Dylan Bundy Debuts at Bowie

IP:. 5.33

H:o 5 (3 Doubles, 2 Singles)

R:O 3

ER:)2

BB: 3

SO: 3

Pitches: 96 (56 Strikes, 40 Balls)

2012 ERA: 3.38 (Only at AA-Bowie)

Dylan Bundy made his debut at AA-Bowie last night as he moves through the Orioles minor league system. He pitched pretty well, only giving up 2 earned runs in 5 and 1/3 against his toughest competition yet. After the Machado call-up, one of the biggest discussions has been whether or not Bundy will get called up to the O’s and possibly pitch out of the bullpen. Well apparently his innings limit is in the 120-130 area and he is around 100 now so if he made his projected few more starts at Bowie, its possible that he will still have some innings left that he could use in Baltimore. I doubt it will happen this season, but after the Machado call-up I really wouldn’t be shocked.

Oriole’s Top Prospects Bundy, Machado Both Get Promotions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shortly after completing a 3-game sweep over the Seattle Mariners with a 9-2 victory Wednesday night, the news broke that BOTH Oriole super prospects Manny Machado and Dylan Bundy have received call ups. Machado got the call to the big league club from Double A Bowie after the O’s placed Brian Roberts on the 60-day DL to free up a roster spot. Dylan will take Machado’s roster spot in Bowie where he will join his older brother Bobby.

Gausman Makes Pro Debut For Aberdeen

The Orioles 2012 1st round pick made his pro debut yesterday for the Aberdeen Iron Birds and was very good in his short outing. He was only allowed to pitch 3 innings but he didn’t give up a hit and didn’t allow a walk or a run in those 3 innings of work. He also had 2 k’s to go with his hitless ball. Definitely a good start for the kid is really all I can say about this. Not much to read into here as he is playing at fairly lowly Aberdeen but nonetheless it’s still fairly impressive and certainly better than doing poorly. I’d assume that now Gausman is in the organization he pretty much automatically becomes our 3rd ranked prospect behind Bundy and Machado but ahead of Schoop. As O’s fans knows, after Schoop it drops pretty dramatically but adding Gausman in there just solidifies our minor league system a little more. Apparently he is likely going to be a very fast mover through our system and while he will probably spend the rest of his 2012 days in Aberdeen, he could be an Oriole by 2014. Can’t wait to see him progress.

Bundy Dominates; Promotion Abrewing

After Dylan Bundy got off to such a hot start in Delmarva by throwing like 30 scoreless innings, he kind of cooled off at Frederick and at least came back to Earth a little bit. Apparently I am a fair weather Bundy fan because I stopped writing about his performances but after his recent string of good starts, I am back in business! Anyways, after starting somewhat slow with the Keys, Bundy has started to get comfortable and dominate again. Last night he had one of his best starts in his professional career as he threw 6.2 innings and gave up 2 hits, 2 walks, and 0 earned runs in that time. He also fanned 8. Usually Bundy is on a pretty strict 5 inning rule but lately he has been allowed to exceed that limit and he took advantage of that last night going a career high 6 2/3 innings.

Will the Orioles Make a Deadline Deal?

Well we have less than 7 hours until the MLB trade deadline and the O’s have yet to make a deal. Over the past couple of weeks I have basically heard them in mentioned in the mix of basically every player on the market from Jim Johnson to Alfonso Soriano. Obviously everything out there is a rumor right now but here are the most recent rumblings that I have heard about the O’s as of now:

Bundy, Machado Ranked 2,3 in Keith Law’s Prospect Rankings

Keith Law updated his prospect rankings today, and Dylan Bundy lost his spot at #1. But don’t fear Orioles fans, he only fell to spot #2. Manny Machado stayed put at the #3 spot in the rankings, just as he was in Law’s last rankings update which came out May 24th. The person who overtook Bundy’s #1 spot, is Jurickson Profar of the Texas Rangers system. Yep, the rich just keep getting richer. Profar is a shortstop in Double-A and seems to be doing pretty well, he is just 19 years of age, just like Bundy. Bundy and Machado are the only players in the top 50 from the Orioles organization. Which isn’t a good sign, but if we were going to have just two players in the top 50, it’s not bad having them #2 and 3. The Nationals on the other hand, have just one player in the top 50, and that is Anthony Rendon at #44. The 22-year-old third baseman that has been plagued by injuries his whole career.