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Yesterday afternoon, the Orioles announced that Chris Bassitt was heading to the IL with “lower back discomfort.” Bassitt joins Zach Eflin, Dean Kremer and Cade Povich as current starters on the IL, and along with Trevor Rogers, is the fifth Orioles starter to miss time with injury this season. On the surface, this seems like […]
As is our Tuesday tradition here at Camden Chat, it’s time for our recap of the last six days of minor league baseball, with a particular focus on Camden Chat’s top 20 Orioles prospects. Triple-A Norfolk Tides Creed Willems has been a bit of an overlooked prospect as he’s moved up the minor league ladder, but […]
Happy Tuesday, Camden Chatters! Things have not gone well for the Orioles over the last few days. After an impressive run where they won 10 of their last 14 games, the team has now lost three in a row. And they’ve done so in excruciating fashion. On Saturday, Kyle Bradish was very bad. On Sunday, […]
A whisker. An eyelash. The tiniest antenna on the tiniest fly. That’s the margin of difference that cost the Orioles their best chance to beat the Mariners in tonight’s series opener. A potential O’s comeback bid was ruined by an ABS-overturned call — and later, some baserunning stupidity — as the Birds fell to Seattle, […]
The Orioles can’t linger long on their disappointing loss to the Blue Jays yesterday, as they’re back in Baltimore and back in action this evening to open a four-game set against the Mariners. The M’s, who lead the AL West with a 34-32 record, represent the Orioles’ toughest opponent since they faced the Rays at […]
Home sweet home. After going .500 on their six-game road trip, the O’s return to Baltimore, where their most recent homestand resulted in a 7-3 record and some of their most inspired baseball of the season. This time it’s going to be a tougher task, with all seven games coming against winning teams, starting with […]
Before the Orioles started their little six-game road trip last week, a 3-3 record across the six games would have felt pretty good. The O’s have not been good on the road so far this year, so even holding at .500 while outside of Camden Yards is positive. They just made it feel disappointing to […]
Just a few weeks ago, Colton Cowser was one of the worst hitters in baseball. His weaknesses were well known, his playing time had become sporadic, and the Orioles were treating the former Rookie of the Year runner-up like a fourth outfielder, at best. Since then, he has caught fire and become a primary driver […]
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 6, Gwinnett Stripers (ATL) 0 Norfolk had a four-run third inning, and they sure made it count. Luiz Vázquez and Bryan Ramos singled back-to-back, Michael Siani walked, and Tommy Pham hit a grand slam. The longtime major leaguer isn’t hitting great (.624 OPS) but this was certainly a good moment. The Tides […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The Orioles’ six-game road trip through two AL East cities went…fine, I guess. They broke even at 3-3 on the trip to remain four games under .500, as they were when they started. They’re 1.5 games out of the third wild card, if looking at the wild card standings this early […]
The Orioles appeared to be cruising toward a series win before a missed call and some shoddy defense resulted in a five-run sixth inning. The Blue Jays rode a bizarre stretch to a come from behind 6-4 victory, leaving the O’s to return to the United States with a bad taste in their mouths. The […]
Winning two games out of three on the road is all you can really ask for right now. We’ll see if the Orioles are up to the task this afternoon in Toronto. Samuel Basallo is in the lineup and will catch Orioles starter Shane Baz. Adley Rutschman will bat third as the designated hitter. If […]
Triple-A: Gwinnett Stripers (ATL) 6, Norfolk Tides 4 Christian Herberholz pitched four innings and allowed six runs, though just three were earned. The Tides made three errors in the game, including two in the three-run fifth inning. Once and future Oriole Dietrich Enns pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. They were winning until that inning. Creed Willems […]
Hello, friends. Not as fun a day of Orioles baseball yesterday. The narrative of improvement for Kyle Bradish was put on pause, hopefully for just that one game. At times his defense didn’t do him favors, but even so, there’s only so much to blame others when the pitcher gives up nine hits and three […]
After a feel-good win yesterday, the Orioles put up a clunker today. As is often the way, they were unable to score much until the late innings, and this time it was too little, too late. And the recently very steady Kyle Bradish struggled and lasted just four innings. It was not a winning combo […]
The Orioles have won 10 of their last 14 games and are just two games under .500. With their win last night, they have pulled ahead of the Blue Jays to take sole possession of third place in the American League East. They sit 1/2 game back of the third Wild Card spot. The team […]
Triple-A: Gwinnett Stripers (Braves) 7, Norfolk Tides 2 The Tides gave up three runs in the first inning and it was basically over from there. At least starter Trace Bright nearly threw a quality start despite that first-inning run outburst, holding the Stripers scoreless for the rest of his 5.2-inning performance. But two runs apiece […]
Good morning Birdland, There was a whole lot of goodness in the Orioles 13-3 beatdown of the Blue Jays on Friday night, and perhaps just one small (for now) thing to worry about. First, the good news. The Orioles looked amazing, even if it took a little while for the offense to get it going. […]
Haters and doubters take note: The Orioles are still doing this thing. It is easier to feel like they might be able to keep doing it after games like this one. The Birds rallied from a 3-1 deficit heading into the sixth inning to take the lead and blow past the Blue Jays, piling on […]
It is Friday night. The Orioles rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the sixth inning to turn the game around into a laugher against the Blue Jays, eventually winning 13-3 in the opener of the series. Adley Rutschman finished the classic triple shy of the cycle while driving in five runs (is he back?), Coby […]
The Orioles and Blue Jays split a four-game set in Camden Yards only a week ago. The peculiarities of MLB scheduling have brought them together once again, this time in Toronto. It’s a three-game set this time, so one team will walk away as a series winner and the other will be a series loser. […]
Does it feel like you just read the preview for a series with the Toronto Blue Jays? That’s because you did. These two teams just played each other last weekend, although then it was in Baltimore. This weekend it is in Toronto. The two teams split that series. The Blue Jays took the first two […]
Earlier this week, All-Star voting for the 2026 season opened up. Over the next several weeks, fans will have the opportunity to make their choices for the starting lineups for the American and National League teams for this year’s edition of the game, taking place in Philadelphia to coincide with various celebrations for the 250th […]
I definitely can recall a time, back in the cooler days of spring, when I used to forget that Taylor Ward was in the lineup. Acquired last November for Grayson Rodriguez to Anaheim, I was pretty uninterested in Taylor Ward, and I felt bad for Rodriguez. In general, the trade felt to me hasty, a […]
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 4, Gwinnett Stripers (Braves) 3 The Tides trailed 3-0 after former Oriole Maverick Handley’s RBI single in the fourth, but Norfolk stormed back with four unanswered runs. Tommy Pham cut the deficit to one with a two-run home run, and Luis Vázquez tied the game with a base hit in the sixth […]