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Orioles boost injured outfield with Michael Bourn, Drew Stubbs

In return for Bourn, the Orioles are sending minor league outfielder Jason Heinrich, a fifth-round pick in 2015, to the Diamondbacks. A former fourth-round pick in 2003, Bourn hit .261 and had 13 steals in 89 games with the Diamondbacks this year. The 33-year-old speedster has a lifetime .266 average and is a two-time All-Star. […]

Yanks-O’s stunner hardly a surprise

It’s hard to imagine what would have been more unlikely — the New York Yankees sweeping three games from the Baltimore Orioles on a total of 21 singles, two doubles and nine runs, or Mariano Rivera blowing a save with one out, nobody on, and an 0-2 count on the second hitter of the ninth […]

Rest-of-season projections for Carlos Correa and other contender call-ups

One of the most important lessons that the Moneyball mindset has spread around baseball has little to do with statistics, but simply with the basic rules of how MLB finances are structured. Namely, that prospects are incredibly valuable. While this was always known, modern franchises place even more value on prospects, with blockbuster-type trades, such […]

Yoenis Cespedes defends Derby title

The Oakland Athletics outfielder simply trusted his own strength. Cespedes became the first repeat winner of the All-Star skills contest in 15 years, powering his way past Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier 9-1 in the final round Monday night. Ken Griffey Jr. took the title in 1998 and 1999. With a serious, determined look on his face […]

Defending my second-half rankings

In every relationship, there comes a time when it makes sense to take a step back from things and honestly assess where things stand. And for fantasy baseball owners, the four days of inaction that accompany the All-Star break was a perfect time to figure out exactly how you feel about your current lineup of […]

Power and bullpen carry Orioles

When informed of the reasons for skepticism surrounding his team, manager Buck Showalter responds with a furrowed eyebrow and a disarming brand of common sense. “What are you supposed to do?” Showalter said recently. “Build a team for the postseason and then not make it?” Now that the Orioles have won 96 games and captured […]

Predicting Orioles’ 2016 season record

Reason for pessimism: Orioles fans have to watch Mark Trumbo in the field. The Buck Showalter era has been very good for Orioles fans, but cracks in the foundation began to show last year. For the first time since 2011, Baltimore failed to go over its total wins market, and it wasn’t the result of […]

Sports world reacts to death of Chadwick Boseman

Boseman, who portrayed baseball icon Jackie Robinson in the 2013 film “42,” died on the same day as Major League Baseball’s annual celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, in honor of the color barrier-breaking Brooklyn Dodgers star, with every player wearing Robinson’s No. 42. “It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick […]

‘If not now, when?’: Black MLB players past and present on what needs to change

Freddie Freeman approached his minor league teammate Jason Heyward as they ran off the field after a game in 2008. Freeman had tears in his eyes. “Jay, did you hear the stuff people were saying to you?” he asked. “Yeah, I heard it, bro,” Heyward said. Freeman replied: “I’ve never seen that before.” What Freeman […]

The exile of Oakland A’s Bruce Maxwell and the birth of MLB’s Black player movement

To find Bruce Maxwell’s America, you first have to leave it, as he did, by crossing over into another country, into an exile both self-imposed and voluntary. It is to journey 165 miles southwest of the U.S. border at Laredo, Texas, into the Mexican city of Monclova, and look back at the most important intersection […]

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