Orioles manager Buck Showalter has spent the past week trying desperately to backfill his beleaguered starting rotation, but if it isn’t one minor disaster it’s another. He sent recently acquired rookie Luis Ortiz to the mound Friday night for his first major league start only to remove him from...
Now that top Cuban prospect Victor Victor Mesa and his younger brother, Victor Mesa Jr., have been declared free agents by Major League Baseball, the Orioles plan to pursue both players aggressively, according to an industry source. The Orioles have plenty of international free-agent bonus money...
Rookie right-hander Luis Ortiz left without finishing the second inning after suffering a hamstring injury running to cover first base in the Orioles’ 8-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Friday at Camden Yards, abruptly ending his first career major league start and robbing him of the chance to.