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Monday night. 11:57. While the Orioles game ended a little more than an hour earlier, Joe Jordan (Orioles scouting director) and co. were hard at work. With the trade deadline being midnight, the Birds waited until there were 3 minutes to go to ink a deal with an 18 year old high school shortstop prospect from Miami, Florida. Manny Machado has signed a minor league contract with the Orioles, including a signing bonus worth about $5.25 million. READ MORE >>>
Here are the numbers behind the Buck madness at Progressive Field: 9 – Innings pitched for Brad Bergesen in his 2-hit complete game win on Wednesday .167 – Josh Bell’s average coming into this series 0-1 pitch coming from Bell. Snyder hits a fly ball to center field. Gwynn in to make the catch, and the Padres hold on to beat the Pirates, 8-5. Last night, for the first time since April 15, the official MLB standings showed the Orioles as not being the last place team in all of baseball. With the Pirates loss in ‘Dago, the Bucs record moved to 39-74, half a game back from the Orioles, who are officially at 40-74. READ MORE >>> The Birds fly into Cleveland, Ohio today to begin a 3 game series against the Indians, the first road games being played under skipper Buck Showalter. The Indians are currently a [tied for] last place team who were an obvious ‘sell’ team at the trading deadline. With younger pitching and a rocky lineup, the Indians squad that these O’s will face looks a lot different than set rosters like the White Sox and Angels, both teams looking for playoff runs. READ MORE >>> Lots of late inning comebacks for the Royals and in Kevin Millwood’s case, early leads, shot down the Orioles hopes of winning a series during the remainder of the season. With an emotional trip to Kauffman Stadium, Juan Samuel has managed his last game as an Oriole, and may have been on the coaching staff for his last day also (pending his decision). READ MORE >>> After a big afternoon for the Baltimore Orioles organization, where Buck Showalter was announced manager (to begin Tuesday, August 3). Now, news has broken from Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun that Orioles 3B Miguel Tejada (feels weird calling him a 3B) has been traded to the San Diego Padres for pitching prospect Wynn Pelzer and cash considerations. READ MORE >>> While Adam Jones made it safely into Canada, nobody else except for Jeremy Guthrie got through with him. While Jones hit a respectable .308 (4-13) average overall in the series, and Guthrie gave us 7 innings pitched with 0 ER, not another Bird showed up to play. Yeah, Wieters hit some home runs in . . . → Read More: ‘The Not So Lovely Totals’ Across the Border Four balls means a walk. It also means a loss, in the Orioles case. That’s just what happened yesterday against the Rays, when Jason Berken inherited bases loaded in the 6th inning and after a ground ball turned into a forceout at home, Berken had to face another batter. That’s where the walk came in. That walk created the winning run for the Rays, with the Birds inability to come back late against the Rays ‘pen. The Orioles may have ended the 1st half with a bang, sweeping the Rangers in Arlington in a 4 game series, but they got right back to their 2010 style this past Friday. Losing all 3 in the weekend series against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards, the Birds are regressing back to the ways of bad pitching and lack of hitting. Here are the numbers behind the heartbreakers: 0-9 – Orioles record vs. the Blue Jays this season 48-16 – Number of runs scored by the Blue Jays and Orioles respectively in the 9 meetings 1 – Game under Trembley in which the O’s allowed 10+ runs (in 54 games) 7 – Games under Samuel in which the O’s have allowed 10+ runs (in 37 games) 10 – Losses for Jeremy Guthrie and Brian Matusz, tied for lead in AL Infinity – Jeremy Guthrie’s Game ERA Saturday after his first pitch 2 1/3 – Number of innings pitched Brian Matusz has averaged over his last two starts 22,905 – Oriole Park average attendance this season (broke the 1,000,000 mark Sunday) .164 – Ty Wigginton’s average in his last 73 at-bats (12 hits, 2-12 in this series) 9 – Points Julio Lugo’s average (.261) is over All-Star Ty Wigginton’s (.252) The Lovely Total .429 – Nick Markakis’ average lifetime vs. Shaun Marcum (12-28, 5 HR, 6 BB) . . . → Read More: The Not So Lovely Totals Last night’s win in Texas is easily the best win of the year in my opinion. We tabbed the W in true comeback fashion, while Corey Patterson got to live every kid’s dream: stepping up to bat with the bases loaded in the 9th with 2 outs and hitting a grand slam. But looking past the point where the O’s tied the game, we also then came around in the 10th where utility infielder/catcher Jake Fox hit a solo shot out to the seats. . . . → Read More: Last Night or Last June? The Birds only came away with one win against the A’s after their recent hot streak at home. Here’s a look at the numbers from their series played June 29-July 1: 5 – Number of homeruns the Orioles hit in Wednesday’s victory 0 – Number of homeruns combined in both Tuesday’s and Thursday’s losses . . . → Read More: ‘The Not So Lovely Totals’ – One and Done So it should be obvious to everybody in the world that the Orioles aren’t so fine and dandy this season. There is no reason why we deserve to have an all star, but it’s the rule. Not saying there are no positive individual performances, but I just don’t think any positive note should be attached to this season. But, since we have to have one, let’s figure out who that guy may be. It is usually an easier pick for us than it is this year. Since 2001, only one Oriole has made it to the All-Star Game every year (except once). This year we have 3 or 4 options, depending on who you are: Nick Markakis, Ty Wigginton, Jason Berken, and Adam Jones. . . . → Read More: Who is the O’s All-Star? Well, it’s about time. Then again, is it too soon? That can be debated amongst Orioles fans, but either way, Zach Britton (RHP) has been promoted from Bowie (AA) to Baltimore’s AAA team, the Norfolk Tides. Reports from several sources say that he has gotten the promotion and will be starting Thursday against Charlotte. With a new changeup he is still trying to master, Britton has his nice sinker/slider combo that has helped him work to a2.48 ERA over a team high 87 IP in 14 starts. He is 7-3 on the year, has only allowed 4 HRs, has a 68:28 K:BB ratio, and a very solid WHIP of 1.20. . . . → Read More: Zach Britton Promoted from Bowie to Norfolk At 19-49, the Orioles were hoping this past Sunday to reach the 20 win mark before 50 losses. Not only did the loss make them the first team in the majors to hit 50 in the loss column, but they are still the only team in baseball without 25 wins, let alone 20. Just a short mention: The 1962 Mets started their season off with a 19-50 record. They ended the season at 40-120. There is nothing stopping this Orioles team from finding the record books with a continuing losing trend, but I think that this home stand could be a could time to release some frustration and gather a few wins here and there. . . . → Read More: The Orioles: 50 losses in 69 games It’s another year where the Yankees rule them all. Or do they? The positions on the all-star ballots for this year’s All-Star Game being held at Angel Stadium in California are usually tilted slightly in favor of the reigning World Series champs, but this year, there have been a few interesting picks that may dethrone some Evil Empire stars from their seats of honor. The major question that always remains is: Do these Yankees really deserve their spots? Well, for one thing, we can all celebrate that Mr. Teixeira on the Yankees has been kicked out of his top ballot standing by obvious deserving Twin; Justin Morneau. As opposed to Teixeira’s awful .226 average, Morneau is hitting .342 with 3 more home runs and 5 more RBIs than Tex. . . . → Read More: Analyzing potential American League All-Stars |
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