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- Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins won the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year Award, while left-handers Keegan Akin and Zac Lowther were named the co-winners of the Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
- Breyvic Valera's ninth-inning catch changed the tone of the Orioles-Athletics game Thursday night.
- Manager Buck Showalter said it's a "long process" in deciding when Adam Jones will play and that, while the home fans wanting to see him play are a part of it, the Orioles are "trying to satisfy a lot of things right now."
- Former Orioles pitcher Billy O’Dell, Most Valuable Player of the 1958 All-Star Game in Baltimore, died Wednesday of complications from Parkinson’s disease.
- With Alex Cobb and Andrew Cashner's spots uncertain, the Orioles' rotation has holes to fill. But with whom?
- Adam Jones and the Orioles could be headed for a messy divorce. Over the years, the Orioles, generally, have parted with their stars more favorably.
- The Orioles will give Luis Ortiz, acquired in the Jonathan Schoop trade, his first big league start Friday against the White Sox.
- Adam Jones' teammates believe that the Orioles should try their best to meld their plan of looking at younger players and giving Jones a proper launching pad into free agency this winter.
- A few weeks to see if their young players can hack it before the team has to begin making plans for 2019 and beyond could make a big difference by the time they and the Orioles are ready for the big time again.
- Tuesday’s loss was the Orioles’ fifth straight, their 11th losing streak of at least five games. They’re 1-8 in September, and 41-103 this season.
- Manager Buck Showalter called it a blister. Cobb said it’s more like a cut to his finger, something that would heal if he didn’t throw a ball for two weeks.
- Buck Showalter said that Rogers is scheduled to pitch again this season, but that it will likely be selectively out of the bullpen.
- Jones returned to the starting lineup for the series opener against the A’s, perhaps to show everyone that his absence wasn’t punitive or to show that the Orioles are aware of their responsibility to put a competitive team on the field.
- Former first-round pick DJ Stewart joined the Orioles ahead of their series-opener against the Oakland Athletics.
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Just as early-season schedule tested Orioles, playoff opponents down stretch will be another measure
Long before anyone knew this Orioles season was going to develop into the mess that it did, the one thing that was clear was that the beginning of it was going to be very hard. - The Orioles couldn’t control being able to trade Jones, but they can control whether to put his name in the starting lineup every day.
- Over the course of their trade deadline overhaul, the Orioles continue to field a club that not only continues to lose, but does so playing an ugly brand of mistake-riddled, head-scratching baseball.
- Adam Jones hasn't played in the Tampa Bay series
- Orioles rookie lefty Josh Rogers couldn't get out of the second inning on Sunday.
- Remember when Cleveland Cooper, Boog Powell and Wes Unseld were in the news?
- The 1983 Orioles' road to the pennant marches triumphantly through New York and Boston.
- Jonathan Villar's vast talent has still gone fully untapped as he reaches the Orioles
- Left-hander Alex Wells, 21, was the Orioles’ minor league Pitcher of the Month for August, with four quality starts in five tries and a 1.97 ERA in the season’s final month.
- David Hess and the Orioles fell behind early in a 10-5 loss to the Rays.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter didn't want to make a snap decision on Dylan Bundy's next step after Friday's start.
- The Orioles have sat Adam Jones, saying it's to give younger players more innings.
- Despite the obvious need before their rebuild, the Orioles have no utility solutions for the future.
- Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy's struggles have him searching for answers.
- The Orioles allowed four homers and issues 11 walks in a 14-2 loss to Tampa Bay.
- The Orioles and their fans sure aren’t embracing the triple-digit milestone that was bearing down on them like a fastball — 100 losses. And the club reached that plateau with a loss to the Rays on Friday
- Alex Cobb and David Hess could miss their starts for the Orioles this weekend.
- Luis Ortiz has made good on his promise to his late great-grandfather by making the major leagues.
- Orioles starter Andrew Cashner struggled with two strikes Wednesday night against the Seattle Mariners.
- The Orioles were 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position on Wednesday night in losing to the Seattle Mariners, 5-2.
- The Orioles made a pair of roster moves Wednesday, recalling infielder Steve Wilkerson and releasing outfielder Craig Gentry.
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Orioles notes: As Mullins recovers from sore hip, he's getting his rest against left-handed starters
In what's becoming a trend as his sore hip heals, Orioles rookie center fielder Cedric Mullins has been given days of rest when opposing teams start a left-handed pitcher. -
In building for future, Orioles pitcher Alex Cobb gaining confidence in split-change as payoff pitch
Alex Cobb didn't see the missed bats he wanted off his splitter against the Mariners, but settling for the groundouts it produced was equally effective in Tuesday night's win. -
Orioles shortstop prospect Adam Hall breaks out in August to earn organization's Player of the Month
In August, shortstop prospect Adam Hall, 19, had something click, and in the process, gave both himself and the Orioles a big sense of relief about what could be to come in his development. - Orioles players and coaches will wear first-of-their kind big league jerseys with their names spelled in Braille on National Federation of the Blind Night on Sept. 18 at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles scored four runs in the seventh inning for a 5-3 comeback win over the Mariners.
- Pitcher Luis Ortiz, one of three players acquired from the Brewers in the Jonathan Schoop trade, receives his first major league call-up. He joins the Orioles in Seattle.
- Orioles infielders made three big defensive plays to keep Monday's game close
- Aberdeen IronBirds fans enjoy their time at the ballpark Friday for the team's final regular season home game of 2018, despite rainy and the game's eventual cancellation. There was the added bonus of being able to see the Baltimore Orioles 1983 World Series trophy and meet four former Orioles.
- There’s nothing to indicate that there won’t be a patchwork approach through September.
- An Orioles offense that’s sputtered into September couldn’t hold up its end, managing just three hits.
- After seven previous big league call-ups, most of which lasted less than 48 hours, Yacabonis is likely on the big league roster to stay this season.
- Trey Mancini started at first base for Davis, and newly recalled catcher Chance Sisco filled Mancini’s spot as the team’s starting designated hitter against the Mariners.
- Ever notice how ducks scatter when fired upon? Baseball Hall of Famer Wilbert Robinson did, and suddenly a new game had a name: duckpins.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he's not focused on whether Mychal Givens will close the team's rare save opportunities as much as he is on Givens finishing the year strong.
- Right-hander David Hess' second-half progress was halted as the Orioles lost a sloppy 9-1 matinee with the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.