Great morning, Camden , I have actually obtained excellent information and bad negative information is that the Orioles' current stretch of awful play continued yesterday with their 6th loss in seven video games, an additional disappointing loss to the Yankees that Mark Brown wrapped up in all of its non)glory. For a fleeting minute, it resembled the O's might have lastly uncovered their much-needed stimulate, rallying for 3 runs on a set of fifth-inning homers to link the video game. Yet it was simple mins later on that the Orioles dropped behind once more on an inexplicably indifferent play by the usually dependable Cedric Mullins, permitting a jogger to score from initially on a solitary. The Orioles' violation continues to battle, tallying four runs the other day Yankees Store, the last of which came when the O's were currently out of the game. The soft underbelly of the Orioles' bullpen remains to be exposed, with a collection of unstable center relievers turning close video games into thrashings. And the starting rotation certainly isn't strong sufficient to offset the team's faults somewhere else. The All-Star break could be coming with an excellent time, since these guys appear flat-out weary. I know some Orioles fans are flat-out fed up with seeing them for fortunately: as MASN's Roch Kubatko initially reported last evening, outfield prospect Colton Cowser gets on his way to the Orioles today, and probably will remain in the schedule at Yankee Stadium tonight to make his much-anticipated big league launching. Cowser has destroyed Triple-A all season minus an untimely IL stint with a quad injury) to the tune of a. 330/.459/.537 line, 10 crowning achievement, and 40 me just repeat that OBP:.459. The man has gotten to base in a little under fifty percent of his plate appearances this period, over a rather sizable 56-game sample. That's absolutely marvelous, and if that on-base capability also remotely converts to the majors, Cowser can be a reputable force for an Orioles lineup that terribly needs assistance right is the great fortune of the Orioles having the # 1 ranch system in baseball. Even when the O's efficiency hits the skids, they've got a stable supply of amazing young prospects to give the majors to renew followers' excitement-- and hopefully give the team a shock of power, too. I can not wait to see Cowser in area Prez on damaged listing with lower arm pain, turn on McCann; Zimmermann recalled, Vallimont optioned - O's did some more lineup evasion yesterday, and excellent news, they're once again carrying 3 catchers for no specific reason. That could change when Cowser arrives, averted once again after rallying to tie upgraded) - School of RochSeriously, what is Yankee fans' take care of Aaron Hicks? He was an excellent gamer for them for some time, after that he was type of poor for a pair of years, and he obtained launched. Large deal. It takes place. Yet Yankee followers have been booing him so mercilessly that you 'd think he was consuming having the No. 1 ranch effect O's draft strategy? - Steve MelewskiShort answer: no, obviously not. You pick the most effective gamer offered, small league report: After demotion, infield prospect Joey Ortiz is back to tearing up Triple-AJoey Ortiz has the most effective offending statistics at Triple-A of any kind of gamer in the Mike Elias era. Remind me again why the Orioles never offered him any type of having fun time when he was in the majors?Orioles birthdays and historyIs today your birthday celebration? Satisfied birthday celebration! And happy 28th birthday celebration to newly minted All-Star Austin Hays! Hays gained the honors with a breakout period in which he led the AL in batting standard for some time, and with any luck the hip contusion he suffered Sunday versus the Twins will not interfere. I would state he's the most effective energetic player in the majors with a July 5 birthday celebration, except that it's likewise Shohei Ohtani's birthday celebration. previous Orioles were birthed on today: right-handers Jay Spurgeon 47) and Tim Worrell 56 ); left-hander Alberto Castillo 48 ); the late righty Arnie Portocarrero b. 1931, d. 1986); and the late outfielder Curt Blefary b. 1943, d. 2001), that was the 1965 AL Novice of the Year for the O's. On this day in 1969, O's starter Dave McNally boosted to 13-0 by beating the Tigers, 9-3. Paul Blair had a nice 3-for-4 game, but was additionally the target of an extremely rare play, an alone pickoff at 3rd base by the catcher. Blair, sidetracked by Frank Robinson mistakenly tossing his bat after a pitch, remained in the baseline as well long and catcher Bill Freehan ran him down for the Orioles game of the dayOn July 5, 1986, the Orioles lost to the Twins at the Metrodome, 7-6. Starter Mike Flanagan was tagged for five runs in the first inning, including a Gary Gaetti grand slam, as the Doubles stormed out to a 6-0 lead. In spite of a furious late O's rally-- in which they placed the possible tying run at 3rd base in the 9th-- the early deficiency was as well much to get over versus lefty Frank Viola, that went the distance for Minnesota, giving up six runs and 11 hits. Cal Ripken Jr. and Fred Lynn both homered in the shedding initiative. Credit report to Flanagan, though, that wound up tossing a complete video game of his very own regardless of the very early battles.