The Orioles pursued trading for San Diego Padres outfielder Melvin Upton Jr., who was dealt to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. They reportedly were going to send Ubaldo Jimenez and two minor leaguers to the Padres for Upton – but the money that needed to exchange hands was the sticking point....
Welcome to Connolly’s. Grab a seat, pick up your surgical mask and snag an orange straw. We’ll still serve you even if you are contagious. The Orioles are a MASH unit right now. Oriole manager Buck Showalter, third baseman Manny Machado and first baseman Chris Davis weren’t part of Wednesday’s 5-0 loss...
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We can’t have a discussion at Connolly’s today without tapping into the most interesting issue currently facing the Orioles. No, I’m not talking about Ubaldo Jimenez or Hyun Soo Kim or even prospect Hunter Harvey, who will have a MRI on his right elbow Monday after leaving Saturday’s game at Aberdeen in...
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CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCASTS ON ITUNES From the moment he was drafted with the 61st pick overall in the 2013 draft, there was talk that Chance Sisco one day would be an Orioles’ backstop – perhaps the heir apparent to Matt Wieters. For one, he had the big-league name,...
Come into the tap house and sit down today. Make sure it is a sturdy barstool because it’s not just two-for-one Wednesday, it’s five-for-one. That’s in honor of the Orioles’ five All Stars that were announced Tuesday night. Third baseman Manny Machado and closer Zach Britton were locks. I thought right fielder...
Flying high off of his “Ubaldo Jimenez will throw a quality start” prediction Wednesday night, Dan Connolly joined me for a video chat to talk through the latest surrounding the Orioles. Besides Jimenez, Dan and I discuss the pending trade deadline and how the O’s may look to fortify their pitching staff...
The high school baseball season officially came to a close Sunday evening with the completion of the annual Brooks Robinson All-Star Game at Camden Yards. In the game, which featured 30 of the top senior players from across the state, the South team scored five times in the first four innings and...
Tuesday marks the beginning of an eight-game homestand, a 16-game jaunt without an off day and 19 consecutive contests against clubs with records above .500. Of their 45 games remaining in the regular season, the Orioles only play 10 against sub-.500 teams, seven versus the Tampa Bay Rays and three versus the...