Saturday Bird Droppings

Orioles' Manny Machado faced greater likelihood of more knee injuries without surgery - baltimoresun.com
From a doctor: "With non-operative management, we hope that we can get that ligament to tighten up again and heal in a good position. When it doesn’t heal in a good position or heals in an elongated position, then the athlete can be susceptible to another dislocation."

School of Roch: Duquette on Davis, Machado and Chen
Chen has had trouble with his knee for sometime.

Camden Depot: Making the Orioles a Champion in 2014 - Second Base (Part 2)
A look at second base possibilities outside the organization.

Orioles should put Hardy extension on to-do list | Comcast SportsNet Baltimore
Rich Dubroff with a nicer profile on J.J. Hardy.

Happy 30th birthday to the oft-injured and perhaps soon-to-be-non-Oriole Nolan Reimold. It's also the birthday of former Orioles Ray Murray, Sid Fernandez, and Leslie Brea.