MLB  >>  Baltimore Orioles
Upton
Kate Upton is your 2012 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model
Tebow
Air Force member asks Tebow to Military Ball
Roburt
Player cut for taking enhancement pills?
Cincinnati-bengals
Terrell Owens trying to recapture the past
Randy_moss
The five best fits for Randy Moss in 2012

Orioles - Released Walker

Found June 05, 2009 on Baseball Think Factory:
PLAYERS: Jamie Walker,  Alberto Castillo
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles

Picimg_mlb_mar_13_7f28
Baltimore Orioles - Released P Jamie Walker; recalled P Alberto Castillo One notable characteristic of the Thrift and Beat Again regimes in Baltimore is that as poorly as they ran the team, there were very few monumentally bad signings. Instead, they specialized in flooding the Orioles with completely pointless signings, Jamie Walker's 3-year, $12 million contract before the 2007 season a notable example. After one positive season with the O's, Walker turned into a LNOGY in 2008, sporting an ERA near 7 and allowing lefties to hit 304/327/587 against him. Castillo was up last year and pitched reasonable well while Walker was out with elbow problems (3.81 ERA, but platoon split the wrong way), but the team suffered from its usual case of inertia and decided to keep throwing Walker out there this year because of his $4.5 million salary, leaving Castillo to put up a 3.13 ERA for Norfolk. Castillo's certainly not going to be a huge plus for the Orioles, but at this point, they jus...
Original Story: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/f...
Yardbarker aggregates the latest sports news, rumors and gossip from around the web. We use proprietary algorithms to automatically categorize stories and associate photos with articles. If you feel an article was miscategorized, please email tagging@yardbarker.com.
THE BACKYARD
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES

Rockies Sign Adam Eaton

Via MLB Trade Rumors  |  June 06, 2009
Troy Renck at the Denver Post reports that the Rockies have signed righty Adam Eaton to a minor-league deal. Eaton was released in late May by the Orioles.Eaton, 32, posted an ugly 8.56 ERA and 28/19 K/BB ratio for the O's in 41.1 innings before being cut.

Orioles release reliever Walker

Via Miami Herald  |  June 05, 2009
The Baltimore Orioles released veteran lefty Jamie Walker on Friday.

Cesar Izturis to Undergo Appendectomy

Via Knuckle Curve  |  June 06, 2009
Cesar Izturis, a shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles, is currently undergoing surgery tonight for appendicitis. After alerting the team that he had serious stomach pains earlier on Friday, he was diagnosed with needing an appendectomy. On the season, the 29-year-old native from Venezuela is hitting .260 with one homer and 13 RBIs. This is his first [...]Post from: Knuckle Curve

Izturis Under the Knife

Via Baseball Musings  |  June 05, 2009
Cesar Izturis needs an emergency appendectomy. Izturis played in Thursday’s 3-2 loss to Seattle and accompanied the Orioles to Oakland for a three-game series against the Athletics. But after arriving at the Coliseum early Friday with stomach pain, the 29-year-old Izturis was taken to a hospital for a CT scan. The tests revealed that Izturis, who was [...]

Izturis could be headed to disabled list

Via Baltimore Sun  |  June 05, 2009
Orioles shortstop has appendicitis, will undergo surgery Orioles shortstop Cesar Izturis will undergo an appendectomy on Friday night, a procedure that could force him on the disabled list.

Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cesar Izturis has appendectomy

Via Star Tribune  |  June 06, 2009

Via This Place is Dead Anyway  |  June 04, 2009
What’s that phrase about biting the hand that feeds you?I don’t know who all of them are, but I respect their beliefs.. I thought this was kind of a given…Matt Wieters made his Orioles debut on Friday night and was put to the test on the first batter, who bunted on the newbie. Wieters made a very clean play and gave O’s fans hope for the future. His hitting hasn’t been...

Orioles' shortstop taken to hospital

Via Miami Herald  |  June 05, 2009
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cesar Izturis has been taken to a hospital after complaining about having severe stomach pains Friday.

Rockies sign Adam Eaton to minor league deal

Via All Things Rockies  |  June 06, 2009
ST. LOUIS — With so many bodies flying back and forth from Triple-A to the big leagues, the Rockies needed to plug some holes. They have signed Adam Eaton, who was recently released by Baltimore, to a minor league deal. He can help provide rotation depth lost when Josh Fogg was promoted to the Rockies. Eaton [...]

A's have double vision in win over Baltimore

Via Sacbee  |  June 07, 2009
Orlando Cabrera hits a two-run double in the fourth inning of the A's victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. Cabrera had two doubles for the A's, who have outscored opponents 35-8 during their five-game winning streak. EZRA SHAW Getty Images

Play it again: Athletics 9, Orioles 1

Via Baltimore Sun  |  June 06, 2009
Hello, goodbye Jeremy Guthrie managed to get just two outs in his team's 9-1 loss Friday night, the shortest outing of his career and shortest for an Orioles starter since Victor Zambrano retired just two Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 26, 2007. There was injury added to insult when Guthrie took a liner from Jason Giambi off his right forearm, but he expects to make his next start.

Big First in Oakland

Via Baseball Musings  |  June 05, 2009
Seven of the first nine Oakland hitters collect hits as the Athletics jump on Jeremy Guthrie for six runs. Hendrickson comes on in relief to get the third out of the inning, but Oakland stakes Braden to a 6-0 lead.
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers

Join the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money.
Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?

Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond.