david freese
- Steve Pearce, who has played for all five American League East teams, including the Orioles, is named World Series MVP after helping the Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 World Series.
- Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy became the first Orioles starter to go five full innings this spring.
- Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman had another 'odd start' in a frustrating season Tuesday against the Pirates.
- Orioles prospect Trey Mancini was back starting at first base Friday afternoon, continuing to force a difficult roster decision over the two weeks as he
- Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez battled his control throughout Wednesday afternoon against the Pittsburgh Pirates at LECOM Park. Despite issuing five walks,
- Pirates left-hander Steven Brault, a former Orioles farmhand who was traded to Pittsburgh before the 2015 season, pitched a scoreless first inning Saturday
- The Orioles' two premier relievers, closer Zach Britton and Darren O'Day, experienced vastly different results Thursday as they pitched in games on consecutive days for the first time this season.
- The Orioles had been stuck in a strange offensive pattern in the last week: Three separate times they scored five runs or more in one game only to follow it up with two runs or fewer the next contest. They broke that up-down trend Saturday night, but not in a good way, losing 6-1 to the Los Angeles Angels before an announced 29,102.
- A nail-biter against the Los Angeles Angels stretched into extra innings before the Orioles prevailed with a 7-6 victory in the 12th on a walk-off homer by third baseman Manny Machado.
- The Orioles bullpen couldn't hold the lead handed to it by right-hander Chris Tillman, though, as the Angels rallied for two runs in the eighth for their major league-leading 31st comeback win.
- On Tuesday night, Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez shut down the highest scoring lineup in the major leagues for seven innings and fell one out short of his third straight eight-inning outing in a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels in front of an announced 35,353.
- In Monday night's series opener against the Los Angeles Angels, Adam Jones hit a pair of two-run homers for his fifth career multihomer game, providing the Orioles with all the offense they needed in a 4-2 victory at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
- Since he broke into the majors, J.J. Hardy used a Rawlings Pro 200 4K glove. There's just one problem. Hardy can't really use it in a game. Or at least not now.
- Stephen Strasburg surrendered three hits over two innings -- including a single and home run to the first two batters he faced -- in his first action since Sept. 7.