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 –...
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...
Welcome to the second week of our “Minor League Podcast with Adam Pohl.” As we told you last week, Pohl is the voice of the Bowie Baysox and, arguably, the foremost expert on the organization’s minor league system. Well, today, we’re gonna provide a 1-2-3 punch of experts on the Orioles’ minors....
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...
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...
Although three of the Orioles’ four full-season affiliates still have losing records – Low-A Delmarva is the exception at 10-8 – it was a great week for several players in the organization. One of the club’s top prospects received a much-anticipated promotion Monday, while two other minor leaguers were honored as Players...
The Orioles have jumped to the top of the American League East standings through the first two weeks of the 2016 season. But things aren’t going so well down on the farm. The organization’s four full-season minor league affiliates – Triple-A Norfolk (3-8), Double-A Bowie (4-7), High-A Frederick (5-7) and Low-A Delmarva...