The Orioles acquired infielder Jonathan Araúz off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Araúz was hitless in 10 at-bats with the Red Sox this season, and in parts of the past three seasons, hit .204 with four home runs and 18 RBIs.
Orioles outfielder Austin Hays still has some nasty scars on the hand that was stepped on by Cardinals pitcher Génesis Cabrera three weeks ago, but he said on Wednesday that he is close to putting away the batting glove he has been wearing since he returned to the O’s starting lineup five days later.
A bullpen game didn’t work out for the Orioles against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night as the team returned home after splitting eight games against the Yankees and Red Sox.
Orioles right-hander Bryan Baker is making his second career start for a bullpen game against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. In his prior start, Baker allowed just one hit with three strikeouts and no walks over 21/3 scoreless innings against the St.
The Orioles recalled left-handed pitcher Zac Lowther from Triple-A Norfolk. Lowther, who was 1-3 with a 6.67 ERA in 10 games, six starts with the Orioles last season, could follow Tuesday night’s starter, Bryan Baker into the game and give the Orioles some bulk innings.
DUNEDIN, Florida—By noon Thursday, the Orioles must trim their roster to 28 players. That means 11 players must go, discounting the possibility that the team could make a waiver claim, make a trade or sign a free agent who opted out of his minor league contract.
SARASOTA, Florida-What’s happening? Tyler Wells will get his fourth and final start of the spring when the Orioles play the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida at 1:07 p.m.
SARASOTA, Florida—The Orioles aren’t certain about their starting rotation. Manager Brandon Hyde knows that John Means will be the Opening Day starter.
Like many baseball players, Orioles pitcher Zac Lowther has a Twitter page. He’s not shy about offering his opinions. He was upset that teammate Ryan Mountcastle wasn’t among the three finalists for American League Rookie of the Year: “How do the players vote Mountcastle as AL ROY but SOMEHOW doesn’t make it to the finalist list?” he tweeted.
As the Orioles work to improve their pitching in 2022, there remain a few ranked pitching prospects the club has yet to see pitch in Baltimore. And there are others, like Zac Lowther and Alexander Wells, that we saw get their feet wet this year.
As the Orioles work to improve their pitching in 2022, there remain a few ranked pitching prospects the club has yet to see pitch in Baltimore. And there are others, like Zac Lowther and Alexander Wells, that we saw get their feet wet this year.
As the Orioles work to improve their pitching in 2022, there remain a few ranked pitching prospects the club has yet to see pitch in Baltimore. And there are others, like Zac Lowther and Alexander Wells, that we saw get their feet wet this year.
After beating Chris Sale in the first game of their final home series, the Orioles hoped they could continue to make the Boston Red Sox’s quest for a wild-card spot more difficult.
Zac Lowther turned to watch the ball and slapped his glove against his leg. Knowing where it would land and the implications. Perhaps also knowing that one run might be too much for the Orioles to overcome against Nathan Eovaldi.
After pitching their second shutout of the last four games and fifth of the season on Thursday night, the Orioles resume their home series tonight with Texas.
After 13 days of playing teams in playoff contention, the Orioles received a respite in the schedule and played the first of four games with another rebuilding team, the Texas Rangers, on Thursday night.
Coming into this 2021 season, Orioles lefty pitching prospect Zac Lowther had not yet pitched at the Triple-A level. But over his career on the farm since 2017, Lowther was 23-13 with a 2.26 ERA and 1.018 WHIP over 326 innings.
To replace LeBlanc, the Orioles will turn to one of their more promising pitching prospects for the first time.
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