Orioles news: Rogers pummelled in return, O’s injury crisis continues

TL;DR

The Orioles lost 6-2 to the Yankees, with Trevor Rogers struggling in his return from injury. The team also faced injury setbacks with Grant Wolfram and Dylan Beavers.

Key points

Orioles lost 6-2 to the Yankees
Trevor Rogers struggled in his return from injury
Grant Wolfram placed on IL with low back strain
Dylan Beavers scratched due to right oblique discomfort
Injury concerns continue for the Orioles

OriolesYankeesTrevor RogersGrant Wolfram

Good morning Birdland,

Those two back-to-back wins the Orioles had on Sunday and Monday were cool, huh? But yesterday felt like a slap back to reality.

The 6-2 loss to the Yankees is easy enough to swallow. Losses happen in baseball. But the fact that Trevor Rogers got hit around does not instill much confidence that his IL stint allowed him to reset in any meaningful way. His pitch velocity was up, but so were the Yankees’ exit velocities.

On top of that, the O’s got some bad injury news. Grant Wolfram was placed on the IL just before the game with a low back strain. It doesn’t seem super serious. The team was trying to wait it out, but it got to the point where they just needed the fresh arm. Possibly more concerning was the late scratch of Dylan Beavers with right oblique discomfort. O’s manager Craig Albernaz said that Beavers felt it in the batting cage while preparing for the game. No IL stint was said to be imminent, but obliques do tend to linger.

Beavers has not been a star for the Orioles this year. He has a .243/331/.700 batting line after all. But he has at least been competent in the box, and had been putting together some nice at-bats lately. Missing him for any length of time does weaken the team’s outfield.

This team can’t really absorb the loss of any sort of offense contributor. It has been one week since the Orioles last scored more than three runs in a game. They have scored more than four runs in a game just twice in the month of May, both against the Marlins. You aren’t going to win many games consistently scoring four runs or fewer, especially with the O’s rotation in its current state.

Maybe an earlier game time wakes them up! The Orioles and Yankees will wrap up their series at 1:05 p.m. today, a late change to the schedule due to expected rain in the area. That might make it hard for some of us to take this game in. Depending on your fallings regarding this team, that could be construed as a positive.