| Breaking News |  | Monday, November 23rd, 2009: Orioles, Rays Agree to Swap
Done deal! The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to send 22-year old minor league center fielder Gorkys Hernandez to the Tampa Bay Rays for 23-year old minor league starting pitcher Gaby Hernandez. The trade, rumored for days, was completed in the wee hours this morning.
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 | Tuesday, November 10th, 2009: Orioles Send Byrnes to Tampa Bay
The players apparently knew they were on the trading block, so it did not surprise one of them when he learned that he had been traded to Baltimore. "Got my bags packed already," he said, when reached for comment. The Orioles will receive 30-year old second baseman Akinori Iwamura, 36-year old first baseman Todd Helton and 22-year old minor league center fielder Gorkys Hernandez, while 33-year old left fielder Eric Byrnes, 24-year old reliever Luis Lebron and 19-year old minor league starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi will go to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Byrnes is batting .260 with 1013 career base hits, including 219 doubles, 37 triples and 136 home runs with 469 RBIs and 604 runs scored. He has played in 1123 games, stolen 179 bases and compiled a .320 OBP.
In his career Helton has played in 1898 games with a .325 batting average. Among his 2214 hits are 532 doubles, 34 triples and 343 home runs. He also has scored 1308 runs and driven in 1272 runs.
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 | Tuesday, October 6th, 2009: Trade Rumored for Baltimore's Hernandez
Baltimore's Ramon Hernandez has mixed feelings about a possible trade. The 33-year-old catcher, when reached for comment on recent trade rumors, replied, "I've made some good friends here. I'm not sure I'm ready to leave."
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Jason Berken | torn tricep muscle | 2 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 82-80, .506 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 19.0 GB | | Record at home | 50-31, .617 PCT | | Record on the road | 32-49, .395 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 11-3, .786 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 31-20, .608 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 17-18, .486 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 65-62, .512 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 11-11, .500 PCT | | Record in May | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in June | 18-8, .692 PCT | | Record in July | 12-13, .480 PCT | | Record in August | 13-17, .433 PCT | | Record in September | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in October | 1-3, .250 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .269 - 8th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .331 - 12th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .441 - 4th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .773 - 11th in AL | | Runs Scored | 814 - 12th in AL | | Hits | 1517 - tied for 7th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 525 - 8th in AL | | Home Runs | 210 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 502 - 12th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1145 - 9th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 156 - 3rd in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 5.08 - 12th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 5.01 - 9th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.17 - 12th in AL | | Runs allowed | 888 - tied for 11th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1534 - 8th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .272 - 8th in AL | | BABIP | .308 - 7th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 183 - 7th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 745 - 14th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1064 - 8th in AL |
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