The Power and the Patience of Adam Jones
Today is the one-month anniversary of Adam Jones's last walk. Savor it.
Tuesday Bird Droppings
O's lose while Arrieta continues to frustrate, MiGo becomes a proud papa, Chen continues his rehab, and the roster adds an unexpected name.
Around the Minors: 6/17/13
The Aberdeen Ironbirds open the season, details not available. The affiliates go one for four for the night, with strong performances by Tsuyoshi Wada and Johalis Pacheco.
Tigers 5, O's 1: Scherzer shines, Arrieta doesn't
In the opening game of their series, the Baltimore Orioles lost to the Detroit Tigers, 5-1, on June 17, 2013 in Detroit. Jake Arrieta gave up five runs in 4.2 innings and Max Scherzer struck out 10 Orioles in six innings to go 10-0 on the season.
How do O's hitters rank by position vs rest of AL?
A month ago, the Orioles had the worst second basemen and designated hitters in all of the AL. Have things gotten any better? How do the rest of the players rank compared to their peers? Spoiler: Chris Davis is awesome.
The Power and the Patience of Adam Jones
Today is the one-month anniversary of Adam Jones's last walk. Savor it.
Tuesday Bird Droppings
O's lose while Arrieta continues to frustrate, MiGo becomes a proud papa, Chen continues his rehab, and the roster adds an unexpected name.
Around the Minors: 6/17/13
The Aberdeen Ironbirds open the season, details not available. The affiliates go one for four for the night, with strong performances by Tsuyoshi Wada and Johalis Pacheco.
Tigers 5, O's 1: Scherzer shines, Arrieta doesn't
In the opening game of their series, the Baltimore Orioles lost to the Detroit Tigers, 5-1, on June 17, 2013 in Detroit. Jake Arrieta gave up five runs in 4.2 innings and Max Scherzer struck out 10 Orioles in six innings to go 10-0 on the season.
GameThread
766O's @ Tigers. (your "Max" pun here) game thread.
The Orioles kick off a three-game series against the Tigers on Monday night. In what may be the Reverse Lock of the Year, Jake Arrieta takes the mound against Max Scherzer.
Rotation: Hammel out for Tues., Britton expected
Jason Hammel is still not recovered enough from his illness to start on Tuesday. Zach Britton is expected to be called up to start the game.
O's @ Tigers lineups & notes for Monday night
The Orioles and the Tigers kick off a three-game series in Detroit on Monday night.
Week 11 Birds Up, O's Down (10 - 16 June)
Who's hot and who's not for the Baltimore Orioles
Series Preview: Orioles @ Tigers, 17-19 June
After gaining two games on the AL East-leading Red Sox, the O's depart for a tough series in Detroit.
What could it look like if Manny extended w/ O's?
Manny Machado is in his first full MLB season, but he's already looking like he could be one of the best players in baseball for years. The Orioles should start thinking how about how to keep him around. What would a hypothetical contract look like?
Orioles GIFs of the Week
It's that time again sports fans!
Around the minors: 6/16/2013
Norfolk 0, Louisville 1: Making the start for the Tides was Chris Jones, the lefty who came over from the Braves in the Luis Ayala trade. Jones has now made more starts this season than at any...
Monday Bird Droppings
Another series win, more Thor bombs, more Manny doubles...having weathered some slumps, tough defeats and (gasp!) a series loss earlier in the month, let us hope the gods of regression have been...
Orioles 6, Red Sox 3: Closing In
Miguel Gonzalez pitched well enough to let the fielders do their thing, the offense scored six runs, and the bullpen allowed just an infield hit over 2.2 innings, giving the Orioles a big series win over the Red Sox.
Rotation: Arrieta starts Mon., Tues. still TBA
Following Sunday's win over Boston, Buck Showalter announced that Jake Arrieta would start Monday's game for the Orioles against the Tigers.
GameThread
933Red Sox @ O's. Win it for the Orioles dads thread.
The Orioles take on the Red Sox on Sunday with a chance to win the four-game series with a victory. Miguel Gonzalez, soon-to-be dad, pitches for the O's, with Jon Lester pitching for Boston.
Father's Day Bird Droppings
Chen is getting closer to returning, Roberts is getting closer to returning, Markakis might make the All Star team, Davis is in 2nd place in All Star balloting and Buck explains why he uses the shift. And Happy Father's Day!
Around the Minors: June 15th, 2013
Back to the Future
Red Sox 5, Orioles 4: Blown calls & bad decisions
The Baltimore Orioles fell to the Boston Red Sox by a 5-4 score on June 15, 2013 in Baltimore. A blown call by home plate umpire Jeff Nelson led to two runs scoring for Boston and the Orioles comeback in the ninth inning came just short.
GameThread
749Red Sox @ O's. Change the luck of Lackey thread.
The Orioles go for their third straight win against the Red Sox. Don't expect it, though, because Freddy Garcia is pitching against John Lackey.
Saturday Bird Droppings
The O's gain another game on the Red Sox, Wada goes down, and draft picks are a-signin'.
Around the Minors: June 14th, 2013
Josh Hader owns the Rangers Low-A affiliate. Nicky Delmonico continues to show some decent power. Tyler Wilson continues to find Double-A amenable to his skill level. L.J. Hoes is on fire.
Orioles 2, Red Sox 0: Gettin' it Done
With the offense-minded Orioles and Red Sox squaring off, everyone expected a high-scoring series. But if there was going to be a low-scoring game in this four-game set, it was going to be...
