Being a reliever, Luis De León has realized, is not so easy at all. Except, despite a hiccup in his debut, De León has at least made this all look easy.
Entering Tuesday, Christian Encarnacion-Strand is hitting .268 with 10 homers and an .817 OPS. His emergence has moved him into consideration for a large role in 2027.
Baltimore's elimination number remains two, but that still means Baltimore could be eliminated as early as Tuesday should the Chicago White Sox win and the Orioles lose.
“Swinging bases loaded after nine pitches not in the strike zone was shocking, and I’m embarrassed,” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. “Like, that’s not winning baseball. That’s not baseball, period.”
Timothy Bess, a Ravens diehard who lives in Kentucky, has never been to an MLB game. And he’s certainly never been to a football-plus-baseball doubleheader. That will change Sunday in Baltimore.
President of baseball operations Mike Elias said his working assumption is he will remain atop the Orioles organization, and he said Saturday that Craig Albernaz will remain the manager next season.
Although the Ravens-Orioles doubleheader day is expected to start dry, rain and thunderstorms could dampen the fun at Camden Yards in the evening, said Luis Rosa, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Orioles veteran Pete Alonso celebrated his 300th career home run alongside rookie reliever Alex Hoppe, who earned his first major league win, in a memorable beer-soaked clubhouse celebration.
COLUMN | His production as a hitter and a solid-fielding first baseman is one thing. But Pete Alonso’s acceptance of being a face of the franchise and off-field philanthropist cements how right the Orioles were to sign him.
COLUMN | Trey Mancini really defined the era between the two defining eras of the last 15 years here — the Buck Showalter peak and the Hyde Peak — and the opportunities to celebrate that aren’t going to be frequent.
The Orioles' bullpen pitchers like to keep things loose. They snake through the outfield in a single-file line. They play bocce. Those light moments help with what can be a high-intensity job.