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BALTIMORE -- Orioles All-Star closer Félix Bautista is headed to the 15-day injured list, with general manager Mike Elias telling reporters on Saturday that he has "some degree of injury" to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. “It’s less than 24 hours now and that’s all I’ve got,”

BALTIMORE -- Rookie sensation Gunnar Henderson cranked a dramatic two-run homer to put the Orioles ahead of the beleaguered Rockies with just three outs to go on a muggy Friday night at Camden Yards. The home crowd rose in anticipation as the AL’s best closer stepped to the hill. Henderson’s

BALTIMORE -- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde called it the “best-case scenario.” How could he not? When Cedric Mullins pulled up with an injury while running to first base on May 29, it could have been easy for everybody associated with Baltimore -- its players, its coaches, its fans -- to

BALTIMORE -- The Orioles’ continued offensive struggles during a 5-0 loss to the Guardians became a secondary worry for the club late Monday afternoon. The primary concern expressed from a quiet clubhouse postgame was the health of standout center fielder Cedric Mullins. During the bottom of the eighth inning, Mullins

BALTIMORE -- Since before Spring Training this year, the Orioles viewed John Means as a potential Trade Deadline-like impact acquisition who wouldn’t require them to part with any assets. The 30-year-old left-hander, who is on the 60-day injured list, underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2022, so this July seemed

ARLINGTON -- Orioles starter Kyle Bradish departed Monday night’s 2-0 series-opening win over the Rangers at Globe Life Field in the second inning after taking a 104 mph liner to his right foot. The ball, which came off the bat of Jonah Heim, knocked Bradish to the ground and ricocheted

BALTIMORE -- The Orioles placed right-hander Tyler Wells on the injured list prior to Friday’s tilt against the Astros at Camden Yards, all but assuredly ending the season for one of their most promising breakout pitchers on a staff full of them. Wells experienced some discomfort in his right shoulder

BALTIMORE -- Grayson Rodriguez was “at the point of checking every box you could think of,” coming closer to his much-anticipated Major League debut. But now the hope is simply that the top pitching prospect in baseball (and No. 3 overall, per MLB Pipeline) can return to any mound before

BALTIMORE -- Grayson Rodriguez, the top pitching prospect in baseball, has been diagnosed with a right lat muscle strain that will sideline him “probably a decent amount of time at a minimum,” Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said Thursday afternoon -- a development that will delay

BALTIMORE -- Take a look at John Means, back in the Camden Yards clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon before the Orioles took on the Yankees, and there are a few noticeable differences. For starters, nearly the entirety of his left arm is bandaged and braced up following his Tommy John surgery

NEW YORK -- Orioles ace John Means underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday, and he will be sidelined for the rest of 2022 and part of the '23 season, team executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said. The surgery -- performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Dallas --

BALTIMORE — The precise timetable and path forward for John Means remains unclear, a day after the Orioles placed their ace on the 10-day injured list with a left elbow strain. But the outlook remains grim, with the club preparing to be without Means for the foreseeable future. Asked today

BALTIMORE -- The Orioles don’t know yet the precise nature of the left elbow strain that landed John Means on the injured list Friday, or how long exactly they should expect it to sideline their ace. Those particulars will be finalized in the days to come, with Means scheduled for

BALTIMORE -- John Means entered the 2022 season with sights set on durability. Not only for his own sake -- he’s eclipsed 150 innings just once in his career -- but knowing the responsibility that comes as the Orioles' staff ace without a proven cavalry behind him. But an unfortunate

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Despite the progress Adley Rutschman continues to make, he’s not expected to be ready in time for either Major League or Triple-A Opening Day. That was the dichotomy in news the Orioles unveiled for their top prospect on Sunday and Monday morning. A day after manager Brandon

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Slowly but surely, Adley Rutschman is making progress. The Orioles’ top prospect and baseball's No. 2 overall per MLB Pipeline has resumed hitting and throwing activities, manager Brandon Hyde said before Sunday’s Grapefruit League contest against the Twins at Hammond Stadium. It marked Rutschman’s biggest step

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Orioles, and baseball en masse, knew it would be a challenge this spring to squeeze pitchers into an appropriate number of innings before the regular season. For Baltimore especially, with so many open spots in the rotation and bullpen, innings are at a premium. Now

TAMPA, Fla. -- Just as Heston Kjerstad’s long road toward an Orioles debut appeared near, the top prospect has hit another significant setback. Kjerstad has a “higher grade” strain of his left hamstring that will sideline him eight to 12 weeks, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias revealed

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The central question for the Orioles this Spring Training was whether or not Adley Rutschman, the consensus top prospect in baseball now taking part in his third consecutive big league camp, would serve as the Opening Day catcher. It appears the decision has already been made --

PHILADELPHIA -- The Orioles shook up their roster on Wednesday with 11 games to play, placing Ramón Urías on the 10-day injured list amidst a flurry of moves. The right adductor strain that Urías had managed for weeks now ends a productive season for the infielder, who played himself into

BALTIMORE -- Given the schedule’s late date, the Orioles learned on Tuesday how injuries that crop up in mid-September come with the potential for sidelining players through the rest of the regular season. To that end, will Trey Mancini return to the field in 2021? The answer to that question

BALTIMORE -- Trey Mancini remained out of the starting lineup for the Orioles on Wednesday due to an oblique injury, according to manager Brandon Hyde. Mancini's absence was first attributed to general soreness and an injury to his foot after taking a fastball off it in New York on Sunday.

The Orioles suffered a big blow this weekend when they lost starting shortstop Freddy Galvis to a Grade 1 right quad strain, which will sideline Galvis for 1-2 months. Galvis was one of the steadier performers on an Orioles team that has struggled to produce consistently offensively -- a veteran

Orioles shortstop Freddy Galvis exited with right quad discomfort in the second inning of Saturday’s 12-4 loss to the Blue Jays at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N.Y. Galvis was limping noticeably as he made his way to first base on a bunt single. He could be seen gripping his right