Ryan Mountcastle on recent hot hitting and more, plus another win on the road trip
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Getting to play pro baseball has always been important to the Orioles Ryan Mountcastle. Even long before they drafted him No. 36 overall in the 2015 MLB Draft out of Paul J. Haggerty High School in Florida. Back then he had designs on being a big league player and that dream came true for him for the first time in August of 2020. But Mountcastle’s
Machado: “I’ve never seen a team rebuild that quickly"
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SAN DIEGO – Manny Machado dug in against Orioles closer Félix Bautista last night with two Padres on base and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, back-to-back walks allowing him to represent the potential tying run. Machado took a 101.2 mph fastball out of the strike zone, missed a 100.4 mph fastball, offered at a splitter and grounded it to
Rodriguez works career-high seven innings and Orioles defeat Padres 4-1 (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SAN DIEGO – Juan Soto swung the bat with every ounce of strength in his body, almost jumping out of his spikes, and let his momentum carry toward the Padres dugout before regaining his balance. Stumbling out of the box as Grayson Rodriguez’s third strikeout victim. His feet having a mind of their own. Manny Machado followed with a towering popup an
O's game blog: Seattle series win secured, O's open set at San Diego tonight
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles lost Friday night at Seattle but won back-to-back 10-inning games by 1-0 and 5-3 to take another series over the weekend and improve to 73-45. It was an outstanding start to a nine-game West Coast road trip that continues tonight at San Diego. O’s batters scored just eight runs on 17 hits at T-Mobile Park against a Mariners club that Su
Hyde on Cowser: "I just want him to go down there and free his mind up"
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SAN DIEGO – Outfielder Colton Cowser is taking his turn at a minor league reset. The Orioles optioned Cowser today after he went 7-for-61, creating a spot for Aaron Hicks’ return to the active roster. “We talked a lot about that with certain guys this year, about how it’s not always a terrible thing to have a guy come up here and experience what ma
Orioles and Padres lineups in San Diego
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SAN DIEGO – Aaron Hicks is starting in left field and batting eighth tonight after his reinstatement from the injured list earlier today. Cedric Mullins is in center field and batting sixth. Austin Hays sits against Padres right-hander Yu Darvish. Adley Rutschman stays in the leadoff spot, followed by shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Jordan Westburg is
Orioles reinstate Aaron Hicks, option Colton Cowser
MASN Staff
Orioles
The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Reinstated OF Aaron Hicks from the 10-day Injured List (left hamstring strain).Optioned OF Colton Cowser to Triple-A Norfolk.
Orioles option Cowser to create roster space for Hicks (plus notes)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
SAN DIEGO – The Orioles made the anticipated outfield switch today, reinstating Aaron Hicks from the 10-day injured list and optioning rookie Colton Cowser to Triple-A Norfolk. Hicks strained his left hamstring July 24 while diving for a fly ball in Philadelphia – incorrectly ruled a catch – and returns after two rehab games with Norfolk. Cowser is
Crews tops latest Nats prospect ranking
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
MLB Pipeline released its midseason rankings of the top 100 prospects in baseball and the top 30 for each major league team, adding the 2023 draft class and trade deadline moves, and there’s no surprise who tops the Nationals’ list. Dylan Crews, the No. 2 overall pick out of LSU, is the Nationals’ new top prospect, coming in at No. 1 on the team’s
McCann on Mullins: "Words don't really describe how big he was for us today"
Steve Melewski
Orioles
SEATTLE - After the Cedric Mullins heroics - the incredible catch to rob a homer in the ninth and the go-ahead two-run homer in the tenth - there was still work to do. There was the matter of getting three more big outs in the bottom of the tenth to produce perhaps the O's best series win of the year. Félix Bautista was unavailable, the O's had alr