It’s August 1st which means the Major League Baseball (MLB) trade deadline has come and gone. The Baltimore Orioles got out their trade hammer and let it swing with reckless abandon. The Orioles acquired a lot of minor league talent. Too bad their farm system is terrible. They would have a better farm system if they employed …
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Manny Machado on the precipice of going to the Dodgers
It appears Manny Machado will be wearing Dodgers blue, at least until the end of the season. The Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Dodgers are close to working out a trade that would send the 2018 Orioles’ lone All-Star to the Dodgers for the rest of the season. Machado becomes a free-agent in 2019 meaning …
Orioles beat team with a similarly losing record for the win
The Baltimore Orioles (9-27) beat the Kansas City Royals (12-24) last night. The final score was 3 – 5. What last night’s game shows is that if the Orioles focus on playing teams who’ve lost at least 20 games so far this season, they have a real fighting chance. Chris Davis even hit a three-run …
Kevin Gausman throws first ‘Immaculate Inning’ of 2018
Kevin Gausman of the Baltimore Orioles threw an immaculate 7th inning in a loss to the Cleveland Indians Monday night. An immaculate inning is where a pitcher faces three hitters and strikes them out on three pitches each. If an immaculate inning sounds silly, that’s because it is. It’s not even all that impressive when …
Orioles sign pitcher Alex Cobb to four-year, $60 million deal
The Baltimore Orioles got out their giant orange checkbook and signed Tampa Bay Rays right-handed pitcher Alex Cobb to a four-year deal worth a reported $60 million. The deal supposedly includes deferred money, money the team will not be paying Cobb until after his career with the Orioles is over. If memory serves, Chris Davis …
There’s a reason people hate the New York Yankees
From The Baltimore Sun: Manny Machado won’t be a free agent until next offseason, but Aaron Judge is already making his pitch to the All-Star shortstop on why he should join the Yankees. “Adding him to our lineup that we’ve already got would be something special. I told him he’d look good in pinstripes,” Judge said. …