Baltimore Orioles

Over the last year, Keagan Gillies has become a dark horse candidate to help the Orioles’ bullpen sooner rather than later. Here’s how a refined splitter is helping his chances.

“You can get frustrated,” Norby said. “We all want to play in the big leagues, every single guy here, every single guy in the org.”

The Orioles needed a win after dropping two of three to the Athletics, each loss by just a run.

Two blown saves over the weekend illustrate the narrow margins the Orioles pitching staff is facing, and injury concerns could keep Baltimore on edge in a tough division race.

His nutrition, his sleep schedule, his workouts and his plate appearances — they’re regimented, tried and true, set at a pace Rutschman knows works for him.

Three home runs are not enough to get the Orioles a series victory at Camden Yards.

Irvin has never looked better in an Orioles uniform. It still may not be enough to save his spot.

The most likely place for him to slot in is Thursday against the Yankees.

The club sent Holliday down to Triple-A Norfolk after just 10 games, not enough of a runway to see if he could have battled his way out of a 2-for-34 start to his big league career.

“For the past two years, 2 1/2 years,” Suárez said, “I started working on almost whatever it takes to get a chance to play in the States.”

The bullpen woes spoiled another strong start from Corbin Burnes in a 3-2 defeat.

The Orioles’ position has always been: Players need to be challenged, and challenging them at earlier ages has the potential to be exponentially beneficial.

Holliday was 2-for-34 in 10 major league games, with 18 strikeouts in 34 at-bats.

As long as he keeps defending well, he’ll get chances to bat at the bottom of the order, at least against righties, and get himself right.

By mid-April, after Cowser put on a show in Boston, the noise greeting the outfielder had picked up around the stadium. No, it’s not a boo.

“They’re always so cool,” Britton said. “We’ll be tied together forever. Whenever they reminisce about when they got called up, I’ll always be a part of that with them. They are all awesome.”

The Orioles general manager discusses changing the operating model of the franchise, the Orioles’ process for drafting players who fit within the organization and camaraderie within the clubhouse.

The shortstop homered and reached base in five plate appearances Wednesday as Baltimore beat Los Angeles 6-5 to end its road trip.

Cowser is spraying line drives all over the field, has a team-high 12 extra-base hits, and is one of the breakout stars of the first month of this MLB season.

A change to Westburg's batting stance has led to a torrid start at the plate and an American League Player of the Week Award.