BALTIMORE — The Orioles aren’t going to let their postseason hopes die, despite the slim odds. It hadn’t been looking great of late for Baltimore, which entered Monday on a six-game losing streak and with only a 2.8% chance of reaching the playoffs, according to FanGraphs. However, the O’s were four games back of the third American League Wild Card spot with 18 to play, so they remained mathematically alive. Get a free Los Orioles Jersey on Sept. 18! (First 15K fans 21+) As long as that’s the ...
Two teams met today at 1:35 Eastern on Labor Day. One of them is sinking into irrelevance, limply making outs when runs are desperately needed. The other is hanging tough, gradually solidifying its hold on a playoff spot. Today, you’d have been hard pressed to figure out which team was which. The Orioles quickly jumped […]
The MLB season is beginning to wind down. It is becoming clear which teams are realistic contenders. The American League is weak overall but the AL East is one of the better divisions in baseball. While the top teams in the division receive most of the attention, the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles saw […]
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Happy Labor Day, Camden Chat! I hope the Orioles don’t give you a back-breaking loss that seals their season. I’d understand if you didn’t feel great about their chances: the O’s are 0-6 in September, four games back of the Guardians, and couldn’t even achieve a series win against the Colorado Rockies!! For Pete’s sake. […]
BALTIMORE—Left-hander reliever Keegan Akin, who had Tommy John surgery in July, and first baseman/designated hitter Ryan Mountcastle are spending the Cleveland series with the Orioles. Mountcastle, who tore an oblique muscle as he was preparing to play in his first rehab game after breaking his right foot in April, has begun swinging a bat but […]
A sweep of the Baltimore Orioles was just what the medical team ordered for the Red Sox. The O’s had been hanging around the Wild Card for weeks – even through a selloff that included their starting catcher – while the Sox won 15 straight and 9 straight and put up an historic run since […]
Take a trip in the wayback machine with me, friends. All the way back to Sep. 1, 2026. Ah, we were so young and innocent then. The Orioles had just clawed back to the .500 mark for the first time since April, and they did it with one of the most miraculous game-ending plays you’ll […]
Anyone can really be forgiven for thinking, after the Orioles dramatically got back up to .500 after months of wallowing below it, that this would mark the start of a September ascent. The opportunity was right there in front of them. What we have gotten instead is the ultimate case of the 2026 Orioles pulling […]
One week ago, the Orioles were flying high. They were in the midst of a successful road trip that had them back to .500 for the first time since April and just half a game out of the AL’s final wild card spot. Colton Cowser’s walk-off web gem in Colorado felt like a sign from […]
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Mark Prior, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1998 – Mariners’ OF Ken Griffey, Jr. has four hits, including two homers, and reaches the 50-home run level. He’s the third player to do so in successive seasons. Seattle defeats the Orioles, 11 – 1, […]
The field of viable MLB playoff teams is starting to narrow, and with three full weeks of regular-season baseball remaining, it's make-or-break time for teams on the postseason bubble.
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters. If you’re off work for the long weekend, remember those in the Labor Movement who fought for your right to work reasonable hours, among other things. As for the Orioles, I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say they played themselves into irrelevance over the weekend. Having been mopped by the Red […]
When Eddie Watt, Boog Powell and Jim Palmer took the field on Friday night, it took me back to a time when I needed to run home from high school to catch the first-inning home runs by Brooks and Frank Robinson because World Series games were played during the day. It took me back to […]
Question: Why did the Orioles trade Tyler Wells? Would he not have been useful say, today, when they lost to Colorado? And many other games? I get the other deadline trades, but not that one. From: Bob Snyder Answer: Bob, I was surprised when the Orioles traded Tyler Wells to Tampa Bay. He has a […]
Payton Tolle had an impressive time on the mound again on Sunday, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, 3-1, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Tolle finished with 12 strikeouts, allowing just four hits and one earned run in six innings. For good measure, he also delighted fans with an impromptu push-up […]
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Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman hit the 400-save mark on Sunday, preserving a 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles and a four-game sweep in the process.
The Baltimore Orioles are stuck between a rock and a hard place as Gunnar Henderson's struggles mount.
The Boston Red Sox earned a 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, maintaining their position in the playoff standings. Early in the contest, however, starting pitcher Payton Tolle had a little slip-up on the mound that he laughed about during his postgame interview in the locker room. In the bottom of the third, […]
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O’s losing streak reaches six as they’ve scored one run in three games
The Baltimore Orioles took a calculated gamble in claiming oft-injury outfielder Luis Robert Jr. off waivers from the New York Mets. With almost $5 million still remaining on his massive contract, the slugger was having a resurgent month of August. But then... there is always the injury bug waiting around the corner for Robert Jr., isn't there? That's where the gamble comes in. On Sunday, the O's lost that gamble, as they were forced to place Robert Jr. on the injured list with a hamstring inj...
BALTIMORE—It was supposed to be a feel-good weekend for the Orioles. Jim Palmer, Boog Powell and Eddie Watt celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1966 World Series champions, and the 30th anniversary of Eddie Murray’s 500th home run. Plus there was the return of Adley Rutschman to Baltimore and a series vital to their playoff […]
The Red Sox spent the final three days of their trip to Baltimore making life miserable for the Orioles’ lineup, and Sunday was no different.Payton Tolle struck out 12 as Boston completed a four-game sweep with a 3-1 win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, finishing a dominant stretch in which Red Sox pitching allowed just one run over the final three games of the series.
The Baltimore Orioles were taking a chance when they signed oft-injured Luis Robert Jr. off the waiver wire. Shortly after putting him in their lineup, Robert injured his hamstring and had to be put on the Injured List. Robert homered for the Orioles in Thursday’s loss to the Boston Red Sox, but he was sidelined […]
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Sunday’s series finale between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles wasn’t a playoff game. It didn’t even carry playoff stakes; the Red Sox are all but locked into their spot. It did, however, play out like a game you might see in the postseason. Payton Tolle started the game for the Red Sox and […]
The Boston Red Sox have been getting insane production from reliever Aroldis Chapman, since he has played with Boston. Chapman is having himself a day on Sunday. “Aroldis Chapman finishes his 400th save with a 101-mph for a strikeout. He is 38 years old,” MLB.com posted to X, formerly Twitter. Boston defeated the Baltimore Orioles, […]
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