Not trolling, but he wasn't exactly tearing up AA. Can anybody comment on that? It just seems rushed from the outside looking in.

Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Machado leaves Bowie with a 9-gm batting streak during which he went 16-for-33 with 3 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 3 HRs and 7 RBIs.

Okay, thanks. That's a fairly small sample size, but we'll see how that works out for them.

Bringing Machado up now caught everyone by surprise, so in that sense I guess you could say they rushed him. But this is a seriously flawed team that's unexpectedly in the hunt, so I think there's nothing to lose by doing it now. He was gonna be here in September anyway, so he's only three weeks premature.

The only risk is rushing a guy and hurting his confidence. You don't want to rush a top prospect, ruin his confidence, and hinder his development. That said, the three weeks premature point brings it into perspective a little better. That makes a little more sense.

The O's just need someone to catch the ball at 3B and batting him 9th isn't going to hurt the Kids confidence.

Also, I'd imagine if these were the usual August Orioles, 20 games out and going nowhere, they wouldn't have done it. If he's not seen as The Savior (as Wieters was three years ago) he may be able to slide right in there and contribute.

EDIT: If he boots the ball at 3B and doesn't hit, it's really no worse than what's been happening there all season. :)

Big game tonight with the tigers losing the O's can take over the first wild card.

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Wow machado bringing the thunder. Must temper expectations.

It's Eddie Murray night. Here's the stream of the statue unveiling.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?to...nt_id=23690039

In case someone comes in here who's not an O's fan (unlikely), the six Orioles Hall of Famers are being honored this year, each getting a statue at the park. Frank Robinson, Earl Weaver, and Jim Palmer are already done, and Cal Ripken and Brooks Robinson are to follow Eddie in September.

I wouldn't get too excited about him going yard on Hoch. Dude hangs breaking balls for a living.

He's the third rated prospect in baseball for a reason.

He's a great prospect and hitter, no argument. But I wouldn't get excited about his performance against a career AAAA pitcher. Plus, you will have to deal with his inevitable slump after pitchers adjust to him, etc. My advice, as someone who has been down this road, is to stay even-keel through the good times and bad.

I don't think they play tonight.

It's starting to clear up a bit where I am at. Hopefully something gets underway soon. It will be complicated to squeeze a rematch in, since this is our last series with them.

Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Orioles tell the crowd here that they expect to announce a game time soon. Play ball soon at the Yard it looks like.

Eduardo A. Encina ‏@EddieInTheYard

First pitch scheduled for 9:35 p.m. #Orioles

Manny love what i see.. 16AB with 3 Hr 1 Triple 2 Doubles and a single..

62-53 Maybe Tuesday night the O's can get to 10 games over.

I'm looking at the schedule a month ahead. Maybe I shouldn't do that.

BOS
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The O's had better pull on their big boy pants. Not necessarily to fight for the playoffs, but to keep from being flat-out embarrassed.

Nothing new here go look at the first half just as bad lol.

Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Gausman today at Aberdeen: 3 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks and 3 strikeouts. 30 pitches, 20 strikes. Impressive.



Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Sounds like the Orioles are open to Kevin Gausman possibly moving up from Aberdeen but they still want his outings to be just 3 IP.



Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Rick Peterson very impressed by Gausman today "That was really special. The guys with fastball-changeups, they can fly through systems."

Oh, I'm not giving up at all, because they certainly won't. This season has been a blast so far and I'll have no regrets regardless of the outcome, excluding a total collapse. I'm trying to figure out what we have here, and I think it's a generally bad baseball team that plays good baseball more often than not. If that makes any sense.

AND: Even now, after Chen and Tillman got lit up this weekend, If the season ended today, they'd be preparing for a playoff game in St. Petersburg. And the mortal-lock Tigers and Angels would be preparing their golf clubs. Crazy.

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Bundy makes first start at Bowie tonight.

Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Bundy gets Erie 1-2-3 in the first on 8 pitches. Hit 95 and 96 on gun getting groundout, shallow fly out, fly out.



Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve

Bundy with a 1-2-3 second on just 14 pitches. Has 22 thru 2.

Where the **** did Quesadilla get all this power from?

IDK man it's crazy

63-53 Nice win to start off the Boston series. Back to 10 games over .500.

The Sawx have quit on Bobby V, and it's a glorious thing to behold.

[homer] And, boy, if we can get Mark Reynolds on one of his hot streaks for a week and a half we could even see a rampage through Arlington and Detroit.[/homer]

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Jones a pimp

64-53 get the sweep tomorrow...........


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64-54 Now a nasty road trip 3@tigers 3@Rangers hope for 3-3 on trip.

65-55 Big Win..

66-55 Taking 2 vs the tigers wow.

I hope you really didn't turn it off in the 1st. Unbelievable recovery by Chen (FIVE given up in the first and NOTHING FOR YOU, TIGERS after), and the ballclub as a whole. I've given up trying to figure out how this keeps happening.

Bullpen is just nails.Having Manny Play Third base is huge cause he can field.

Big win 67-56 Hate that Texas lineup.

The Baltimore Orioles are preparing to sell playoff tickets.

Let that sink in for a moment.

And as a season ticket holder.....I get first crack.....:clap::clap::clap::clap:

It's crazy one game at a time. Big game tonight.

It is. Lose, and Oakland boots us from the WC spot.

Good thing is A's and Rays Play 3 this weekend. If the O's handle the Bluejays they will gain on someone.

Mark Viviano ‏@MarkViviano

Buck on call-ups: "This year they're gonna serve a purpose and help us win." My translation: Bundy.

68 -57 Nice win.

69-57 Let's get the sweep tomorrow.

Half a game back from Tampa, 4 behind MFY. Competitive baseball in late August, bitches.

Awesome.

When do rosters expand?

Sept 1 Bundy will be up.

really? I questioned Machado being called up, hopefully this pays off for us too. What do you think about it? You think he'll start?

No Bullpen like the Rays did with price.

Awesome, thanks.

This team could lose 36 in a row now and equal the 2011 club. Nice little improvement.

Nick Piecoro ‏@nickpiecoro

Still lots of speculation on Baltimore being most logical fit for Saunders. Rumored to have been interested in him a while now.
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Nick Piecoro ‏@nickpiecoro

RT @azbobbymac: Dbacks appear to have found a trading partner for LHP Joe Saunders. May be scratched from Sunday's start, source tells me.

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS

#orioles are acquiring joe saunders

Baltimore Orioles ‏@Orioles

The Orioles have acquired LHP Joe Saunders & cash from Arizona for RHP Matt Lindstrom & a player to be named later.

Lot's of worry at the OH. I like the move. Lindstrom did well, but I think his production can be replaced. Our starters aren't really used to pitching in the post season, so going to a 6 man rotation for awhile to give some of them an extra day rest wouldn't hurt.

Any word when Hammel comes back?

Roch Kubatko ‏@masnRoch

As for Hammel, plan calls for 5 innings saturday at Frederick and perhaps sept 6 start with #orioles



I love this trade. Saunders >>>>>Hunter

Definitely gives us more options in the starting rotation. Will be very good to get Hammel back.
1. Hammel
2. Chen
3. Saunders
4. Gonzo
5. Tillman / Hunter / Britton

And you never know about Bundy. Heard one person say that he would probably start. Lot's of choices.

70-57 wow what a great win.

Looked ahead at the schedule and this is where the rubber meets the road.

Old Oriole fan here....I have a signed/framed Brooks jersey hanging.

Buck Showalter as manager of the Orioles

173-173 in 346 games as Oriole manager.

In the 346 games prior to his taking over, they were 122-224.

3.5 games behind the yankees. Texiera just injured his calf could miss this series and the next.

Nick failed twice to get a guy in, everyone sucked with RISP, they booted the ball around some, Strop was shaky in the 8th, Chen gave up the bomb to Youkilis, Andino was terribly overmatched, and still they beat the Sox with Lew Ford and Nate McLouth. This weirdness continues.

Orioles magic

I read that Touchdown Tommy went down to Bowie and pitched a two hit shutout. He's ready for the call!

:Lin:

71-57 they just keep winning.

Oriole magic!!!! We get another attempt at a 5 game win streak tomorrow

Yankees lost, Big Game tonight for the O's could pull to 2.5 out.

God bless the BJ's. Decimated by injuries, and beating up the MFY.

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Orioles probably won't call up Dylan Bundy after all


There's been a lot of speculation about what the Orioles might or might not do with Dylan Bundy, who is already on the 40-man roster, once September call-ups can happen. Indeed, the most recent specific rumor before today, posted by MASN writers, was that Bundy could be called up on August 31 and start a game on September 6. There was much excitement about this prospect.

However, today there was some cold water thrown on that idea, as that same MASN dynamic duo, Roch Kubatko and Steve Melewski, tweeted some comments from manager Buck Showalter regarding the fate of Bundy. Apparently, the Orioles' current plan is to send Dylan Bundy to instructional league. Buck told reporters that Bundy is "making great progress" but "still has things to work on".

Why did an Orioles source a week ago float a trial balloon through MASN reporters only to come ahead and decide this now? I don't know, man. There is also the outside possibility that even now, Dan Duquette has the organization engaged in some kind of Belichickian subterfuge, as if in an attempt to lull the Orioles' September opponents into a false sense of security and then, whammo, Bundy will stride in to save the day.

EDIT: This tweet from Baltimore Sun reporter Eduardo Encina elaborates on some of the things that they feel Bundy needs to work on before getting big league action:

@EddieInTheYard
Showalter said Bundy's has progressed well, still has things to work on like times to plate, holding runners, working from stretch, control.

So, probably it means what they say and we won't see Bundy in the major leagues this year after all. Obviously, after adding a pitcher like Randy Wolf, which they are expected to finalize tonight, there was just no room for the young Bundy. Now we can all go back to freaking out about something else for a while, like the fact that if the Orioles somehow win the next two games against the White Sox, they will begin their weekend series against New York two games back in the American League East.

72-58 big win taking 3 out of 4 vs white sox huge. 3 GB of MFY Big 3 Games vs yanks.