The National Baseball Hall of Fame added four new members to its ranks Wednesday: Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones and Jim Thome. The quartet combined for 75 years in the majors, two MVP awards and 29 All-Star appearances Hoffman notched 601 saves while the slugging trio of Guerrero, Jones and Thome...
On Monday, Baseball America released its annual Top 100 prospects list, and the Orioles had three representatives: outfielder Austin Hays at 21, catcher Chance Sisco (pictured above) at 68 and third baseman Ryan Mountcastle at 71. That’s a solid showing considering the Orioles had a total of three on the list in...
The question we all want answered is whether Manny Machado will be an Oriole on Opening Day, March 29. Well, mosey up to the bar and let me help you out with that one. My best guess, based on my years as an intrepid reporter, is maybe. I still think the Orioles...
I don’t really check my personal Facebook page that often. Early evening Sunday, I checked it. And it was flooded with posts by people I know from the Baltimore area. They were celebrating. Celebrating the Pittsburgh Steelers loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. I laughed about it. And then it got me thinking....
OK, I’m sorry. There I said it. And it has nothing to do with the hike in fake drink prices. I was hoping you wouldn’t pick up on that. No, I’m apologizing for the baseball industry and us supposedly tapped-in scribes. I thought this offseason would have a little more action. So...
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Orioles closer Zach Britton, who was extremely pleased with his recovery from a season-ending knee injury, ruptured his right Achilles’ tendon while running sprints Tuesday in California and will have surgery Thursday. There is no specific timetable for recovery yet — Britton will know more after foot specialist Dr. Kenneth Jung of...
Let’s start with the likely Orioles’ situation at the Tap Room today, even if it is not guaranteed yet. Let’s figure that third baseman Manny Machado gets dealt away at some point in the next few days or weeks. Let’s not even worry about where he is going, or what the Orioles...
As trade rumors swirl around Manny Machado, fans and media have speculated on what kind of return package the Orioles might get if they trade their star third baseman. Can the Orioles land a bounty of top-100 prospects? Can they get a major league ready starting pitcher? Some combination of both? Neither?...
Type quietly in the Tap Room today. Your barkeep has a hangover. It’s not from partying, though. It’s from spending four days at baseball’s annual winter meetings, where the atmosphere is filled with stale air and staler rumors. But sometimes those rumors keep rolling until they become something. That’s what happened this...