich Dubroff wrote Friday, the Orioles’ high minors have been a disappointment so far. The Triple-A Norfolk Tides have struggled to a 7-11 record and the Double-A Bowie Baysox have been even worse at 3-13. Discouragingly, many of the Orioles’ most recognizable prospects — including Austin Hays, Yusniel Diaz and Dillon...
BOWIE, Md.—Many of the names on this year’s Bowie Baysox roster are familiar to avid Orioles fans, the ones who carefully followed the comings and goings of spring training. Two of the Baysox, pitchers Hunter Harvey and Dillon Tate, are already on the Orioles’ 40-man roster. Several others, including pitchers Chris Lee,...
I have a confession to make… For me, this season came out of nowhere. Yet, here we are, with only 161 games to go. We just completed the earliest Opening Day ever – excluding international games. So it really did sneak up earlier than before, even if it was just a day...
The 2019 season unofficially begins Saturday morning. That’s when the Orioles will welcome thousands of fans to the Baltimore Convention Center for their annual FanFest. If you’re a season-ticket holder, you can get in at 10 a.m. Everyone else needs to wait until 11 a.m., but the festivities will last throughout the...
We’re almost to the finish line. On Sunday, the Orioles will officially close the book on their worst season ever. With their 112th loss – in a fitting 19-3 defeat in the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday afternoon – they took care of that distinction...
Just like that, another minor league season is in the books. Triple-A Norfolk (69-71) fumbled away a postseason berth with a 5-15 record in its final 20 games, including an eight-game losing streak from Aug. 26 through last Saturday. Because of that slide, the Tides wound up in third place in the...
Thursday, we learned the Orioles’ first two representatives in the Arizona Fall League. When the league begins in October, Double-A Bowie outfielder Austin Hays and Triple-A Norfolk utility player Steve Wilkerson will play for the Glendale Desert Dogs. Four pitchers and a catcher from the organization will join them, but the Orioles...