Tyler Wilson

Regrettably, it appears that Bowie has moved the starter for Wednesday's rained-out game to tonight -- pushing the rotation back a day -- with the result that we won't see Tyler at all, since Bowie leaves town after tonight.

MiLB.com, the Baysox's site and the Squirrels' site have now all been changed to list Wilson as tonight's starter after all.

The sun is out, let's go root for the vistors!

Nice night at the Diamond last night.  Pretty good crowd when it filled in, and many cheering for Tyler in the area behind the visiting dugout and behind home plate.

I thought he looked very sharp through three, got nicked in the 4th and 5th, then ran into rough sailing in the 6th.  Et tu, Jarrett?  His former UVA roommate and still-good friend Jarrett Parker went 2-3 off him including a booming triple to lead off the 6th.  A couple of hits that could've been outs with better defense ended up chasing him.

I saw one 93 but he was mostly 90-91, occasional sink or cut to it, too.  Spot control was great until he got a few balls up late.  The 80-82 hammer was devastating when breaking low and he got a fair number of swinging K's but again, a few got up late.

I suppose it's not reasonable to hope for an undefeated season, but it's unfortunate his hot start had to end in front of his hometown crowd.  Still, it's always good to see someone you knew when who's moving up the pro ladder.  Since he's stood out at AA for a while now, we'll hope he moves to Norfolk as the summer progresses.

Wilson pitched a two-hit gem Saturday night against the Richmond Flying Squirrels. 

I got a text last night that he was called up to AAA Norfolk.  Very excited for Tyler and his family.

"Richmond Flying Squirrels" Could be the best team name ever.

In its wrap-up of all MLB teams' minor league systems' 2014 seasons, Baseball America named Tyler Wilson the Orioles' top minor league pitcher!

More good news on Tyler Wilson:  The current issue of Baseball America reports that the O's have added him to their 40-man roster.  Hopefully we'll see him with the big team some time this summer!