http://www.orioleslocker.com Daily Blog for Baltimore Orioles Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Giants have returned 22-year old righty starting Steve Johnson to the Orioles. He was a Rule 5 Draft Pick for the Giants last winter, so the Orioles made $25,000 bucks on the deal. Johnson pitched in 27 games (25 starts) in A+AA-ball last season in which he ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/03/17/the-baltimore-orioles-get-steve-johnson-back-from-the-giants/ The Orioles have lost catcher Michel Hernandez for the next 4-6 weeks due to a fractured right index finger. This cuts the competition for the backup catcher job down to Chad Moeller vs. Craig Tatum. My money would be on Moeller who did a decent job for them ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/03/16/the-baltimore-orioles-lose-michel-hernandez/ 26-year old lefty swinging Nick Markakis is one of the best right fielders in all of baseball. He played in 161 games for the Orioles last season and he was 188 of 642 (.293 avg, .801 OPS) with 94 runs scored, 18 homers, 101 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/03/08/nick-markakis-will-man-rf-for-the-balitmore-orioles-in-2010/ 24-year old righty swinging Adam Jones was having an outstanding season before it ended due to injury. Jones played in 119 games for the Orioles last season and he was 131 of 473 (.277 avg, .792 OPS) with 83 runs scored, 19 homers, 70 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/03/08/adam-jones-is-a-player-on-the-rise-for-the-baltimore-orioles/ 26-year old righty swinging Nolan Reimold will be the Orioles' starting LF in 2010. He played in 104 games for the Orioles last season and he was 100 of 358 (.279 avg, .831 OPS) with 49 runs scored, 15 homers, 45 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. Reimold made ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/03/08/the-baltimore-orioles-are-in-good-shape-in-lf-for-2010/ This is the season that the Orioles play 31-year old lefty swinging Luke Scott at DH against all pitching as he improved against lefties last year. Scott played in 128 games for the Orioles last season and he was 116 for 449 (.258 avg, .828 OPS) with 61 runs ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/02/22/the-dh-job-belongs-to-luke-scott-for-the-baltimore-orioles-in-2010/ 35-year old righty swinging Miguel Tejada is back with the Orioles after spending his last two seasons with the Astros. The catch is that he will be playing 3B instead of shortstop. Tejada made 22 errors in 158 games at shortstop last season for the Astros but he ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/02/12/a-new-place-for-an-old-face-at-3b-for-the-baltimore-orioles-in-2010/ 30-year old switch-hitting Cesar Izturis is a good defensive shortstop but the Orioles need him to stay healthy as he only played in 114 games for them last season. Izturis made 8 errors in 112 games for the Orioles at shortstop last season but he showed outstanding range. ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/02/12/the-baltimore-orioles-are-all-about-defense-at-shortstop-for-2010/ The Orioles have signed 32-year old lefty reliever Will Ohman to a minor league deal. He pitched in 21 games (0 starts) for the Dodgers last season and he was 1-0 with 1 save, a 5.84 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP. Ohman has now pitched in 324 games ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/02/09/the-baltimore-orioles-sign-will-ohman/ The Baltimore Orioles have signed 25-year old righty swinging 3B Joel Guzman to a minor league deal. Guzman played in 120 games in AA+AAA ball last season and he was 112 for 418 (.268 avg, .759 OPS) with 56 runs scored, 12 homers and 59 RBIs. He has ... http://www.orioleslocker.com/2010/02/05/the-baltimore-orioles-sign-joel-guzman/