Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer started the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday, and fans are wondering if it will be Scherzer’s final start of his career. The Blue Jays were eliminated from postseason contention after losing 4-2 to the Baltimore Orioles. Scherzer surrendered four earned runs across five innings of work […]
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The Orioles needed three things to happen today in order to stave off elimination from playoff contention for another day. First, they needed the win Game 1 over the Blue Jays. They did that, beating them 4-2 thanks to yet another Pete Alonso home run, a solid showing from Chris Bassitt, and a dominant performance […]
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Imagn Images When Blue Jays right-hander and future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer first took the bump for his start against the Orioles on Wednesday, he joined elite company. That’s because the eventual five-inning effort, in which Scherzer allowed four runs on four hits, marked his 500th career game pitched. Of those 500 games on the mound, 491 have been starts. Scherzer is now the 451st pitcher to reach 500 games pitched, but just 54 pitchers in all MLB history have made more starts. At age 42 ...
BALTIMORE — As the rain poured with no signs of abating Tuesday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles discussed whether to postpone the night’s game, Max Scherzer made one demand of John Schneider. “It was,” the manager recalled, “‘make sure you call me at this time when you know, so I can either turn it on or turn it off.” The day’s relentless downpour meant Scherzer turned his legendary intensity off, flipping back on Wednesday in the first half of a split doubleheader, w...
BALTIMORE—For the moment, the Orioles remain alive in the wild-card race, but just barely. Entering the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, the Orioles would have had to win their last five games while the Chicago White Sox lost their last five. The Orioles managed a 4-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 10,562 at […]
The Toronto Blue Jays saw their 2026 postseason hopes end Wednesday, cutting short their bid to return to the World Series one year after falling just short of a championship. Toronto’s season ended Wednesday with a 4-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Camden Yards. The defeat dropped the […]
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Blue Jays 2 Orioles 4 We are officially eliminated from the playoffs. Stop me if you have heard this one, but the Jays didn’t score enough. And Pete Alonso hit a home run. Max Scherzer had a very 2026 Max Scherzer type of start: 5 innings, 4 hits, 4 earned, 3 walks, though the 7 […]
The Orioles avoided being eliminated for at least a few more hours by winning the first game of their doubleheader against Toronto on Wednesday afternoon. In the process, they officially eliminated the Blue Jays from postseason contention. Too bad, so sad. In short, Chris Bassitt got the better of Max Scherzer in the Old Guy […]
The Blue Jays called up the right-hander ahead of their doubleheader with the Orioles.
Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will return to the lineup Wednesday despite recent left lower-back tightness, answering whether the slugger would play again this season. Guerrero was initially expected to sit Game 1 of Toronto’s doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles, but the club made a late change before first pitch. He will bat […]
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Orioles infielder Jackson Holliday landed on the injured list last week due to inflammation in his left wrist. Holliday now tells the Orioles beat that he’ll require surgery (via Jake Rill of MLB.com). The procedure will take place later this week or early next week. It’s expected to come with a 10-week recovery window. Specifics […]
The Baltimore Orioles have found a replacement after ending catcher Samuel Basallo’s season.
The end of the season is shaping up to be chaotic for the Baltimore Orioles. With five games left, their chances of making the playoffs are slim. Now their chances are even slimmer, as catcher Samuel Basallo was placed on the 7-day concussion list. The list is also retroactive to September 22. In addition, outfielder […]
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Today is almost certainly going to be the day that the Orioles are mathematically eliminated from the postseason. It could happen as soon as this first game of their doubleheader. The tragic number is one. Next time the Orioles lose, it’s over. Next time the White Sox win, it’s over. Chicago doesn’t play until 7:40. […]
BALTIMORE—Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo’s season is over. After getting hit by a foul tip on the mask during Monday night’s game against the Blue Jays, Basallo has been placed on the 7-day concussion injured list, retroactive to Tuesday. He was hit in the fifth inning and left the game after the sixth. “Concussions are so […]
The Baltimore Orioles can statistically still make the playoffs. They’d need to win out and hope that the Chicago White Sox lose out. With just a few more games left on the schedule, though, it appears that the postseason pursuit in Camden Yards is going to fall short, marking yet another disappointing season for a […]
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For a lot of the season, there has seemed to be only one obvious choice to end up as the Most Valuable Oriole. You never know if some voters will talk themselves into something silly to stop it from being unanimous. In 2026, it was so obvious that even those people got it right. Pete […]
BALTIMORE—In his first season with the Orioles, Pete Alonso was unanimously elected as Most Valuable Oriole. Alonso, who signed a five-year, $155 million contract with the Orioles last December, became the ninth Oriole to hit 40 home runs on Monday night. “It’s just them believing in who I am,” Alonso said. “I’m not trying to […]
In first year with the club, he has mashed 40 HRs with 108 RBIs
The Orioles, as a collective unit, have failed in 2026. Some players got hurt, some players struggled, and a few were traded away. The team will finish with a losing record and miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Few things have worked out, but there’s one thing that cannot be questioned—Pete Alonso delivered […]
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso is about to make MLB history, and New York Mets fans should love it.
What a difference a year can make. Unfortunately. One year ago at this time, Esteban Mejia’s career was on a very different trajectory. The Dominican right-hander, a 2024 international signing, was coming off of an excellent first season stateside, one in which he flashed both dazzling results — a 2.45 ERA and 11.8 K/9 as […]
Good morning Birdland, For a while now, we have been able to lean on the crutch that the Orioles were still “mathematically alive” in the AL playoff race. There is a chance, perhaps even an inevitability, that it will no longer be a matter of math after today. The Orioles elimination number is at one, […]