Miguel Gonzalez will return from the disabled list for the Baltimore Orioles and will start against the New York Yankees.  The Orioles have lost six straight games and three of four to the Yankees in 2013. The Orioles have also dropped seven straight at home for the first time since an 11-game slide Aug. 22-Sept. 7, 2007. Last season, Gonzalez was 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA in two starts against New York.Gonzalez, ...

After a 2012 season that saw Baltimore Orioles closer Jim Johnson save 51 games, the last three games for the Baltimore "fireman" have been uneventful. Coming into the ninth-inning with a 4-3 lead over the New York Yankees on Monday, Johnson would surrender a solo home run to Travis Hafner, which would tie the game 4-4 and force extra-innings where the Orioles would eventually lose 6-4 in 10 innings. Monday ...

The Baltimore Orioles placed left-hander Wei-Yin Chen  on the 15 day disabled list with the right oblique strain. In  his last start chanting left after five shutout innings with the pain in his right side.  he was evaluated and an MRI revealed the strain. Chen, who is 3-3 with a 3.04 ERA Becomes a second member of the Orioles starting rotation to go on the disabled list in the past week. Miguel Gonzalez  w ...

Dylan Bundy will not be able to resume baseball activity for six weeks, but the Orioles are likely relieved the number two prospect in baseball will not require surgery. Bundy made his major league debut in 2012 for the Orioles, throwing just 1.2 innings as part of a September callup. The 20-year-old felt tightness in his forearm and elbow pretty much since the beginning of the year, but an MRI revealed no ...

Jake Arrieta has yet to figure it out at the Major League level and now he's left the Orioles with some decisions to make. Arrieta has yet to have a full season or an ERA under 4.66 for Baltimore and his biggest woes of his career forced the Birds to send him back to AAA Norfolk. The 27-year-old righty was dreadful to start the season, tossing 19 innings over four starts and surrendering: 14 runs, 16 walks ...

The Baltimore Orioles won their 17th straight extra innings game, including 16 last season when Matt Wieters hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-6. Reigning AL Cy Young winner David Price was handed the lead by the Rays offense three times, only to give it right back to Baltimore. Nolan Reimold and Steve Pearce also homered for the Orioles, who took two of three f ...

Brian Roberts who injured his knee while trying to steal second base in the ninth inning yesterday in a game with Tampa Bay is expected to miss 2 to 4 weeks with a ruptured tendon in the back of his right knee. Roberts has battled injuries over the past few seasons having played 17 games in 2012, 39 games in 2011 and 59 games in 2010. Roberts said after the game he heard a pop behind  his knee.  Roberts was ...

The Baltimore Orioles reached agreements with right-hander Jason Hammel and reliever Jim Johnson on one-year deals to avoid arbitration according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun. The two deals leave only reliever Darren O'Day as the only player the Orioles are at risk of going to an arbitration hearing with, although that is not likely. Hammel requested $8.25 million and was offered $5.7 million by the ...

With the ever rising cost of offense, more and more teams are looking to platoons as a low-cost, high-reward alternative. Even though penny-pinching organizations like the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays have long been using the platoon, now even bigger market teams--like the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox--are beginning to join the fray. Below is an in-depth, projected list of th ...

A season removed from winning 93 games and capturing their first playoff berth since 1997, the Baltimore Orioles made few changes to their 2012 roster heading into spring training. Considering that the Orioles were 29-9 in one-run games in 2012 - which was the third-best mark for that category in Major League history - they will need a lot to go right to duplicate last season's success. The lineup features ...

The Baltimore Orioles reached into the bargain bin for starting pitching and agreed to a deal with free-agent right-hander Jair Jurrjens. The deal will be worth $1.5 million and incentives to bring the total to $4 million. Jurrjens had a miserable 2012 with the Atlanta Braves and was 3-4 with a 6.89 ERA. Jurrjens spent most of the year in AAA. Jurrjens was 13 six with a 2.96 ERA in 2011 and made the All-Sta ...

Legendary Hall of Fame Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver passed away last night. He was 82. Weaver died early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack while on an Orioles fantasy cruise in the Caribbean. Weaver collapsed in his compartment on the ship at 2 AM and was unable to be revived by the ship's doctor's. His wife, Maryanne, was at his side. Weaver guided the Orioles to six division titles, fo ...

When Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was invited to represent the U.S. in the upcoming 2013 World Baseball Classic, Jones didn't take the decision lightly, nor did he take time to think it over. He accepted the invitation immediately. Team USA manager Joe Torre contacted Jones before Christmas and extended the invitation. "I said, 'You're damn right. Of course I want to play for my country,'" Jones ...

With Manny Machado being promoted to the major leagues last season Dylan Bundy establishes himself as the number one prospect in the Orioles system. After Bundy right-hander Kevin Gausman and infielder Jon Schoop should be next in line for an opportunity at contributing at the major league level over the next two years, but Bundy clearly is the top prospect in the Orioles system. At No. 2 on the Baseball Ne ...