2020 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2020 Baltimore Orioles season is the 120th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 67th in Baltimore, and the 29th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They will try to improve on their 54–108 (.333) record from 2019 and will focus on rebuilding for the future.

2020 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
  • East Division (since 1969)
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Mike Elias
Manager(s)Brandon Hyde
Local televisionMASN
(Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Local radioWJZ-FM
Baltimore Orioles Radio Network
(Jim Hunter, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick, Kevin Brown, Melanie Newman)
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3]

Regular season standings

American League East
American League East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 166 0.727 — 10–0 6–6
Tampa Bay Rays 149 0.609 2½ 8–3 6–6
Baltimore Orioles 1210 0.545 4 4–9 8–1
Toronto Blue Jays 811 0.421 6½ 2–3 6–8
Boston Red Sox 617 0.261 10½ 3–9 3–8

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 166 0.727
Oakland Athletics 167 0.696
Minnesota Twins 158 0.652


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 149 0.609
Cleveland Indians 139 0.591
Houston Astros 1210 0.545


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 1210 0.545 +½
Chicago White Sox 1211 0.522 —
Texas Rangers 1011 0.476 1
Detroit Tigers 911 0.450 1½
Toronto Blue Jays 811 0.421 2
Kansas City Royals 914 0.391 3
Los Angeles Angels 815 0.348 4
Seattle Mariners 717 0.292 5½
Boston Red Sox 617 0.261 6

Record vs. Opponents
2020 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head

Team BAL BOS NYY TB TOR NL
Baltimore —2–10–23–00–17–6
Boston 1–2—0–71–52–12–2
New York 2–07–0—1–30–06–3
Tampa Bay 0–35–13–1—4–22–2
Toronto 1–01–20–02–4—4–5

Updated with the results of all games through August 17, 2020.

Game Log
Past Games Legend
Orioles Win
(#bfb)		 Orioles Loss
(#fbb)		 Game Postponed
(#bbb)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher
Future Games Legend
Home Game
 Away Game
2020 Game Log: 12–10 (.545) (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–3)
August: 9–7 (Home: 3–5; Away: 6–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/
Streak
7August 1Rays5–4 (11)Lakins (1–0)Drake (0–2)—4–3W2
8August 2Rays5–1Phillips (1–0)Beeks (0–1)Sulser (3)5–3W3
—August 3YankeesPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date September 4 as part of doubleheader.
9August 4Marlins[6]0–4López (1–0)Means (0–1)—5–4L1
10August 5Marlins[6]0–1 (7)Vincent (1–0)Cobb (1–1)Kintzler (2)5–5L2
11August 5@ Marlins[lower-alpha 1][6]1–2 (7)Moran (1–0)Wojciechowski (0–2)Tarpley (1)5–6L3
12August 6@ Marlins[lower-alpha 1][6]7–8Morin (1–0)Phillips (1–1)Kintzler (3)5–7L4
13August 7@ Nationals11–0Milone (1–1)Sánchez (0–2)—6–7W1
14August 8@ Nationals5–3Armstrong (1–0)Hudson (1–1)Castro (1)7–7W2
—August 9@ NationalsSuspended (field issues). Orioles lead 5–2, 1 out, top of 6th inning, runners on 1st & 2nd. Completed on August 14.
15August 11@ Phillies10–9 (10)Sulser (1–1)Guerra (1–2)Lakins (1)8–7W3
16August 12@ Phillies5–4Armstrong (2–0)Eflin (0–1)Sulser (4)9–7W4
17August 13@ Phillies11–4Eshelman (1–0)Arrieta (1–2)—10–7W5
18August 14@ Nationals[lower-alpha 2]6–2Lakins (2–0)Strasburg (0–1)—11–7W6
19August 14Nationals3–15Fedde (1–1)Milone (1–2)—11–8L1
20August 15Nationals7–3Wojciechowski (1–2)Corbin (2–1)Sulser (5)12–8W1
21August 16Nationals5–6Scherzer (2–1)Lakins (2–1)Hudson (4)12–9L1
22August 17Blue Jays2–7Ryu (2–1)Cobb (1–2)—12–10L2
23August 18Blue Jays–—
24August 19Blue Jays–—
25August 20Red Sox–—
26August 21Red Sox–—
27August 22Red Sox–—
28August 23Red Sox–—
29August 25@ Rays–—
30August 26@ Rays–—
31August 27@ Rays–—
32August 28@ Blue Jays–—
33August 29@ Blue Jays–—
34August 30@ Blue Jays–—
35August 31@ Blue Jays–—
  1. Games moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards for safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic "hot spot" in Florida.
  2. Completion of game suspended on August 9. Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Washington serving as the "home" team.

Roster
Baltimore Orioles roster
Active roster Player pool Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

45-day injured list



28 active, 31 player pool

7- or 10-day injured list
Suspended list
# Personal leave
* Not on 40-man roster
Roster and coaches updated August 17, 2020
Transactions • Depth chart

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Farm System
See also: Minor League Baseball

Due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on June 30, 2020 that the 2020 Minor League Baseball season would not be played.[7]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League
A-Advanced Frederick Keys Carolina League
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League
Short-Season A Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Orioles Dominican Summer League

COVID-19 Outbreak

On July 27, 2020, both away games against the Miami Marlins were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because there was a COVID outbreak in the Miami Marlins orginization, and later the Orioles’ home games were also postponed. As a result, the Orioles played the New York Yankees on July 29-30.

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References
  1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. Footer, Alyson (July 27, 2020). "Marlins-O's, Yanks-Phils games postponed". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. "Marlins won't play thru Sun.; BAL to play NYY". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  6. "Marlins-O's series game times announced". orioles.com. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  7. Adler, David (June 30, 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
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