30-year old righty swinging SS J.J. Hardy is off to a good start in May.  He has played in 8 games so far this month and he is 8 for 30 (.267 avg, . 857 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 3 homers and 6 RBIs.  He has now played in 35 games overall this year and he is 29 for 134 (.216 avg, .634 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 6 homers and 21 RBIs.  The Orioles don’t have a 40 homer guy on the roster (unless Chris Davis is), so they need everyone in the lineup to produce and Hardy has been doing that lately.

20-year old righty swinging Manny Machado is off to a really solid start with the bat in 2013.  He has played in 32 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 42 for 136 (.309 avg, .874 OPS) with 23 runs scored, 5 homers, 21 RBIs and 3 stolen bases.  Machado has now played in 83 games in his first two years with the O’s and he is 92 for 327 (.281 avg, .795 OPS) with 47 runs scored, 12 homers, 47 RBIs and 5 stolen bases.  Machado was a SS in the minors that converted to 3B for the Orioles.  The last guy that did that for the Orioles was Cal Ripken Jr.

31-year old lefty swinging LF Nate McLouth was on the downside of his career until the Orioles signed him to a minor league deal last year.  It looks like he’s found a home in Baltimore.  McLouth has played in 24 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 27 for 82 (.329 avg, .921 OPS) with 22 runs scored, 2 homers, 8 RBIs and 8 stolen bases.  McLouth has walked 15 times while only whiffing 9 times so far this year as he is locked in at the plate.  McLouth has now played in 79 games in his first two years with the O’s and he is 83 of 291 (.285 avg, .819 OPS) with 57 runs scored, 9 homers, 26 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.

27-year old lefty swinging 1B Chris Davis and 27-year old righty swinging CF Adam Jones have been a two man wrecking crew for the Orioles so far this year.  Davis has played in 5 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 10 for 18 (.556 avg, 1.980 OPS) with 5 runs scored, 4 homers and 17 RBIs.  He has only whiffed 2 times and he has only walked 2 times so far this year, so he’s swinging at a lot of pitches and he’s hitting them very, very hard.  Jones has played in 5 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 12 for 23 (.522 avg, 1.174 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 0 homers, 7 RBIs and 1 stolen base.  He hasn’t walked so far this year and he has only whiffed 1 time as he is also locked in at the plate for the O’s right now.  There is no way on Earth that Davis and Jones can keep this up, but the Orioles are definitely having fun riding their hot streaks.

27-year old lefty swinging 1B Chris Davis has brought his whooping stick to Tampa to start the 2013 season for the Orioles.  He has played in 2 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 5 for 8 (.625 avg, 2.292 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 homers and 7 RBIs.  He has also walked 1 time while only whiffing 1 time.  Davis didn’t hit his bombs off stiffs either as he hit them off lefty reliever Jake McGee and righty starter Jeremy Hellickson.  The Orioles hope that Davis stays in the zone he’s in right now for a while, as he is hitting everything really hard so far this year.

26-year old lefty swinging 1B/3B/OF/DH Chris Davis has turned in a rock solid year in 2012 for the Orioles. He has played in 133 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 132 of 494 (.267 avg, .801 OPS) with 68 runs scored, 28 homers, 77 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Davis hasn’t been too picky at the plate, whiffing 160 times while only walking 36 times so far this year. The Orioles are willing to accept the holes in his game as long as he keeps ripping the ball at the plate. Davis is finishing this season strongly too, playing in 22 games so far in September in which he is 26 for 82 (.317 avg, .959 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 5 homers and 12 RBIs.

30-year old lefty swinging outfielder Nate McLouth has been an outstanding addition for the Baltimore Orioles. He has played in 18 games so far in September and he is 24 of 73 (.329 avg, .891 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 2 homers, 6 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. McLouth has now played in 42 games for the Orioles this year and he is 45 of 157 (.287 avg, .804 OPS) with 29 runs scored, 4 homers, 15 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. He has now played in 76 games overall this year for the Orioles and Pirates in which he is 53 of 214 (.248 avg, .693 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 4 homers, 17 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. McLouth has been excellent for the Orioles and he has likely revived his career in the majors too.

1B/3B Mark Reynolds is paying off the Orioles in September for being patient with him. Reynolds has played in 9 games so far in September and he is 10 for 31 (.323 avg, 1.432 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 7 homers and 14 RBIs. The Orioles hope that Reynolds stays red hot with the bat in the rest of September and into October. Reynolds has played in 113 games overall this year for the Orioles and he is 86 for 370 (.232 avg, .816 OPS) with 58 runs scored, 21 homers, 59 RBIs and 1 stolen base.

20-year old 3B Manny Machado has been rock solid since the Orioles called him up. He has played in 26 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 26 of 95 (.274 avg, .749 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 3 homers and 13 RBIs. Machado is a hacker though as he has only walked 2 times while whiffing 19 times so far this year. Machado is off to a good start in September, as he has played in 9 games so far this month in which he is 10 for 31 (.323 avg, .860 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 0 homers and 3 RBIs. The kid seems to be a natural as the pressure of a pennant race hasn’t seemed to phase him yet.

30-year old lefty swinging 2B Omar Quintanilla continues to do a good job for the Orioles. He has played in 25 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 23 of 80 (.288 avg, .771 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 3 homers and 11 RBIs. Quintanilla has now played in 54 games overall this year for the Mets and Orioles in which he is 41 of 150 (.273 avg, .748 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 4 homers and 15 RBIs. The Orioles hope he keeps up the good work as he has filled a black hole at 2B for them since coming over in a deal with the Mets.