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Jackson Holliday isn’t having any problems adjusting to High-A ball. Holliday, who was the overall top selection in last July’s draft, is performing spectacularly for the Aberdeen IronBirds. Holliday is batting .371 with four home runs and 20 RBIs with an eye-popping 1.127 OPS  in 27 games for the IronBirds. He was promoted after just […]

BALTIMORE – This is May, right? We can confirm that, but you wouldn’t have known it by the level of stress the Orioles have been playing under the past couple of weeks. They have stared down some of the best teams in both leagues and come out clean. Their tense 3-2 victory over the Texas […]

BALTIMORE—The Orioles’ decision to option Grayson Rodriguez, who earlier this year had been considered the top pitching prospect in baseball, was certainly understandable. Rodriguez just wasn’t giving the Orioles enough innings. In three of his last five starts, he didn’t complete the fourth inning, and in only one of his starts did he even get […]

Only the most optimistic Oriole fans could have imagined the Orioles would play six games at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and Yankee Stadium and win five. But that’s what happened. The Orioles swept three games in Toronto for the first time since 2005 before winning two of three against the Yankees. Their 3-1 win over New […]

Trailing by four runs entering the seventh inning, the Orioles scored eight runs, their biggest inning since September 8th 2021 in a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night. After a rain delay of one hour, 36 minutes, Tyler Wells allowed five runs in five innings as the Orioles […]

For the first time since June 23rd-25th 1991, the Orioles played their third consecutive extra-inning game, and the New York Yankees’ 6-5 win over the Orioles in 10 innings broke their three-game winning streak. Thanks to two scoreless innings from Yennier Cano, the Orioles led, 5-4, after eight, and with a 27-1 record when leading […]

Here’s the second part of our monthly mailbag. Questions may be edited for length, style and grammar. Question: Are the Orioles doing a really good job of controlling leaks to the press—or are they not working with Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson or other young players on contract extensions? From: Josh Wessel via Facebook Answer: Josh, […]

It’s time for the first part of our monthly mailbag. Part 2 will run on Tuesday. Questions may be edited for length, style and grammar. Question: If the Orioles keep this up into the summer, do you think they trade for a legit higher-end pitcher? If yes, what’s the most realistic trade bait? Any other […]

With the season already more than a quarter complete, the Orioles played the Toronto Blue Jays for the first time in 2023 and came away with a 6-2 win at Rogers Centre on Friday night. Kyle Gibson (5-3) broke a three-game losing streak, equaling his season high with seven innings, allowing a run on five […]

For lack of a better term, let’s call it the “Pressure Dynamic.” Hypothetical situation: Runners on first and second with none or one out. Opposing pitcher loads the bases with a four- or five-pitch walk. Young Oriole hitter steps up to the plate and swings at a first pitch that is out of the strike […]

BALTIMORE—Very quietly, Kyle Bradish has become a most dependable starting pitcher for the Orioles. He delivered his second straight outstanding performance, allowing just one run on four hits in 6 2/3 innings. Only a Mike Trout home run stood between an Orioles shutout as they beat the Los Angeles Angels for the second straight night, […]

It was supposed to be one of those marquee pitching matchups that haven’t passed this way very often over the last few years. Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Otani is a big draw wherever he goes and he was matched against one of the most anticipated young Oriole pitchers since Ben McDonald and Mike […]

Ben Badler is a senior writer for Baseball America, and he works on their prospect rankings. In the most recent one, the Orioles have eight of the Top 100 prospects: Grayson Rodriguez (4), Jackson Holliday (6), Colton Cowser (33), DL Hall (66), Jordan Westburg (67), Connor Norby (80), Joey Ortiz (87) and Heston Kjerstad (97). […]

The Orioles’ 2023 season is six weeks old, and after they play a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates this weekend, they’ll have played 40 games—roughly a quarter of the season. As manager Brandon Hyde keeps reminding us, there’s still a lot of baseball to be played, but some  conclusions can still be drawn by […]

BALTIMORE—For the last few years, Orioles fans have been waiting to watch Grayson Rodriguez and Adley Rutschman star together. On Tuesday night, they saw Rodriguez win his first game at home and Rutschman guide him along and break an 0-for-19 slump with a two-run home run. The Orioles’ 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays […]