With Cadyn Grenier and Adam Hall, each selected high in the last two MLB drafts, playing on the same infield, the Orioles have a 'luxury' at Low-A Delmarva.
In an Orioles bullpen that has faced plenty of turnover one month into the 2019 campaign, Sunday marked perhaps a record day of change. Excluding the three position players manager Brandon Hyde has sent to the mound, the Orioles have deployed 18 relief pitchers this season, the most in baseball.
Sunday, the Orioles recalled catcher Austin Wynns and right-handers Branden Kline and Luis Ortiz from Triple-A Norfolk. Right-hander Alex Cobb was placed on the injured list, right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis was optioned to Norfolk, and catcher Jesús Sucre was designated for assignment.
The Orioles had just six hits but one big defensive miscue that led to a 5-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, ending their improbable winning streak at four.
If there's one drawback to the Orioles' 3-1 start entering Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, it's the amount of relief pitching manager Brandon Hyde has needed to secure those wins.
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said using Mychal Givens in an important part of the lineup like he did Saturday would be more important than using him as a traditional closer.
Before the opener was a popular modern baseball concept, Mike Wright would have just started Saturday's 5-3 Orioles win over the Yankees. Brandon Hyde's first major league win came where the modern tactics being thrust upon him intersected with the trust he's granted his team.
The two Orioles relievers that filled in for Alex Cobb on Saturday night allowed four runs each in an 8-7 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Chris Davis hit his second homer of the spring.
Projecting the Orioles' Opening Day roster after a round of cuts including Austin Hays, Anthony Santander, and Cody Carroll provided plenty of clarity into Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde's reasoning as they build the 25-man roster.
Orioles outfielder Mark Trumbo hasn't played in a game all spring, but that's given him unique perspective in getting to face tricky arms like Richard Bleier and Jimmy Yacabonis on the back fields at Ed Smith Stadium.
Orioles first baseman Chris Davis was scratched from the lineup Tuesday with a sore hip flexor, but manager Brandon Hyde said he's putting in good work amid a slow start this spring.
All there was to do on the rain-soaked fields behind Ed Smith Stadium Wednesday was stretch, play catch, then throw bullpens, with fielding drills postponed for another day.
Every February in Sarasota, young pitchers arrive at Orioles camp for spring training with the idea that a big league rotation spot is there to win — until a late-signing free-agent pitcher snatches it up and consigns them to the minors. This year, that isn't expected to be the case.
Players and pitchers likely to be back with the Orioles in 2019 fuel season-ending 4-0 win over the Houston Astros at Camden Yards in the final game of the season.
Orioles rookie John Andreoli had to wait until the final inning Wednesday for his first Fenway Park hit, adding to a memorable first trip as a major leaguer to the park he visited countless times growing up.
Trey Mancini drove in three runs, Adam Jones had three hits and the Orioles' stars helped them best a star-less Red Sox team, 10-3, Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter dind't know who Wednesday's starting pitcher would be until late Tuesday night, but it didn't matter. Emergency starter Jimmy Yacabonis and his bullpen mates took care of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Orioles third baseman Renato Núñez broke out of his recent skid with a big afternoon in Saturday’s 10-3 loss to the New York Yankees, collecting three hits including a two-run single that temporarily gave the Orioles an early lead.
On Saturday afternoon against the New York Yankees, Jimmy Yacabonis yielded four runs in the third inning during his second time through the order, shifting the momentum of the game to send the Orioles to a 10-3 loss in Game 1 of a split doubleheader at Camden Yards.
