Orioles outfield prospect Austin Hays will rejoin the Double-A Bowie Baysox tonight. He'll be on the field when the Baysox begin a series with New Hampshire at 7:05 p.m. at Prince George's Stadium. The Baysox could feature an outfield with Hays, Yusniel Díaz and Ryan McKenna. Hays has been out of the Bowie lineup since May 24 due to an ankle bone bruise and tendinitis, and was in a walking boot for weeks. He played nine injury rehab games for short season Single-A Aberdeen, batting .189...

Multiple scouts who have chimed in on the Orioles' return for their July trades use the term "up and down guys," labeled for their lower ceilings but usefulness on a major league club. Guys who may be riding the Triple-A shuttle but can serve a purpose. Reliever Evan Phillips joined the club yesterday in Texas while the Orioles placed Jhan Mariñez on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring. He retired all six batters he faced and became the 49th player used this season after...

When the Orioles made the trade sending Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the key player returning to Baltimore was outfielder Yusniel Díaz. But the other position player acquired in that deal has had a pretty solid year as well. Rylan Bannon, who plays second and third base, hit his second homer for Double-A Bowie on Tuesday night. The trade that made Bannon an Oriole also provided him a promotion. He was hitting well in the hitter-friendly High-A California League, and now he is...

The Orioles will attempt to strike another deal or two before Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline. However, the biggest trades have been completed as long as center fielder Adam Jones is resistant to waiving his 10-5 rights. Manny Machado is playing for the Dodgers. Zach Britton is coming out of the Yankees' bullpen. Brad Brach will be pitching for the Braves after he reports. Jones has earned the right to choose where he plays by being in the league for 10 years and with the Orioles for five, but...

Cuban outfielder Yusniel Díaz was the key player among the five the Orioles acquired from the Dodgers for Manny Machado. Pitcher Dillion Tate is the headliner in the three acquired this week from the New York Yankees for pitcher Zach Britton. Tate was traded to the Orioles along with pitchers Cody Carroll and Josh Rogers who are both now with Triple-A Norfolk. Rogers is expected to make his Tides debut on the mound tonight. Carroll got the win and threw a scoreless inning Thursday for...

A handful of members of the Double-A Bowie Baysox are at Camden Yards today. They are the five Baysox players that the Orioles acquired in the trades for Manny Machado and Zach Britton: pitchers Dillon Tate, Zach Pop and Dean Kremer, infielder Rylan Bannon and outfielder Yusniel Díaz. They are here with other members of the Baysox staff, including manager Gary Kendall, pitching coach Kennie Steenstra and hitting coach Keith Bodie. The Baysox got rained out yesterday and today in Harrisburg...

BOWIE, Md. - After hitting two homers in the recent All-Star Futures Game and moving into the rankings among the top 50 prospects in baseball, young outfielder Yusniel Díaz was rewarded with a trade. Three days after he blasted a pair of homers for the World Team in the Futures Game, the 21-year-old Cuban-born Díaz was the headline player the Orioles acquired among five minor leaguers as Manny Machdado was sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Díaz said it felt strange to be traded but...

BOWIE, Md. - Getting traded can be difficult for any baseball player. And for the four newest members of the Double-A Bowie Baysox, it has been. But since the Manny Machado trade that took them from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Orioles and from the west coast to the east, they are finally starting to settle in with their new organization. When Machado became a Dodger, four of the five players the Orioles acquired joined the Baysox, led by 21-year-old outfielder Yusniel Díaz from Havana,...

Outfielder Yusniel Díaz was the jewel in the package of players that the Orioles acquired from the Dodgers for shortstop Manny Machado. No other suitor offered up anyone of that caliber. But scouts like the potential of reliever Zach Pop, a 21-year-old right-hander assigned to Double-A Bowie. Pop, a seventh-round pick in the 2017 draft out of the University of Kentucky, registered a 0.93 ERA and 0.87 WHIP in 35 career relief appearances before the trade. He projects as a potential set-up...

The Orioles don't necessarily have a screaming need for an outfielder as they set about the task of starting their rebuild process, but they listened when the Dodgers offered Yusniel Díaz as part of the five-player package for shortstop Manny Machado. Alex Verdugo was off the table, as were a few of the top young pitchers in the Dodgers system, which threatened to curtail trade talks. But Díaz became the centerpiece and Machado headed west. (I thought it was important to land at least...

The inevitable finally became a reality. Resigned to losing shortstop Manny Machado through free agency after the season, the Orioles ended their eight-year relationship by trading him to the Los Angeles Dodgers today for a five-player package headlined by Double-A outfielder Yusniel Díaz, according to sources. The Orioles also will receive third baseman Rylan Bannon, second baseman Breyvic Valera, and right-handers Dean Kremer and Zach Pop. No money is involved in the transactions. And no...

The Orioles are in the final stages of completing a trade that will send shortstop Manny Machado to the Dodgers in exchange for five players, according to an industry source. They're in the home stretch. The Dodgers have agreed on the players and there are only some "final points to review," per the source. Reports surfaced earlier today, including a tweet from MLB Network Radio's Steve Phillips, that the deal hit a snag due to concerns over the medicals on at least one of the players....

So it appears the day has finally arrived when Manny Machado is no longer an Oriole. It will be a day filled with a lot of emotions for Orioles fans. Some will be angry the team could not keep such a talent, others will be sad to lose him. Some fans may wish him well but at the same time be excited about the young talent the team acquired for Machado. The rebuilding of the Orioles has begun. The Orioles acquired five prospects from the Dodgers for about 10 weeks of Machado, a pending free agent...