MASN: School of Roch Sep 28, 2023
Means on postseason pitching: “You dream of it as a little kid"
The last two spots in the Orioles rotation this weekend remain vacant in case they clinch the division title early and manager Brandon Hyde can tweak it. Perhaps hold back Kyle Bradish, whose next turn is Sunday. Maybe give Jack Flaherty a start. Go against where it normally would flow.Hyde knows that a win tonight or Friday, when John Means is listed, comes with certain perks.“There’s a lot of reasons why you want to, whether it’s to rest guys, schedule some bullpen innings, those types of things,” Hyde said this afternoon. “But we’re a game away from that, so I’m just really...
WTOP Sep 26, 2023
Kyle Bradish goes 8 innings and Gunnar Henderson homers to lead Orioles past Nationals 1-0
Rookie Gunnar Henderson homered, Kyle Bradish had another dominant start and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 1-0 on Tuesday night, hours after the team announced that Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson died.
Camden Chat Sep 26, 2023
Orioles defeat Nationals 1-0 behind Bradish gem, magic number down to 2
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/ Kyle Bradish pitched eight shutout innings on a night when the Orioles needed a shutout to win. The Orioles played a game and won on a sad night for Birdland, scoring just one run in the first inning and making it hold up. Despite not having his most dominant strikeout stuff, Kyle Bradish pitched eight strong innings and Yennier Cano struck out the side in the ninth to nail down the win. The Orioles magic number is now just two. Gunnar Henderson batted leadoff for the Orioles tonight, and in his first at-bat of the game he gave the Orioles the...
Baltimore Sun Sep 26, 2023
Orioles shut out Nationals, 1-0, for 3rd time this year behind Kyle Bradish’s gem, Gunnar Henderson’s homer
Kyle Bradish twirled eight shutout innings, Gunnar Henderson hit a leadoff home run and the Orioles held on to beat the Washington Nationals, 1-0, and lower their magic number to win the American League East to two.
MASN: School of Roch Sep 26, 2023
Bradish brandishes eight scoreless innings and Henderson homers in Orioles' 1-0 win (updated)
Gunnar Henderson swung at the seventh pitch thrown to him tonight and moved closer to ranking first on more Orioles all-time rookie lists. Kyle Bradish was handed the ball and demonstrated again why he should be the first starter in the playoffs.Henderson’s home run over the center field fence, a 400-foot shot leading off the bottom of the first inning, provided an immediate lead for the Orioles, and Bradish shut out the Nationals through the eighth in a 1-0 victory before an announced crowd of 20,823 at Camden Yards.Their division lead is 2 1/2 games with the Rays defeating the Red Sox...
Camden Chat Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday evening Orioles game thread: vs Nationals, 6:35 pm
What do you think they’re talking about? | Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports The last homestand begins now Here we go! The Orioles have just two series left in the regular season. Tonight they kick off a two-game series with the Washington Nationals. The Nats are in last place but have played some good stretches of baseball this year, but have been pretty abysmal in September with a 7-15 record, their worst month so far. Let’s hope they have a few more losses in them. Kyle Bradish takes the mound for the Orioles, fresh off six shutout innings against Houston last...
Camden Chat Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Bird Droppings: Where the Orioles magic number is down to 7
The Angels did a favor for the Orioles on Wednesday. Hello, friends. My rule for the rest of the season, or at least until the Orioles are able to clinch the American League East, is that there are no bad days where the O’s magic number to seal the division and the bye goes down. Yesterday felt like a bad day when the O’s played in the afternoon and they were only able to score a single run in a game where the Astros starting pitcher had an ERA closer to 5 than to 4. It felt bad that the offense wasted a pretty darn good outing by Kyle Bradish, and that the bullpen...
Baltimore Sun Sep 20, 2023
Orioles spoil another Kyle Bradish gem vs. Astros in 2-1 walk-off loss, ending 4-game winning streak
A tired Orioles relief corps blew a 1-0 lead in the eighth inning and allowed a walk-off single in the ninth in a 2-1 walk-off loss to the Astros to spoil another gem from ace Kyle Bradish.
MASN: School of Roch Sep 20, 2023
Bullpen buckles after Bradish leaves game in Orioles' 2-1 loss (updated)
HOUSTON – Kyle Bradish needed to be the stopper today on a team with a winning streak.The right-hander and staff ace was tasked with halting the deluge of phone calls from the visiting dugout to the bullpen, to restore a sense of calm and resume his dominance of the Astros.Bradish did what he could with six scoreless innings and nine strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 3.01 and raising his quality start total to 17, but what happens after he leaves?Jacob Webb preserved a slim lead in the seventh, but Shintaro Fujinami issued a pair of walks in the eighth that set up Jeremy Peña for a...
Camden Chat Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday afternoon Orioles game thread: @ Astros, 2:10 ET
Kyle Bradish gets doused with Gatorade after defeating the Houston Astros on September 22, 2022. | Photo by Patrick Smith/ The O’s try to keep wreaking havoc in the AL West and clinch the AL East title. No doubt about it, this last week or so has been one of the scariest portions of the Orioles’ schedule down the stretch: four make-or-break games against Tampa Bay followed by three against the defending World Champion Houston Astros. So far, so good. Last weekend, the Orioles stormed back to take the last two against Tampa Bay and clinch the season series, and...
MASN: School of Roch Sep 20, 2023
Mountcastle sits again in Orioles' last game in Houston
HOUSTON – Ryan Mountcastle remains out of the Orioles lineup for the seventh game in a row, as the first leg of the road trip concludes this afternoon.Heston Kjerstad is receiving his third consecutive start, again serving as the designated hitter.Gunnar Henderson is the shortstop, with Ramón Urías at third base. Adam Frazier is at second base, and Jordan Westburg is on the bench.The club didn’t announce any roster moves this morning.Kyle Bradish is 11-7 with a 3.12 ERA and 1.087 WHIP in 27 starts. He’s registered 16 quality starts.
MASN: School of Roch Sep 19, 2023
Orioles reduce rotation to five starters by changing Flaherty's role
HOUSTON – Jack Flaherty is moving to the bullpen.Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is starting Kyle Bradish in Wednesday afternoon’s series finale in Houston, and rookie Grayson Rodriguez gets the ball Thursday night in Cleveland.In a six-man rotation, Flaherty would have taken his next turn Thursday in his eighth game with the Orioles since the deadline trade. He’s carrying a 7.11 ERA and 1.674 WHIP in 31 2/3 innings since leaving the Cardinals.Flaherty hasn’t worked more than 4 2/3 innings in three starts this month, and he hasn’t reached the same level of effectiveness as in his debut...
Camden Chat Sep 15, 2023
The only thing that can spoil Bradish’s coming-out party are hanging breaking balls
Photo by Rob Carr/ The right hander has some of the best breaking stuff in MLB. Last night, Tampa Bay took advantage of his leaving it up high, where it can be hit. This week, a rare thing happened: The Athletic published a piece extolling an Orioles pitcher, specifically 27-year-old right hander Kyle Bradish and his 2023 breakout. Look, I’d rather Dan Connolly have kept his job, but it was nice. The point of the piece was explaining Bradish’s turnaround from June 2022, when he had an ERA of 7.38 and was about to hit the IL with shoulder inflammation, and where he...
MASN: School of Roch Sep 15, 2023
Looking back on yesterday's activity
Orioles' right-hander Kyle Bradish was asked last night for his opinion on how he pitched.“Indifferent,” was his immediate response.Couldn’t feel that way about everything that happened prior to the game.The anticipation over Ryan Mountcastle’s MRI results. The predicted roster move that turned into multiple moves and caught many of us by surprise. The observations and lessons learned.Don’t always trust body language and somber tones.
Camden Chat Sep 14, 2023
Thursday night Orioles game thread: vs. Rays, 7:15pm ET
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports Ace Kyle Bradish takes the mound as the Orioles open a series against Tampa that could decide the AL East title. It’s not yet October, but the postseason has arrived in Baltimore. Such is the tremendous importance of this weekend’s series against Tampa Bay. While there are still a handful of series left after this showdown between the Orioles and Rays, it certainly feels like this series will play a huge part in deciding the winner of the AL East. The good news for the Orioles is that almost all the outcomes from this series are...
