The Baltimore Orioles declined the 2018 options on shortstop J.J. Hardy and starting pitcher [...]

J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, a shot that would break a 4-4 tie and proved to be the impetus for Baltimore's 9-4 win on Sunday. After rounding the bases, he bounded out of the dugout to acknowledge the crowd's ovation, raising his batting helmet to the sky. It was his near-tac[...]

J.J. Hardy, who is auditioning for a job outside of Baltimore in 2018, had a good return to the lineup on Saturday, several months after having his wrist fractured by a pitch. He went 2-for-3 and scored a run. He's a fantasy afterthought this season, since Buck Showalter is going to be hard-pressed [...]

Tim Beckham pretty much served notice to J.J. Hardy that he's not letting go of this shortstop job. He hit a solo homer in the sixth inning. It was one of Baltimore's two runs on the day. The problem was... Cleveland scored four runs to run their winning streak to 17 games. Yes, this Indians team is[...]

J.J. Hardy finally got the green light from his ballclub. The question is, when is he going to play? Tim Beckham has locked down the shortstop job and it would take a slump of epic proportions to knock him out. Either that or an injury. As stated in the past, Hardy is pretty much irrelevant in the f[...]

Rich Dubroff of PressBoxOnline tweeted that Baltimore was not going to activate J. J. Hardy yet. He didn't elaborate but it's presumably because the veteran's arm still hasn't recovered from the soreness that required a shot. This is still pretty much non-news because Tim Beckham has the job. Hardy [...]

Poor J.J. Hardy. He's already waiting to come back to a team where he's lost his starting job to Tim Beckham. Now he has to allow his sore elbow to heal - his arm is sore from baseball activities like swinging the bat. It's basically like tennis elbow and manager Buck Showalter thinks he'll be ready[...]

Cincinnati Reds right-hander Homer Bailey turned in a strong showing against the New York Mets on [...]

According to Rich Dubroff of PressBoxOnline, Buck Showalter indicated that J.J. Hardy would be activated "between Friday and Monday." The Orioles have been very hot of late and Tim Beckham's performance at the plate has played a large part in that. It would be foolish of Baltimore to disrupt that by[...]

Cincinnati Reds right-hander Luis Castillo was excellent against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. The rookie pitched seven innings of one-run ball and tying a career-high with nine strikeouts. Unfortunately for him, his offense was blanked by the Pirates pitchers, giving Castillo his seventh loss[...]