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Orioles minor league recap 8/8: Bassitt has strong rehab start for Tides
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 6, Buffalo (Blue Jays) 3 – 10 innings Of immediate interest to the big league club is that this was another rehab start for Chris Bassitt. There’s little to complain about in the results, as Bassitt pitched six innings without allowing a run, scattering three hits, two walks, and a hit batter. […]
Orioles news: O’s offense has gone missing
Good morning Birdland, Well, it was yet another putrid night for the Orioles offense. They have scored one run or fewer in four of their last six games. Their record in those four games? 0-4. Tough to chase down a wild card spot with a lineup that disappears far too often, The problem wasn’t even […]
Late call costs Orioles in 2-1 loss to Rangers
The Orioles have struggled to score for Shane Baz all season. Baltimore followed that trend tonight against the Texas Rangers, but they nearly made things right in the ninth. Christian Franklin’s first Major League hit could have evened the score at two, but replay failed to overturn an out call at home plate. In the […]
Friday night Orioles game thread: at Rangers, 8:15
The Orioles are back for another one of those “man, they’ve got to find a way to take two out of three” series. This one pits the club against the Texas Rangers. The Rangers (57-58) currently sit one game ahead of the Orioles in the chase for the third wild card spot. You can read […]
Orioles-Rangers series preview: A wild card spot is up for grabs
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Orioles are about to play a hugely important series. At this point, they’re all hugely important. With 47 games left and six teams within a game and a half of the third wild card spot, the O’s are going to need to start stacking wins if […]
The Orioles’ next wave: Nine young players whose roles just got bigger
Whatever speculation there was about Orioles GM Mike Elias being both a buyer and seller at the trade deadline, he didn’t do any buying, and he didn’t just tinker—the front office broke all our hearts, of course, by trading Adley Rutschman, their franchise catcher and 2019 first-overall pick, to the Red Sox. But they also […]
Orioles minor league recap 8/7: Dzierwa dominates, Kjerstad goes deep
Triple-A: Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays) 7, Norfolk Tides 4 The Heston Kjerstad hype train is back on the tracks. Kjerstad walked twice and smacked a two-run home run in Norfolk’s 7-4 loss. Enrique Bradfield Jr. finished 1-for-4 and was caught stealing. Sam Huff went 0-for-2, Rece Hinds worked a walk and scored, and Creed Willems […]
Orioles news: Time for a Texas showdown
Happy Friday, Camden Chatters. The weekend has arrived! Are we still scoreboard watching? If so, after the Orioles lost yesterday they fell to one game out the final Wild Card spot. And the team that has that last spot just happens to be the team the Orioles are playing this weekend. The Texas Rangers. The […]
Lifeless Orioles lose dumb game to Angels, 4-1
The Orioles entered today’s game with a chance to pull into a tie for a Wild Card spot. And as it turns out, with the Guardians likely to lose today, the O’s would have done exactly that — if only they had actually, you know, remembered to win. Instead, they put up one of their […]
Thursday afternoon Orioles game thread: vs. Angels, 12:35
Shhh. Don’t say anything. Don’t jinx it. But…there’s a chance that the Orioles could end today tied for an AL Wild Card spot. It’s hard to believe such a thing could be true, after all the trials and tribulations and the often foolish play we’ve witnessed from the 2026 Orioles. But if they win this […]
Orioles minor league recap 8/6: Aloy homers twice as Baysox sweep doubleheader
Triple-A: Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays) 7, Norfolk Tides 6 Oof. This one was a heartbreaker for the Tides, who carried a four-run lead into the bottom of the ninth and then coughed up five for a walkoff loss. Poor Yaqui Rivera was charged with all five runs, giving up four singles, a double, and two […]
Orioles news: Half-game back in wild card, trade prospect rankings
Hello, friends. After Wednesday night’s 3-1 win over the Angels, the Orioles have crept back within two games of .500 for the first time since July 19, the seventh game of the season-long seven game winning streak. Check out Stacey’s recap of the game for more of the lovely totals, including another fantastic outing from […]
Orioles hit three home runs in 5-2 win over Angels
The Orioles continued to shake off the post trade deadline doldrums tonight with another win over the Angels. We all know the saying of pitching, defense, and three-run homers. Well tonight it was pitching (excellent), defense (not embarrassing) and three home runs. The end result, a 5-2 victory and the series with win one game […]
Wednesday night Orioles game thread: vs Angels, 6:35
In last night’s game with the Angels, the first since the trade deadline, the lineup looked about as standard as we could expect. Christian Franklin and Carlos Narváez were in the bottom of the lineup, but everything else seemed almost normal. Today, against a lefty, things look a little weird. Colton Cowser and Dylan Beavers […]
Will the Orioles keep acting like sellers?
Sitting less than three games from a playoff spot, the Orioles operated exclusively as sellers at the trade deadline. Despite those actions, Mike Elias said Monday that the team will be “playing for the postseason the rest of the way.” The Orioles dealt away their only All Star and de facto captain to a division […]
Orioles minor league recap 8/5: Azocar collects three hits in Frederick debut
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 10, Buffalo Bisons 6 The Tides scored 2+ runs in each of the first four innings, racing out to an early lead they would not relinquish in their series-opening win vs. the Bisons. Enrique Bradfield Jr. started the Norfolk rally in the 1st, leading off with a single before scoring on a […]
Orioles news: Still digesting the Rutschman trade
Good morning, Camden Chatters. I’ve just double-checked, wondering if perhaps Monday’s events were just a fever dream, and I can confirm: yes, the Orioles really did trade Adley Rutschman to the Red Sox. It still stings. And don’t just take my word for it. The clubhouse reaction from Orioles players yesterday reflected just how much […]
Orioles defeat Angels behind a strong Cade Povich spot start, 3-1
So… here we are. The trade deadline has come and gone, and Adley Rutschman, Taylor Ward, Dean Kremer and Tyler Wells are no longer Orioles. MASN analyst Kevin Brown called it a “dark-hearted and depressing couple of days.” Good for all the Birdland faithful still keeping a candle burning for this team—especially those of you […]
Tuesday night Orioles game thread: vs. Angels, 6:35 ET
Well, Trade Deadline Monday has come and gone, and ultimately, the Orioles’ “buy and sell” approach meant a really deflating sell-off, especially with Adley Rutschman departing for AL East rival Boston for a passel of prospects (I mean, great prospects haul, but a hard day to lose the face of the franchise, if you feel […]
When do you think the Orioles will next make the postseason?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Orioles fans and fans across the country. Mike Elias waved the white flag on the 2026 season with the trade deadline moves. We can always hold out hope that the Orioles will put together […]
Orioles-Angels series preview: The trade deadline hangover series
So… here we are. There’s something cruel about the scheduling gods sending the Los Angeles Angels into Camden Yards the day after the trade deadline. Both of these teams spent Monday afternoon dismantling pieces of their roster, and now they get to spend three days looking at what’s left. If you’re looking for a series […]
Why do I even like the stupid Orioles, anyway?
Eight years ago, the Orioles blew up their team ahead of the trade deadline on the way to a franchise-worst 115 losses. Months later, Mike Elias was hired as the Orioles general manager to preside over a period where, in his own words, winning was “not strategically relevant,” when everyone understood that the Orioles were […]
Mike Elias has failed as Orioles GM, and he just admitted it
Mike Elias was hired in November of 2018 to rejuvenate an Orioles franchise that had become the laughing stock of Major League Baseball. After nearly eight years mostly spent pretending that the Orioles were on the cusp of real success, Elias just proved how truly large his failure has been by trading Adley Rutschman to […]
Orioles minor league weekly recap: Trades reshape the O’s system
Every Tuesday on Camden Chat, we check in on the latest goings-on in the Orioles’ minor league system. And as of yesterday, that system looks dramatically different. The Orioles became sellers at the MLB trade deadline for the second straight season, swinging a series of deals yesterday that ranged from the expected (Taylor Ward) to […]
Orioles news: Still reeling from the Rutschman trade
On June 3, 2019, my family and I headed to Camden Yards. It wasn’t to see the Orioles play; they had the day off. As season ticket holders, we had been invited to a draft day party at the now-defunct Dempsey’s. The odds were in favor of first-year General Manager Mike Elias drafting Adley Rutschman, […]
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