BALTIMORE—The Orioles begin their final six weeks of the 2019 season against the only American League team they’ve yet to play, the Kansas City Royals. The Royals have the third-worst record in baseball (44-80) while the Orioles have the second worst (39-85). The teams play three games this week and three more...
If you’re already looking forward to spending some time in spring training to prepare for the 2020 season, you can firm up your plans. The Orioles open spring training in Sarasota, Florida on February 11 when pitchers and catchers report. Their first game is on Saturday, February 22, in North Port, Florida,...
BOSTON—The most brutal part of the Orioles’ 2019 schedule ended with arguably the most brutal inning of the season. Orioles starter Ty Blach began Sunday’s sixth inning with a 6-3 lead. By the time the interminable inning ended, the Boston Red Sox had scored six runs and knocked three pitchers and a...
BOSTON—With the Orioles on the way to their 11th loss in 12 games, manager Brandon Hyde provided a pleasant diversion for his team by inserting Hunter Harvey in the eighth inning of a game the Orioles trailed by four runs. Harvey, the team’s’ top draft pick in 2013, who was surprisingly called...
BOSTON—About 10:30 on Friday evening, Hunter Harvey was in Syracuse, New York with the Norfolk Tides. The Tides’ scheduled game had been...
BOSTON—The Orioles have called up Hunter Harvey, their top draft choice in 2013, from Triple-A Norfolk. Harvey, whose career has been riddled with injuries, has finally had a season when he’s healthy, and the Orioles decided to promote the right-handed pitcher on Saturday. After struggling as a starter for Double-A Bowie, Harvey...
BOSTON—The last time Aaron Brooks pitched, the Orioles absorbed their second-worst defeat ever. While Brooks didn’t win against the Boston Red Sox six days after allowing nine runs in a 23-2 defeat, he at least kept the Orioles competitive for a time. That time wasn’t nearly enough as the Boston Red Sox...
BOSTON—Ten days after suffering a concussion when a fly ball he was trying to catch in left field hit him in the head, DJ Stewart is back. On August 6, Stewart came in a shallow fly ball hit by the Yankees’ Mike Ford, stumbled as he tried to change direction and lost...
ABERDEEN—In a season in which more attention is focused on the Orioles’ minor league teams than any in recent memory, even more attention has been focused on the Aberdeen IronBirds. Almost all of the focus has been on Adley Rutschman, the overall No. 1 pick in the nation who made his debut...
NEW YORK—Perhaps no 10-day period in Orioles history has featured such a great disparity in talent levels. Over the just-concluded 10 days, the remodeling Orioles have played the teams with the two best records in the American League, the Houston Astros and New York Yankees. They lost nine of those 10 games...