Alexander (hand) hit in the batting cage Friday, per MLB.com.
Martinez cleared waivers Friday and was sent outright to Triple-A Worcester, Chris Henrique of BostonSportsJournal.com reports.
Alonso is batting leadoff Friday against the Rays, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.
Rafaela is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Pirates.
Basallo (shoulder) is taking live batting practice Friday at Tropicana Field ahead of the Orioles' game against the Rays, Jacob Calvin Meyer of The Baltimore Sun reports.
The Orioles activated Bassitt (back) from the 60-day injured list Friday.
Campbell is slashing .363/.473/.560 since July 2 at Triple-A Worcester.
Durbin went 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBI in Thursday's 7-0 win over Toronto.
Tolle (8-6) earned the win against the Blue Jays on Thursday, allowing no runs on two hits and two walks in eight innings. He struck out four.
Rutschman is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game in Toronto.
Charlie Morton is the third highest-paid player on the Orioles to eat innings, and with other starters already failing to get out of the 4th (like Morton in his first start), and with their RH bulk reliever on the IL, he might have to suck it up and watch that ERA keep ballooning even if his stuff is as bad as it was in Toronto. The dude faced 18 batters and allowed 12 hard hit balls. The Jays showed what you can do when you sit on his curve. When starters lose it in their 40s after contemplating retirement they tend to lose it all at once. I'm not sure he's going to love life in the AL East.
FanDuel / DraftKings. Charlie Morton had an underwhelming Orioles debut, only mustering 3.1 innings pitched (7 hits and 4 earned runs) on 80-pitches. Even if he’s pushed to 90-95 pitches today, I don’t see him staying efficient enough against a Red Sox team that, despite not hitting much early, has registered the fourth most pitches per plate appearance thus far this season. With favorable hitting conditions on tap in Baltimore today, I like Morton to stay under this line.
I faded a 5th strikeout from Tanner Houck in his first start (u4.5 at -113), and I'm playing it again today u4.5 (-122). This number should be -146.
Six innings is typically the cap with Tanner Houck. He has gone over 6.0 innings just once in his last 16 starts. I think the Orioles can get him out of there before he reaches that mark on Thursday. Houck's sweeper gives lefties problems but Baltimore can go to a predominately right-handed lineup like Wednesday when Cedric Mullins was the only lefty. I think this could be a high-scoring game. The weather is supposed to be in the 70s and Edwin Moscoso is a hitter's umpire. The over is 80-47 the last five seasons with Moscoso behind the plate. I'll take Houck to get pulled before he records 18 outs.
