BALTIMORE—Dan Straily’s addition to the Orioles’ pitching staff makes it likely the team will do away with its experiment with the opener, at least for the foreseeable future. Straily, a 30-year-old right-hander the Orioles signed on Friday, hasn’t pitched since March 22, three days before the Miami Marlins released him. “I thought...
Eager to add another experienced major league starter, the Orioles signed Dan Straily on Friday. Straily, a 30-year-old right-hander released by the Miami Marlins on March 25, was immediately added to the major league roster. In seven seasons with Oakland, the Chicago Cubs, Houston, Cincinnati and Miami, Straily is 42-36 with a...
BALTIMORE—The Baltimore Orioles owe Chris Davis nearly $110 million for the remainder of his seven-year, $161-million contract. With Mike Elias in charge as the club’s general manager, John and Louis Angelos running the team because of their father’s declining health, fans wonder how long the Orioles will keep their struggling first baseman...
BALTIMORE—Perhaps fans had begun to think that the massive rebuilding process the Orioles have undertaken was going to produce instant results. If they did, the sixth inning of Thursday’s home opener may have changed some minds. The Orioles came back to Oriole Park after winning four of their first six games this...
The Orioles’ fourth straight victory, which equals their high-water mark in 2018, illustrated three ways the team has shown improvement in the season’s first week. Andrew Cashner, who allowed six runs on six hits in just four innings on Opening Day, was much sharper in his second start, pitching six scoreless innings...
In the first four games of the 2019 season, the Orioles have already done two things they failed to do all last season. They’ve won three games in succession on the road, and they’re two games over .500. In all of 2018, the Orioles had just three winning streaks of three games...
NEW YORK—As Orioles manager Brandon Hyde made out his lineup for the third game of the season, it was radically different from the ones in the first two games. That’s nothing new for either Hyde or the Orioles. Both the Chicago Cubs, for whom Hyde served as bench coach last year, and...
NEW YORK—As the Orioles made trims to their roster during spring training, Hanser Alberto stayed. Eventually, he headed north with the team. The 26-year-old infielder was acquired on waivers from the Yankees on January 11, then was lost on waivers on February 22 to the San Francisco Giants when the Orioles claimed...
NEW YORK—Brandon Hyde was intrigued by the idea of the opener. He was even more enthused about it once the Orioles picked up their first win of the season, and his first as a big league manager by using it. It took six pitchers, and Mike Wright’s first major league save to...
NEW YORK—Opening Day meant the major league debuts for the two Orioles Rule 5 players. Saturday might mean they’re both in the starting lineup. Richie Martin, the more publicized of the picks, started at shortstop, played flawlessly, and was hitless in three at-bats. Drew Jackson, who drew notice during spring training for...