Source: Nelson Cruz, Orioles Reach 1-Year Deal
Free agent Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles have reached agreement on a one-year deal, giving the slugger a fresh start after his drug suspension.
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Free agent Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles have reached agreement on a one-year deal, giving the slugger a fresh start after his drug suspension.
"60 Minutes" has learned that members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated fellow baseball players in the MLB doping scandal.
Both the Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates are enjoying quality seasons midway through this year. With each team presenting a legitimate threat to make the playoffs in their respective leagues, the question is, which is most likely to achieve that goal?
Manager Ron Washington described the team's weekend play as "very uncharacteristic baseball" following a weekend home sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles.
Starter Martin Perez surrendered four runs on nine hits as the Baltimore Orioles completed the three-game sweep of the Rangers with a 4-2 win.
Fill-in starter Ross Wolf allowed seven runs and nine hits while facing only 16 batters as the Rangers lost for the sixth time in seven games, 7-4 to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.
Markakis had an RBI double and saved a run with a home run-robbing catch for the Orioles in a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Adrian Beltre extended his hitting streak to 12 games and drove in a run for the Rangers, but the team's four-game road winning streak ended on Wednesday night.
Adrian Beltre did it again. The third baseman hit two more home runs Tuesday night as the Rangers beat the Orioles 8-4. The win puts the Rangers at 16 games over .500.
Ian Kinsler capped a six-run sixth inning with a bases loaded double, and the Rangers beat the Orioles 8-5 on Monday night in a rematch of last year's AL wild card game.
Those are minor quibbles with Manny Machado's game. For a 20-year-old, he is extremely impressive.
For the first time since the process began in 1974, there will be no arbitration hearings in Major League Baseball.
The mysterious Josh Hamilton market gets murkier by the day. Folks around the game are wondering where the market is for easily the most talented player available as a free agent.
Josh Hamilton's night: 4 at-bats. 8 pitches. 5 outs. 2 strikeouts. 0 balls out of the infield. Like his team – which scored only 1 run in its final 15 innings – Josh ended with barely a whimper.
Impending free agent Josh Hamilton, speaking with reporters after Friday's wild card loss to the Baltimore Orioles, said that there is a 50/50 chance he'll return to the Texas Rangers next season, according to Jon Machota for The Dallas Morning News.
Joe Saunders pitched effectively into the sixth inning, Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and the Baltimore Orioles beat the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers 5-1 in the wild-card game playoff Friday night.
There was no way Texas Rangers fan Colton Burton was missing his team's chance to win this Wild Card matchup against the Baltimore Orioles.
After a grinding stretch when the Texas Rangers lost nine of their last 13 games, and the AL West crown in the process, manager Ron Washington gave his players the day off Thursday.
By sometime Friday night, either Chipper Jones will be out of baseball or the defending World Series champion Cardinals will be out of the playoffs. One and done.
Thanks to the quirky new baseball playoff rules, the Rangers get one more chance to keep the hope alive - by facing either the Orioles or Yankees Friday night in a one-game playoff.
Coco Crisp's latest big hit helped put the A's in the playoffs for the first time in six years, and they remained in contention for a division crown by beating the Rangers 4-3 on Monday.
Adrian Beltre smacked three home runs, including two in a nine-run fourth inning, and had five RBIs as the Rangers topped the Orioles 12-3 on Wednesday night.
Nate McLouth's two-run home run keyed Baltimore's four-run fifth inning and the Orioles held off the Texas Rangers 5-3 Tuesday night.
After giving up eight runs twice in his first three Texas starts, Ryan Dempster limited the Orioles to one run and allowed only four hits over eight innings in a 5-1 win Monday night.
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