Joe Saunders

For starters, Dan Duquette hasn't had same magic touch

2013-05-21 11:04:00

If you believe that the Orioles’ unexpected run to the postseason in 2012 was something of magic, then the most dazzling trick the organization pulled off was consistently pulling productive starters out of their sleeves. Executive vice...

Talking Orioles with Birds Watcher's Amanda Redman

2013-05-21 04:00:00

The Baltimore sports scene is blessed with a bunch of talented bloggers who bring their unique perspective to the conversation. Each week, I hope to chat with one of them in a regular feature called Blogger on Blogger. This week, I exchanged emails with...

Zach Britton sent back to Triple-A Norfolk in Orioles' roster shuffle

2013-04-30 19:46:00

SEATTLE — Orioles left-hander Zach Britton was hoping to get more than one start to show the organization that he had regained the form that made him one of the club's most promising pitchers a few years ago. He is going to have to do that again...

Orioles still looking for an answer to fifth starter question

2013-04-30 18:36:00

While auditions continue for the fifth slot in the Orioles starting rotation, the question that was debated throughout the team's largely inactive offseason suddenly seems relevant again. Can last year's formula produce a new and improved product in...

Should Orioles regret not bringing back Joe Saunders?

2013-04-30 02:55:00

No doubt, there were a lot Orioles fans second-guessing the decision to let Joe Saunders get away while they were watching him tie the O's in knots on Monday night at Safeco Field in Seattle. The contrast was just too obvious, as Saunders pitched a...

Orioles notes and observations (Britton, Saunders, McLouth, Exposito)

2013-04-30 04:14:00

Zach Britton gave up six runs, 10 hits and two walks in six innings Monday night against the Seattle Mariners. And that’s not good. Yet this is one of those starts where the box score didn’t show everything. Several of those hits were...

Saunders shines and Britton struggles as Orioles fall to Mariners, 6-2

2013-04-29 23:06:00

SEATTLE — The Orioles had a pretty good sense as to what they were going to see against former teammate Joe Saunders on Monday night. They had no idea what they could expect from their own starting pitcher. Lefty Zach Britton, making his first...

Orioles, Joe Saunders talk about Mariners' 6-2 win on Monday

2013-04-29 23:36:00

SEATTLE -- The Orioles lost to former teammate Joe Saunders and the Seattle Mariners, 6-2, Monday night at Safeco Field. Here's what some of the key figures had to say afterward: � Buck Showalter on Zach Britton: “Pitched OK. All things...

Newly acquired catcher Chris Snyder joins Orioles in Seattle

2013-04-29 19:33:00

Catcher Chris Snyder, whom the Orioles acquired Sunday from the Los Angeles Angels in a deal for minor league right-hander Rob Delaney, was at Safeco Field on Monday, but he has not been activated. The Orioles wanted to give Snyder a day to get...

Armed with improved sinker, Zach Britton ready to contribute

2013-04-25 19:30:00

OAKLAND, Calif. — When Zach Britton left the Orioles in March, he felt like he wasn't in a situation in which he could succeed in the majors. The 25-year-old left-hander believed he needed to go the minors and recapture what made him so...

How many active ex-Orioles pitchers have 80 career wins?

2013-04-25 03:00:00

It’s one of those baseball statistics that’s hard to believe. I checked it a couple times to make sure I hadn’t missed anyone. And I really believe I haven’t. According to baseball-reference.com, there are 44 active major...

Manny Machado to make history with Opening Day start

2013-04-02 08:52:00

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado will make his first career Opening Day start today against the Rays. Machado, 20, joins Brooks Robinson (19 in 1957, 20 in 1958), Ron Hansen (20 in 1958) and Boog Powell (20 in 1962)�as the only Orioles players to...

If there was room for major complaint about a 4-3 week in Seattle and Anaheim, it could be found in the way they made former teammate Joe Saunders and Aaron Harang look like Koufax and Drysdale in Seattle and let winless Jason Vargas go all complete game on them in the second game of the Angels

2013-05-05 00:00:00

The current West Coast swing sure looked a lot better last Saturday, when the Orioles were knocking off the Oakland A's for the third straight time to get a big jump on an 11-game, three-city trip, but there's still some perspective to be kept.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Duquette hasn't made big-name acquisitions this winter, but there are still more than three weeks remaining until the Orioles open spring training and he made his most dynamic acquisitions last year in January and February.

2013-01-19 00:00:00