Outfielder Craig Gentry was designated for assignment Friday and reliever Jhan Mariñez was outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk to give the Orioles two free 40-man roster spots for roster expansions Saturday.
The Orioles added outfielder Craig Gentry from the disabled list to replace Adam Jones, who left the team for a funeral ahead of the series opener in Cleveland.
The Orioles originally signed veteran hitter Danny Valencia as injury insurance during spring training. They designated him for assignment Friday because they needed a roster spot for rookie center fielder Cedric Mullins.
The Orioles could finish with the worst defense by some measurements in major league history. Buck Showalter tried to put that on players playing out of position, but the ideal scenarios he described don't show that.
Orioles reliever Darren O'Day (hamstring) and outfielder Craig Gentry (rib fracture) went on the disabled list Wednesday, with no return date made public for either of them.
It was deep in the falling action when Friday turned into Saturday at SunTrust Park and Manny Machado homered in the 15th inning to send the Orioles to an eventual 10-7 win over the Atlanta Braves.
The Orioles found a new way to lose Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre, sinking to a season-worst 25 games below .500 after dropping a 4-3 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays on reliever Mychal Givens’ bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning.
Behind seven shutout innings for Dylan Bundy against an offense with as many problems as their own, the Orioles beat the Mets, 1-0, to take the two-game series at Citi Field.
The Orioles recorded 13 hits, but didn't score a single run in a 5-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park to fall to 4-19 on the road this season.
Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop and outfielder Trey Mancini did baseball activities Monday on their way back from an oblique and knee injury, respectively.
Darren O'Day allowed a three-run homer in the eighth and Pedro Araujo gave up a walk-off homer to Dixon Machado in the ninth as the Orioles lost, 6-5, to Tigers.
Center fielder Adam Jones said the Orioles need to stop making excuses and start winning, and that there wouldn't be any panic among them until "about June."
Five thoughts on the Orioles' first ten games, including the context of celebrating a losing road trip, the bullpen workload and results, and how the rotation succeeded in the Bronx, and more.
Craig Gentry won an 11-pitch at-bat to drive in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning, and Brad Brach escaped a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the bottom half for his second save of the season.
An Opening Day that seemed scripted for disaster Thursday at Camden Yards ended with the longest-tenured Oriole — center fielder Adam Jones — the hero.
Sure, the Orioles won, 3-2, in 11 innings on a walk-off homer, just as they did in last year's season opener. But Thursday's victory flipped the script.
Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph hit a two-run triple to break a scoreless deadlock on Opening Day, and later cast the team in his own underdog image as he looked forward to the rest of the season.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter said putting Chris Davis at leadoff was like "a new toy, something that signifies a new start" as the team looks to get full value from its highest-paid slugger.
Orioles top prospect Austin Hays acknowledged that being sent to Double-A Bowie to start the season was a "letdown," but said he learned a lot from his first major league camp.
