kevin jepsen

The Orioles bullpen is one of the team's biggest strengths heading into this offseason, but 2016 was a perfect example that you can’t have too much relief

Anyone who has watched the Orioles this season has seen how much Adam Jones has struggled, but manager Buck Showalter also sees how hard Jones has worked

Adam Jones made Minnesota pay for walking Manny Machado in front of him, working a full count before lacing a two-run single into left field off Twins closer Kevin Jepsen, sending the Orioles to their third straight win, 5-3, in front of an announced 21,586 at Target Field.

As quickly as Camden Yards exalted following Gerardo Parra¿s go-ahead homer Friday night in the bottom of the sixth inning, the ballpark fell silent as the Orioles suffered through a nightmare eighth inning that sent them to a tough-to-digest 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Oriole Park.

Now that the much-anticipated midseason trade deadline has passed, it's probably a good time to take stock of what happened over the past week and consider how it might impact the Orioles and the American League East.

Shortstop J.J. Hardy came through in the bottom of the ninth, hitting a walk-off RBI single to give the Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Rays in front of a sellout crowd of 45,505 at Camden Yards.