The Orioles made a trade today, in an attempt to add some depth to their infield the Birds acquired Jake Fox from the Oakland Athletics for minor league pitcher Ross Wolf. Fox is a utility guy mostly, but this pretty much spells the end for Garrett Atkins. I would look for Fox to start taking reps at second and short with Wigginton taking most of the starts at first.
Fox made a pinch hitting appearance in the seventh inning of tonight’s loss ot the Marlins. He hit a deep fly ball that was just a couple feet short of a three-run homerun. I swear it was the most applause I have heard for a fly out. The Orioles’ latest loss followed the same script as many others; Guthrie was good, but not great, the offense sputtered but kept it a little interesting and as always the Orioles were unable to get a key hit when needed.
Same as it ever was.
The Orioles also announced that former shortstop Mike Bordick is currently with the team and will be assisting in infield drills before home games. Bringing Bordick on during this Spring was one of the better moves this team has made in the last couple of years and I am sure that this is just Bordick’s first step before coaching in the bigs.
All of these moves are nothing more than band-aids on a bullet wound. Hell, they are those moves are like using the tiny-little band-aids that are always felt over in the box because they are too small for anything on Peter Weller in the opening scene to “Robocop”.
The Orioles just lost their 51st game. We haven’t finished All-Star voting yet.
