Orioles Injury Update: Tejada Day-To-Day, Roberts/Uehara on the Mend, Pie Out Three Months

The Orioles are struggling with more than just a poor performance early this season. Brian Roberts is on the 15-Day DL with a strained abdomen, and now still surging slugger Miguel Tejada is day-to-day after straining his groin in Saturday’s game against the Oakland A’s. On top of that Felix Pie is out for three [...]

Orioles Closer Michael Gonzalez Placed On 15-Day DL

The Baltimore Orioles have placed closer Michael Gonzalez on the 15-Day Disabled list. The Orioles are now 1-7 and are playing horrible baseball to start the season. Michael Gonzalez has already blown two saves and has an 0-2 record with an 18.00 ERA in only three appearances. Orioles manager Dave Trembley had this to say: [...]

Brian Roberts Placed on 15-Day DL

Brian Roberts could not shake the abdominal strain that he originally received during spring training and will now go on the 15-Day Disabled List. Roberts is the starting second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and an All-Star at that. Apparently Roberts re-aggravated a herniated disk in his back which required an epidural injection into his [...]

Niemann Will Start Tonight Despite Injury

Jeff Niemann took a liner off of his throwing shoulder in his late start off the bat of Miguel Tejada. Niemann didn’t make it out of the second inning in his first start due to the incident. The Rays manager Joe Maddon didn’t want to take the chance in the first start of the season [...]

Tejada Hitting Everything (Including Jeff Niemann)

Miguel Tejada went 3-5 with four RBI’s and a home-run in the loss last night to the Toronto Blue Jays. Following a great season last year, Tejada is still looking to be productive with his new team. Mike Gonzales blew his second save of the season in three attempts for the Orioles. That’s not the [...]

What to Watch For – AL East Early Division Showdowns

It’s still the first week of the season, and you know what that means; Division Showdowns. The Yankees will square off tonight at 7:10 PM Eastern against the Tampa Bay Rays. It will be the return of Javier Vasquez to pinstripes against David Price in a battle of fourth starters. In all honesty, these two [...]

2010 Offseason Review: AL East

AL East Baltimore Orioles Key losses- Chris Ray, Danys Baez Key additions- Kevin Millwood, Garrett Atkins, Mike Gonzalez Off-season grade- C+ Justification- Kevin Millwood provides some leadership for the Orioles young staff. He’s also very durable and that should keep the young staff from pitching too many innings. Garrett Atkins is a nice low risk/high [...]

Baltimore Orioles Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Brian Matusz- SP Had a cup of coffee in the bigs last year and showed that he’s going to be the future ace of the staff. Gotta like what he brings to the table from the left side. Is pretty polished for a kid at 22. 2) Chris Tillman-SP The ying to Matusz’s yang. [...]

Baltimore Trying to Play Catch Up

After finishing 64-98 last year, it is no surprise that the Orioles have been active this off-season. Nothing they did was franchise altering, but the Orioles should be improved heading into the 2010 season. They traded reliever Chris Ray to Texas for Kevin Millwood. They also got $3 million back in the deal. Although some [...]