Orioles Win Again, Pelzer Released

Jason Hammel won his start to move to 2-0 as the Baltimore Orioles once again beat the Chicago White Sox. Hammel went 6 innings strong getting another quality start in the process. The starter was able to record 10 strikeouts in his outing. I am beginning to come around to Hammel. Lets hope his strong starts continue.

The rest of the pitching staff was also strong. Lindstrom continues to have a 0.00 ERA. He had two strikeouts in an inning of work. The other pitcher obtained in the Guthrie trade is having a heck of a season thus far. Pedro Strop gave up a run, but had a solid outing and hit 99 on the gun. Strop is a good one and will be a very solid piece out of the pen this season. Jim Johnson recorded his 6th save in the win. We got a good closer O's fans.

Adam Jones is having an absolutely monster season so far. He hit his 5th home run today. Jones is absolutely mashing the ball. Today he went 2 for 4 and is currently hitting .321. His hitting streak dates back to last season. Hopefully his hitting streak goes much longer and he continues to carry the offense.

Robert Andino continues to be an awesome baseball player. Andino went 2 for 4 today and is hitting .319. The second baseman is absolutely crushing the ball. Keep it up Andino.

It was not all good news though as Nick Johnson is still hitless for the year. Mark Reynolds and JJ Hardy both also went hitless and are still below .200. This offense still manages to be productive despite these players having a lack of offensive output.

The Orioles also released Wynn Pelzer today. Pelzer, acquired in the second Tejada trade was with the Bowie Baysox. He only appeared in three games this year, but was at one time one of the Orioles top prospects. Baseball America had Pelzer as the #6 prospect in the organization recently and projected him as the team's future closer. The prospect obviously fell out of favor with the Orioles since that 2010 rating from Baseball America. You win some you lose some, looked like a great deal at the time and still was for what we gave up.

-Noland