The Yankees and Orioles just played four games a week ago, so I don’t see much need to go into too much detail here. The two teams will play a regularly-scheduled three-game set in the Bronx Monday through Wednesday, then slide back down to Baltimore to play a controversial make-up game. For those ...

Proof that baseball fans sometimes are smarter than baseball decision makers, the Camden Yards dugouts were more crowded than the stands the last time the Yankees and Orioles tried to play through a hurricane, in 2003. (AP) The Yankees and Orioles are scheduled to play five games in the next four days, ...

Buck Showalter gives his Orioles the gas face. (AP) The Orioles have the second-worst third-order winning percentage in baseball coming into this condensed four-game series. Only the Twins have done less to generate wins, though they have somehow out-played their expected .380 winning percentage by a ...

If the Orioles had any decency or self-respect at all, they would get Mike Gonzalez the hell off of their roster. I say that not merely  because he laid out Chris Dickerson last night, but because his hitting Dickerson is symptomatic of a pitcher who cannot pitch. Mike Gonzalez's handiwork: enough ...

Rookie Zach Britton, who is scheduled to start Wednesday night, has been one of the few bright spots for the Orioles this season. (AP) Since the Yankees swept a rain-shortened two-game set in Baltimore in late April, the Orioles have gone 11-9, in large part by feasting on the struggling White Sox and ...

Ivan Nova's pitching line on Sunday will be the most important result the Yankees get this weekend. (AP) The Orioles got off to a nice little 6-1 start by sweeping the Rays, who stumbled out of the gate, taking two of three from the Tigers, and handing the Rangers their only loss in their first nine ...

The Orioles have been levitating ever since Buck Showalter arrived last August. (AP) I said my piece on the Orioles’ 2011 outlook back in January, so I won’t repeat it here, other than to point out that they signed Vladimir Guerrero after I wrote that post, further improving their lineup. ...

As Jay detailed earlier this week, despite some premature pronouncements about the Rays’ decline in the wake of Carl Crawford’s departure, the American League East is going to be as tough as ever in 2011, if not more so. The Rays aren’t going away (they never were). The Red Sox have ...

Making Japanese veteran Koji Uehara the closer is the one positive change we know Buck Showalter has made. (AP) The Orioles have played .634 ball since Buck Showalter took over as manager. Though they seemed to cool off after an initial 8-1 burst, the O’s are now 9-2 in their last 11 games and ...

The Orioles have had a lot more to celebrate since Buck Showalter's arrival as manager. (AP) This season, the Orioles have won 15 times in 54 games managed by Dave Trembely, 17 times in 51 games managed by Juan Samuel, and 19 times in just 32 games managed by Buck Showalter, who signed a four-year ...

Arizona Diamondbacks Stephen Drew: You hear the shortstop brought up in trade rumors from time to time. The problem with J.D. Drew’s little brother is that with a trade from the generous Chase Field he will disappear. This year, he’s hitting .291/.372/.464 at home, but only .259/.323/.367 on the ...

You can’t say the first two months of the season haven’t brought us fascinating division races. In the AL Central, the Twins have played outstanding baseball at their new home and are on a 98-win pace, threatening to blow out the Tigers, who are just plodding along in their Tigerish fashion. Despite ...