Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Starting in the 1973 season, the American League implemented the designated hitter rule, which allowed a player to hit for another player, which is almost always the pitcher. Here is a look at how the first designated hitters did for their respective American League clubs during opening day of the ‘73 season. April 6th – Boston Red Sox 15, New York Yankees 5 at Fenway Park NYY DH: Ron...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
Club makes no offers on first day of free agency; catcher Tatum claimed off waivers On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Radison might be familiar to fans of the Orioles’ minor league system. He managed against Bowie in the Eastern League as the manager of the Yankees’ affiliate from 1990-92 and again in 2000 with Norwich. Radison replaced Rick Down on June 6, 1990 as manager of Albany-Colonie in the Eastern League when Down was promoted to Triple-A Columbus to take the spot of Stump Merrill. Down was the...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Left-handed pitcher Waters designated for assignment Left-handed pitcher Waters designated for assignment
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Club makes no offers on first day of free agency; catcher Tatum claimed off waivers On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents. The club did claim 26-year-old catcher Craig Tatum (above) off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds and placed him on their 40-man roster.
MLB (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
O's claim Tatum off waivers
Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Among the many reasons to visit your local minor-league ballpark (the charm, the ridiculously cheap seats behind home plate, etc.) is the possibility of witnessing future greatness. Over the years, I have been fortunate enough to catch several big-league stars in action before most people had heard of them: Jay Buhner, Jake Peavy, Carlos Quentin, [...]
Macho Row (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On this day in 2006 Ryan Howard was crowned the National League MVP , beating out St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols. In 2006 Howard hit a franchise record 58 home runs, helping to drive in a career high 149 runs batted in. Howard also hit a career high .313, scored 104 runs, and hit a career high 182 hits. He was walked 181 times. In addition Howard was awarded a Silver Slugger and was...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The two compensation classes will shrink beginning in the winter after the 2007 season; the Type A pool will only comprise players in the top 20 percent of their positions, and the Type B pool will only comprise players in the second quintile (21-40 percent). The rankings come from a formula that MLB and the players' union agreed on in the early 1990s, entrusting Elias with the task of generating the...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Oriole's Right Side Foundation took 21 pediatric patients from Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital to Owings Mills Friday for Ravens practice and tour of facility
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second straight year, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson .
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Let's round up some leftover Thursday links.... The Boston Globe's Amalie Benjamin spoke to Joe Urbon, Jason Bay's agent. Urbon suggested that discussion would continue with the Red Sox, but that interest in his client so far has been "extraordinary." Larry Stone of the Seattle Times warns Mariners fans not to get too excited about rumors of a three-way deal involving Brandon Morrow and the...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Team has payroll room, needs aplenty; MacPhail says club will be more active If the Orioles want to be buyers this winter, they're in a good spot to do it. "It's the fun part of the job. This is the time for us to go up and hit," Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail (above) said. ... "Numerically, I think we'll be more active dollar-wise than we were last year. We're...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
CommentsPeter. Excellent points made..I guess the key to the obvious shortfalls at 1st and 3rd is when will Snyder and Bell be ready to produce on a consistent basis at the MLB level. The consensus is that they won't even be ready to play in the bigs until '11 and then of course, there will likely be a period of adjustment until they can put up decent numbers. The worst case scenario is that one or...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Baseball's free-agent signing period begins Friday, and the Orioles have money to spend and holes to fill.
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