Daily Archives: July 31, 2010

Ohman Traded To Marlins

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The Orioles traded LHP Will Ohman to the Florida Marlins for RHP Rick VandenHurk. LHP Troy Patton will be recalled from AAA Norfolk.

The Will Ohman signing just before spring training turned out to be pretty good. He impressed everyone in camp and made the club as the left handed specialist. He carried that success over into the regular season and was one of the guys we could count on in our bullpen. In 51 appearances spanning 30 innings Ohman pitched to a 3.30 ERA with 28 strikeouts and 18 walks. To sign him to a minor league contract and then flip him at the trade deadline should be considered a success no matter who we got in return. The guy we do get is Rick VandenHurk, a 25 year old right handed pitcher with some major league experience. Hes been a starter for his professional career except the two appearances he made with Florida this year. He was 8-4 with a 4.68 ERA for AAA New Orleans this season with 87 strikeouts and 40 walks over 98 innings. He had some success with the Marlins last year posting a 3-2 record and 4.30 ERA over 11 starts with 49 strikeouts and 21 walks over 58.2 innings. My guess is we got him to take a spot in AAA Norfolk’s rotation. If the need arises he could take a spot in the rotation or the bullpen. No doubt I think we’ll see him in September. His potential is probably about the same as Jason Berken’s, he could be a solid middle reliever at his best. Its nothing to get excited about but its not a bad move since we’re a million games out of the playoff race. Troy Patton will take Ohman’s spot on the roster. I’m interested to see how he does. I think he could be solid in a Mark Hendrickson type role and could take over that job next season.

Down On The Farm: July 30th

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AAA Norfolk 1, Scranton/WB 2

LHP Chris George – 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 7 K, L (5-5) (3.88 ERA)
RF Rhyne Hughes – 3-4, double (18) (.275 AVG)
2B Paco Figueroa – 2-2, BB (.263 AVG)

AA Bowie 8, New Britain 5

RHP Steve Johnson – 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, W (6-6) (5.47 ERA)
3B Ryan Adams – 2-4, R, RBI, double (33), HR (10) (.290 AVG)
RF Tyler Henson – 1-3, R, BB, SB (7) (.292 AVG)
CF Jonathan Tucker – 2-4, R, 3 RBI, triple (1), 2 SB (18) (.247 AVG)
2B Carlos Rojas – 1-3, R, 2 RBI, triple (2) (.255 AVG)

A+ Frederick 8, Potomac 7

RHP Zach Clark - 4.1 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, BB, 4 K (6.10 ERA)
CF Xavier Avery – 1-3, R, RBI, double (23) (.297 AVG)
LF Kyle Hudson – 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI (.255 AVG)
RF Ronnie Welty – 3-4, R, 3 RBI, 2 doubles (18), HR (12) (.286 AVG) – Minor League Player Of The Night
SS Pedro Florimon – 1-2, R, RBI, BB, triple (3) (.280 AVG)

A+ Frederick 2, Potomac 8

RHP Luis Noel – 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, L (2-1) (5.95 ERA)
LF Kyle Hudson – 2-4, SB (27) (.257 AVG)
2B LJ Hoes – 1-2, R, BB (.286 AVG)
SS Pedro Florimon – 2-2, R, RBI, BB, double (8) (.294 AVG)

A Delmarva 10, Lexington 5

RHP Bobby Bundy – 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (3.96 ERA)
1B TJ Baxter - 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, SB (27) (.245 AVG)
3B Tyler Kelly – 3-5, RBI, double (24) (.265 AVG)
LF Kieron Pope – 3-5, RBI, double (15) (.261 AVG)
2B Omar Casamayor – 2-5, R, double (1) (.194 AVG)
C Justin Dalles – 3-5, 3 R, RBI (.245 AVG)
SS Garabez Rosa – 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 doubles (28) (.249 AVG)

Short A Aberdeen 3, Brooklyn 11

LHP Justin Anderson – 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, BB, L (3-2) (4.46 ERA)
3B Adam Gaylord – 1-3 (307 AVG)
C Dashenko Ricardo – 2-4, R (.500 AVG)
SS Michael Rooney – 1-3, R, BB (.248 AVG)

Rookie Bluefield 2, Burlington 0

RHP Zachary Petersime – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, BB, 2 K (4.15 ERA)
1B Corey Thomas – 1-3, R, double (5) (.287 AVG)
DH Joe Velleggia – 3-4, RBI, 2 doubles (3) (.256 AVG)
SS Jonathan Schoop – 1-2, BB (.293 AVG)

GCL Orioles 0, Rays 3

RHP Orlando Alfonso – 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 K, L (4-1) (1.99 ERA)
RHP Sebastian Vader – 2 IP, H, ER, BB, 3 K (1.59 ERA)
CF Martin Serrata – 3-4, double (4) (.291 AVG)
RF Grolmann Gonzalez – 1-3, double (4) (.351 AVG)

Orioles Comeback Then Lose On Walkoff 7-5

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W – Blake Wood (1-2)     L – Alfredo Simon (2-2)

Jake Arrieta had a rough first inning, giving up three runs, but was able to settle down after that and keep the Royals scoreless for the next 3.1 innings. He struck out 4 batters but walked 5 and gave up 6 hits. Arrieta needs to get his walks down if he wants to be consistently successful in the majors. Jason Berken finished the 5th inning and pitched the 6th as well, giving up one run. Will Ohman pitched a scoreless 7th while Mike Gonzalez and Koji Uehara combined to pitch a scoreless 8th. Going into the 9th the O’s had a 5-4 lead but Alfredo Simon gave up a three run homer to Alex Gordon to give Kansas City a walk off victory. Offensively the top of the lineup did all of the damage. Brian Roberts had a pair of singles. Nick Markakis hit two singles and also had a walk while scoring three runs. Ty Wiggington singled and doubled twice, driving in two runs. Luke Scott had a single and a sacrifice fly. The only other hit was a Cesar Izturis single and Felix Pie hit a sacrifice fly. Adam Jones walked, was hit by a pitch, and stole a base. Brutal loss after the team fought back to take the lead in the 8th inning.

Player of the game: Ty Wiggington – 3-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 doubles (19) (.256 AVG)

The third game of the series is played tonight after the non waiver trade deadline passes. Brad Bergesen (3-9, 6.95) goes against Zack Greinke (6-10, 4.01).