2016 Baltimore Orioles season

2016 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992)
Baltimore (since 1954)
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
General manager(s)	Dan Duquette
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	MASN WJZ-TV (CBS 13) (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Local radio	WJZ-FM Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Joe Angel, Jim Hunter, Fred Manfra, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick)
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The 2016 Baltimore Orioles season is the 116th season in franchise history, the 63rd in Baltimore, and the 25th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They will be attempting to improve on their 2015 record of 81–81 (.500).

Offseason

• Oct 20: claimed RHP Vance Worley off waivers from Pittsburgh Pirates
• Nov 2: C Matt Wieters, 1B Chris Davis, OF Garcia Parra, 1B Steve Pearce, LHP Wei-yin Chen and RHP Darren O'Day elected free agency
• Nov 2: RHP Dylan Bundy activated from 60-day disabled list
• Nov 6: selected contract of LHP Chris Jones from AAA Norfolk Tides
• Nov 13: re-signed free agent C Matt Wieters
• Nov 20: selected the contracts of RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Andrew Triggs and LHP Chris Lee from AA Bowie Baysox
• Nov 25: acquired OF L. J. Hoes from Houston Astros for cash
• Dec 2: traded C Steve Clevenger to Seattle Mariners for OF/1B Mark Trumbo and LHP C. J. Riefenhauser
• Dec 2: acquired C Francisco Peña from Kansas City Royals for cash
• Dec 2: RHP Steve Johnson and LF David Lough elected free agency
• Dec 3: SS Paul Janish elected free agency
• Dec 10: drafted OF Joey Rickard from Tampa Bay Rays under Rule 5; designated OF Junior Lake for assignment
• Dec 14: re-signed free agent RHP Darren O'Day; designated 2B Rey Navarro for assignment
• Dec 18: Toronto Blue Jays claimed RF Junior Lake off waivers
• Dec 23: Los Angeles Angels claimed 2B Rey Navarro off waivers
• Dec 23: signed free agent OF Hyun-soo Kim
• Jan 1: signed SS Paul Janish to a minor-league contract
• Jan 8: claimed 1B Joey Terdoslavich off waivers from Atlanta Braves
• Jan 16: re-signed free agent 1B Chris Davis; 1B Joey Terdoslavich designated for assignment
• Jan 26: acquired OF/1B Efren Navarro from Los Angeles Angels for cash; designated OF L. J. Hoes for assignment
• Jan 28: outrightred OF Joey Terdoslavich to AAA Norfolk Tides
• Feb 4: outrighted OF L. J. Hoes to AAA Norfolk Tides
• Feb 4: acquired RHP Odrisamer Despaigne from San Diego Padres for RHP Jean Cosme; designated LHP C. J. Riefenhauser for assignment
• Feb 25: signed free agent RHP Yovani Gallardo; designated OF/1B Efren Navarro for assignment

Regular season

Transactions

Contracts

April 7: St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Jayson Aquino to Baltimore Orioles for cash.
April 7: Signed free agent RHP Genison Reyes to a minor league contract.
April 8: Signed free agent RHP Eric Fornataro to a minor league contract.
April 15: Claimed RHP Scott McGough off waivers from Miami Marlins.
April 18: Traded LF Alfredo Marte to Philadelphia Phillies for player TBD.
April 25: Claimed RHP David Hale off waivers from Colorado Rockies.

Callups & optional assignments

April 1: C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk.
April 7: LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie.
April 15: RHP Scott McGough optioned to AAA Norfolk.
April 25: RHP David Hale and IF Ryan Flaherty optioned to AAA Norfolk.

May 3: IF Ryan Flaherty recalled from AAA Norfolk.

Injuries etc.

April 3: LHP Brian Matusz (left intercostal strain), RHP Kevin Gausman (right shoulder strain), and DH Jimmy Paredes (left wrist sprain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 25.
April 23: RHP Yovani Gallardo (right shoulder bicep tendinitis) placed on 15-day disabled list; LHP Brian Matusz activated from 15-day disabled list.
April 25: RHP Kevin Gausman activated from 15-day disabled list.

May 3: IF JJ Hardy (left foot fracture) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 2.

Play

• The Orioles started the season 7–0, the best start in team history.^[1]

Season standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	16	11	0.593	—	8–7	8–4
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	—	11–4	5–7
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	2½	8–8	7–7
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	3½	9–9	3–5
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	6½	5–7	4–10

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	19	9	0.679
Boston Red Sox	16	11	0.593
Seattle Mariners	16	11	0.593

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	+2
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	—
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	—
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	—
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	—
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	1½
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	4½
Houston Astros	10	18	0.357	4½
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	6½

Record vs. Opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Game log

Past Games Legend
Orioles Win (#bfb)	Orioles Loss (#fbb)	Game Postponed (#bbb)	Clinched Playoff Spot (#039)	Eliminated from Playoff Race (#933)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher

Future Games Legend
Home Game	Away Game

Baltimore Orioles 2016 Season Game Log — Season Record: 16–11 (.593)
April: 14–9 (Home: 9–2 ; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 4 Twins 3–2 Britton (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) — 45,785 1–0 W1 2 April 6 Twins 4–2 Gallardo (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Britton (1) 12,622 2–0 W2 3 April 7 Twins 4–2 Jiménez (1–0) Hughes (0–1) O'Day (1) 11,142 3–0 W3 4 April 8 Rays 6–1 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–2) — 17,304 4–0 W4 — April 9 Rays Postponed (rain). Makeup date TBA 5 April 10 Rays 5–3 Brach (1–0) Odorizzi (0–1) Britton (2) 23,101 5–0 W5 6 April 11 @ Red Sox 9–7 Brach (2–0) Kimbrel (0–1) Britton (3) 37,160 6–0 W6 7 April 12 @ Red Sox 9–5 Wright (1–0) Buchholz (0–1) — 31,114 7–0 W7 8 April 13 @ Red Sox 2–4 Kelly (1–0) Jiménez (1–1) Kimbrel (2) 31,011 7–1 L1 9 April 14 @ Rangers 3–6 Wilhelmsen (1–0) Tillman (1–1) Tolleson (3) 22,820 7–2 L2 10 April 15 @ Rangers 11–5 Worley (1–0) Wilhelmsen (1–1) — 32,628 8–2 W1 11 April 16 @ Rangers 4–8 Kela (1–0) McFarland (0–1) — 39,493 8–3 L1 — April 17 @ Rangers Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 20 12 April 19 Blue Jays 3–4 Stroman (3–0) Wright (1–1) Osuna (5) 16,783 8–4 L2 13 April 20 Blue Jays 4–3 (10) Givens (1–0) Biagini (0–1) — 15,404 9–4 W1 14 April 21 Blue Jays 3–2 O'Day (1–0) Cecil (0–3) Britton (4) 17,644 10–4 W2 15 April 22 @ Royals 2–4 Young (1–3) Gallardo (1–1) Davis (7) 29,546 10–5 L1 16 April 23 @ Royals 8–3 Wilson (1–0) Medlen (1–1) — 39,900 11–5 W1 17 April 24 @ Royals 1–6 Ventura (2–0) Wright (1–2) — 34,748 11–6 L1 18 April 25 @ Rays 0–2 Archer (1–4) Gausman (0–1) Colomé (4) 12,996 11–7 L2 19 April 26 @ Rays 1–3 Romero (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) Colomé (5) 10,988 11–8 L3 20 April 27 @ Rays 3–1 Tillman (2–1) Moore (1–2) Britton (5) 11,850 12–8 W1 21 April 28 White Sox 10–2 Givens (2–0) Danks (0–4) — 14,568 13–8 W2 22 April 29 White Sox 6–3 Brach (3–0) Rodon (1–3) Britton (6) 19,912 14–8 W3 23 April 30 White Sox 7–8 Jones (2–0) Britton (1–1) — 29,152 14–9 L1
May: 2–2 (Home: 2–2 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 24 May 1 White Sox 1–7 Sale (6–0) Jiménez (1–3) — 28,803 14–10 L2 25 May 3 Yankees 4–1 Tillman (3–1) Severino (0–4) O'Day (2) 16,083 15–10 W1 26 May 4 Yankees 0–7 Sabathia (2–2) Wilson (1–1) — 15,998 15–11 L1 27 May 5 Yankees 1–0 (10) Britton (2–1) Barbato (1–2) — 19,598 16–11 W1 28 May 6 Athletics – — – 29 May 7 Athletics – — – 30 May 8 Athletics – — – 31 May 9 @ Twins – — – 32 May 10 @ Twins – — – 33 May 11 @ Twins – — – 34 May 12 Tigers – — – 35 May 13 Tigers – — – 36 May 14 Tigers – — – 37 May 15 Tigers – — – 38 May 17 Mariners – — – 39 May 18 Mariners – — – 40 May 19 Mariners – — – 41 May 20 @ Angels – — – 42 May 21 @ Angels – — – 43 May 22 @ Angels 44 May 24 @ Astros – — – 45 May 25 @ Astros – — – 46 May 26 @ Astros – — – 47 May 27 @ Indians – — – 48 May 28 @ Indians – — – 49 May 29 @ Indians – — – 50 May 30 Red Sox – — – 51 May 31 Red Sox – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 52 June 1 Red Sox – — – 53 June 2 Red Sox – — – 54 June 3 Yankees – — – 55 June 4 Yankees – — – 56 June 5 Yankees – — – 57 June 6 Royals – — – 58 June 7 Royals – — – 59 June 8 Royals – — – 60 June 9 @ Blue Jays – — – 61 June 10 @ Blue Jays – — – 62 June 11 @ Blue Jays – — – 63 June 12 @ Blue Jays – — – 64 June 14 @ Red Sox – — – 65 June 15 @ Red Sox – — – 66 June 16 @ Red Sox – — – 67 June 17 Blue Jays – — – 68 June 18 Blue Jays – — – 69 June 19 Blue Jays – — – 70 June 20 @ Rangers – — – 71 June 21 Padres – — – 72 June 22 Padres – — – 73 June 24 Rays – — – 74 June 25 Rays – — – 75 June 26 Rays – — – 76 June 28 @ Padres – — – 77 June 29 @ Padres – — – 78 June 30 @ Mariners – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 80 July 1 @ Mariners – — – 81 July 2 @ Mariners – — – 82 July 3 @ Mariners – — – 83 July 4 @ Dodgers – — – 84 July 5 @ Dodgers – — – 85 July 6 @ Dodgers – — – 86 July 8 Angels – — – 87 July 9 Angels – — – 88 July 10 Angels – — – ASG July 12 @ San Diego – — — 89 July 15 @ Rays – — – 90 July 16 @ Rays – — – 91 July 17 @ Rays – — – 92 July 18 @ Yankees – — – 93 July 19 @ Yankees – — – 94 July 20 @ Yankees – — – 95 July 21 @ Yankees – — – 96 July 22 Indians – — – 97 July 23 Indians – — – 98 July 24 Indians – — – 99 July 25 Rockies – — – 100 July 26 Rockies – — – 101 July 27 Rockies – — – 102 July 29 @ Blue Jays – — – 103 July 30 @ Blue Jays – — – 104 July 31 @ Blue Jays – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 105 August 2 Rangers – — – 106 August 3 Rangers – — – 107 August 4 Rangers – — – 108 August 5 @ White Sox – — – 109 August 6 @ White Sox – — – 110 August 7 @ White Sox – — – 111 August 8 @ Athletics – — – 112 August 9 @ Athletics – — – 113 August 10 @ Athletics – — – 114 August 11 @ Athletics – — – 115 August 12 @ Giants – — – 116 August 13 @ Giants – — – 117 August 14 @ Giants – — – 118 August 16 Red Sox – — – 119 August 17 Red Sox – — – 120 August 18 Astros – — – 121 August 19 Astros – — – 122 August 20 Astros – — – 123 August 21 Astros – — – 124 August 22 Nationals – — – 125 August 23 Nationals – — – 126 August 24 @ Nationals – — – 127 August 25 @ Nationals – — – 128 August 26 @ Yankees – — – 129 August 27 @ Yankees – — – 130 August 28 @ Yankees – — – 131 August 29 Blue Jays – — – 132 August 30 Blue Jays – — – 133 August 31 Blue Jays – — –
September/October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 134 September 2 Yankees – — – 135 September 3 Yankees – — – 136 September 4 Yankees – — – 137 September 5 @ Rays – — – 138 September 6 @ Rays – — – 139 September 7 @ Rays – — – 140 September 9 @ Tigers – — – 141 September 10 @ Tigers – — – 142 September 11 @ Tigers – — – 143 September 12 @ Red Sox – — – 144 September 13 @ Red Sox – — – 145 September 14 @ Red Sox – — – 146 September 15 Rays – — – 147 September 16 Rays – — – 148 September 17 Rays – — – 149 September 18 Rays – — – 150 September 19 Red Sox – — – 151 September 20 Red Sox – — – 152 September 21 Red Sox – — – 153 September 22 Red Sox – — – 154 September 23 Diamondbacks – — – 155 September 24 Diamondbacks – — – 156 September 25 Diamondbacks – — – 157 September 27 @ Blue Jays – — – 158 September 28 @ Blue Jays – — – 159 September 29 @ Blue Jays – — – 160 September 30 @ Yankees – — – 161 October 1 @ Yankees – — – 162 October 2 @ Yankees – — –

Roster

Baltimore Orioles roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 39 Kevin Gausman 31 Ubaldo Jiménez 30 Chris Tillman 63 Tyler Wilson 59 Mike Wright Bullpen 35 Brad Brach 37 Dylan Bundy 60 Mychal Givens 17 Brian Matusz 66 T. J. McFarland 56 Darren O'Day 48 Vance Worley Closer 53 Zach Britton		Catchers 36 Caleb Joseph 32 Matt Wieters Infielders 24 Pedro Álvarez 19 Chris Davis  3 Ryan Flaherty 13 Manny Machado  6 Jonathan Schoop Outfielders 10 Adam Jones 25 Hyun-soo Kim 14 Nolan Reimold 23 Joey Rickard 45 Mark Trumbo		Pitchers -- Jayson Aquino 68 Parker Bridwell 43 Odrisamer Despaigne 71 Oliver Drake 49 Yovani Gallardo 61 Jason Garcia -- David Hale 62 Chris Lee -- Scott McGough Catchers 27 Francisco Peña Infielders  2 J. J. Hardy 34 Christian Walker Outfielders 12 Dariel Álvarez 51 Henry Urrutia Designated hitters 38 Jimmy Paredes		Manager 26 Buck Showalter Coaches 54 Dom Chiti (bullpen) 47 Scott Coolbaugh (hitting) 55 Einar Díaz (coach) 11 Bobby Dickerson (third base) 21 Wayne Kirby (first base) 52 Mark Quinn (assistant hitting) 77 John Russell (bench) 16 Dave Wallace (pitching) 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 2, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Ron Johnson
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Gary Kendall
A-Advanced	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Keith Bodie
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Ryan Minor
A-Short Season	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York–Penn League	Luis Pujols
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Orlando Gómez
Rookie	DSL Orioles 1 & 2	Dominican Summer League	Elvis Morel & Nelson Norman

References

1. Snyder, Matt. "For the first time in Orioles history, they are 6-0". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links

• 2016 Baltimore Orioles season at Official site
• 2016 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference