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Outfielder Anthony Santander was hitting .198/.250/.297 when the Orioles optioned him to Double-A Bowie on Sunday. - Outfielder Joey Rickard jump-started his season for the Tides on Friday with a 5-for-5 effort in their 5-2 win over Buffalo at Harbor Park. Rickard, 26, entered the game batting .250 (7-for-28), but left it batting .364 with an .899 OPS.
- In an effort to add more left-handed hitting depth, the Orioles inked veteran outfielder Michael Saunders on a minor league deal. He will report to Triple-A Norfolk to open the season.
- The Orioles could be closing in on a deal with the veteran outfielder in the coming days.
- Former Orioles pitcher Scott Feldman could be a possibility.
- The Orioles have broached several familiar — and low risk — names in pursuing a left-handed bat
- An early Orioles lead was erased just as quickly as it was built Sunday.
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- Orioles right-hander Mike Wright ran into trouble in the second inning of his first Grapefruit League start of 2017 in Tuesday afternoon's 7-5 loss to the
- The Orioles will need to end up on the right side of a lot of variables to match their 2016 win total.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter did a free-agent lightning round and discussed his outfield situation.
- In some major league cities, the month of November is a time of optimism and rebirth, as rebuilding teams shop the free-agent market and ponder trades to improve themselves for a new season that is less than four months away. In Baltimore, we've gotten used to the more deliberate management style of baseball operations chief Dan Duquette and know not to expect a whole lot to happen before the new year.
- Judging solely by the results, there's no denying that going to Mychal Givens in the fifth inning as Chris Tillman ran into trouble was the right move.
- The Orioles have the edge over the Blue Jays in a few areas heading into Tuesday's American League Wild Card game in Toronto.
- If the Orioles do make the playoffs they will have to make some tough decisions on the 25 players they select for their playoff roster.
- Going into June's final day three homers shy of history, the Orioles were robbed of four homers this week
- With the win, the Orioles took two of three from the Blue Jays at Camden Yards this weekend, claiming their ninth home series win in 12 overall this season.
- The Orioles face some difficult roster decisions over the next few days
- Right-hander Mike Wright allowed a career-high eight runs over 3 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, and finished on the wrong side of a 13-3 rout.
- The top of the AL East just got a bit tighter after Michael Saunders' big night for the Blue Jays against the Orioles.
- Right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne has joined the Orioles in Boston, and was called up Tuesday to take the roster spot of right-handed reliever Vance Worley.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis was named the American League Player of the Week for June 6-12.
- Buck Showalter threw Dylan Bundy into the fire Thursday night
- After rallying from an early three-run deficit, the Orioles orchestrated another come-from-behind victory Thursday night.
- Sunday's loss to the Seattle Mariners dropped the Orioles to 4-5 on a homestand that featured the division rival Boston Red Sox, the last-place Houston Astros and up-and-coming but below .500 Seattle team.
- Orioles lefty Wei-Yin Chen's ERA skyrockets when he gets to the seventh and eighth innings.
- The best homer-hitting team in baseball did it again Friday night, launching three longballs -- including Chris Davis' 40th homer of the season and Nate McLouth's first career grand slam -- to beat the Seattle Mariners, 11-8, at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles looked lackluster on offense and defense as the Mariners roughed up Wei-Yin Chen for an 8-3 blowout in the rubber match of the three-game series.
- The Orioles had a pretty good sense as to what they were going to see against former teammate Joe Saunders on Monday night. They had no idea what they could expect from their own starting pitcher.
- Jim Johnson has had much smoother saves than the one Wednesday night in the 11th inning. But that one gets him into the Orioles' record book.
- It was just a matter of time before Adam Jones picked up his 30th homer of the season. Jones hit a full-count slider over the left field wall in the 11th inning on Wednesday to give the Orioles a 3-1 victory and their first sweep in Seattle since May, 1997.
- The Baltimore Orioles sent eight batters to the plate in the first and nine more in the second, staking starter Chris Tillman to a 7-0 lead by the time he stepped onto the mound in the bottom of the second.
