The Baltimore Orioles have finally hired ESPN analyst Buck Showalter to be their next manager.
Showalter will take the helm on Monday, August 2 after about a month and a half of contract negotiations.
Juan Samuel, the team’s interim skipper, will return to the third base box with Gary Allenson heading back to Triple-A.
Showalter has a career winning record and is noted for being able to turn around franchises in a short period of time. (Read More…)
Baltimore Orioles infielder Ty Wigginton’s appeal of his suspension has reduced it to two games.
Wigginton will begin serving the suspension immediately and finish it before the July 31 trade deadline.
Serving the suspension after the deadline certainly would have made a few teams think twice about trading for him.
The pudgy infielder was suspended for bumping an umpire while arguing that he tagged a runner retreating to first base. (Read More…)
Cal Ripken Jr. is in talks with the Baltimore Orioles to rejoin the organization as a special adviser.
Ripken would do what he could over the next two years to help the club while his son finishes out high school.
Once his son goes off to college, Ripken would be ready to move into a full-time position with the club. (Read More…)
Just when it looked like the Baltimore Orioles were starting to get healthier, another player is down for the count.
Catcher Matt Wieters has been placed on the 15-day disabled list as he fights a stubborn hamstring strain.
Wieters initially hurt the hamstring rounding the bases but thought he would be fine if given a day or two off. (Read More…)
The Baltimore Orioles have done the unthinkable, sweeping a four-game road series away from the surging Texas Rangers.
The sweep was completed in fine fashion, with Jake Arrieta showing unusually solid command and pitching the team to arguably its finest stretch of the season.
The series success certainly takes the club into the All-Star break on a very high note and gives hope for a respectable second half of the season.
Arrieta went six innings, allowing just one run and, maybe more importantly, only two walks. (Read More…)
The Baltimore Orioles came in 2010 with high hopes, but a disastrous start quickly dashed any hopes of a strong season.
The team got off to an unthinkable 2-16 start, which lead to speculation that manager Dave Trembley could be fired.
Trembley has managed to remain the manager, but the team’s play hasn’t improved much at all. (Read More…)
