Nine questions on the 2019 Orioles entering the season
Coming off the worst season in club history, what will 2019 bring for the rebuilding Orioles?
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Twelve Orioles thoughts in first full week of March
Rule 5 shortstop Richie Martin is off to a good start in Grapefruit League action.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts with Grapefruit League action underway
Mychal Givens is just one Baltimore pitcher who could benefit from a greater emphasis on his slider.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts entering 2019 spring training
Discussion of Chris Davis making adjustments to bounce back is nothing new this time of year.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts on end of Duquette-Showalter era
The pair made mistakes and paid the price for a 115-loss season, but that shouldn’t wipe away what was a good run.
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Dear Buck Showalter: One bad night in Toronto cemented your Orioles legacy
He couldn’t fix everything about a broken franchise but Buck Showalter deodorized Angelos and Orioles as best he could over eight years
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Twelve Orioles thoughts entering All-Star break
Baltimore remains on pace to become the fifth major league team since 1901 to lose 115 games in a season.
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Letting The Warehouse know via #DearOrioles letters that those empty seats are still out here
Once this mess is over and Machado and Jones and Buck are gone, who is going to deodorize the stench of the Baltimore Orioles experience? I’ll be asking questions in #DearOrioles series all summer…
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Orioles designate Alvarez for assignment, promote infielder Wilkerson
The left-handed slugger had posted a .424 OPS since the beginning of May.
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Orioles continue to sit Davis with “no closed end to it”
The first baseman is on track to have one of the worst seasons in major league history from an everyday player.
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Schoop’s struggles creating difficult pivot point for Orioles’ rebuild
The 2017 All-Star second baseman is having his worst season since his rookie campaign.
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Ten painful Orioles numbers entering month of June
As if a 17-39 record weren’t depressing enough, Luke Jones brings more sobering numbers to light.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following Memorial Day checkpoint
Baltimore concluded Memorial Day 20 games under .500 and 20 games out of first place in the AL East.
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Davis problem not getting any better for Orioles
What the first baseman is experiencing is more severe than a slump. He’s at a career crossroads, regardless of his financial security.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 4-1 loss to Philadelphia
The lone offensive highlight for Baltimore was Adam Jones’ seventh homer of the season.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts ahead of nine-game homestand
Baltimore limps home with an 8-26 record after a winless road trip.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts ahead of West Coast road trip
Despite his team’s woeful start, Manny Machado is playing like an MVP thus far.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following Toronto series
Despite receiving little run support, Dylan Bundy has been among the top pitchers in baseball early on.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 5-2 win over Yankees
Andrew Cashner pitched six strong innings to earn his first win as an Oriole.
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Davis out of Orioles leadoff spot after poor start
The first baseman entered Thursday just 1-for-21 with three walks on the season.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 7-0 loss to Minnesota
Kevin Gausman certainly didn’t start the 2018 season on a high note.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 3-2 win on Opening Day
Adam Jones was the hero in his 11th Opening Day playing for the Orioles.
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Davis leading off on Opening Day as Orioles finalize 25-man roster
The slugging first baseman was hitting in the top spot for the first time in his career on Thursday.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts entering 2018 season
Seven years after being drafted fourth overall, Dylan Bundy will finally make his first Opening Day start.
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Start of spring not encouraging for Davis, Trumbo turnarounds
Coming off poor 2017 seasons, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo are currently sidelined from Grapefruit League play.
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Orioles make minor-league deal with Pedro Alvarez official
The 31-year-old had just 34 plate appearances in 2017 after spending most of the season at Triple-A Norfolk.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts counting down to spring training
In a pivotal winter for the organization, the Orioles are showing no evidence of a clear direction.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following West Coast trip
A disappointing 4-6 road trip pushed the Orioles back to three games below .500.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 12-1 win over Texas
Receiving plenty of run support, Dylan Bundy settled in nicely after a rocky start to his outing.
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Hardy sidelined at least 4-6 weeks with right wrist fracture
The Orioles shortstop suffered a non-displaced fracture and will not need to undergo surgery.
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Orioles officially place Davis on DL with oblique strain
The first baseman left Monday’s game in Chicago with a strained right oblique.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 6-1 loss to White Sox
Alec Asher gave up the grand slam that blew the game wide open in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 14-3 loss to Yankees
Kevin Gausman gave up seven earned runs and walked six in 3 1/3 innings.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 8-3 loss to Yankees
Manny Machado struck out four times in a game for only the second time in his career.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 8-4 loss to Houston
Removing Ubaldo Jimenez from the starting rotation wasn’t the cure to the Orioles’ woes on Sunday.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 4-3 loss to Minnesota
Baltimore has now lost 10 of its last 13 games ahead of this weekend’s series in Houston.
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Orioles offense not making life easier for undermanned bullpen
The bullpen’s current state prompted Buck Showalter to use Vidal Nuno in the eighth inning of a tie game on Friday.
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Even by Orioles standards, superb start to 2017 tough to explain
The Orioles are on pace to win well over 100 games, but even their usual strengths haven’t been special.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 4-2 win over White Sox
Joey Rickard tacked on an important insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
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Twelve Orioles thoughts following 5-2 win over Boston
Adam Jones and the Orioles improved to 4-2 against the Red Sox this season.
