The Orioles have spoken, and they’ve chosen Nick Markakis as their Most Valuable Player in an informal but comprehensive polling of the clubhouse. More than 20 players and the team’s manager responded to a recent survey regarding the team’s MVP, and Markakis edged Brian Roberts by a single vote.

And if that wasn’t close enough, a closer inspection of the ballot makes the point even clearer. Six players opted to split their choice between Markakis and Roberts, and one even divvied his choice between those two and Adam Jones. Jones and Brad Bergesen were the only other players to receive a single vote.

Jeremy Guthrie, who opted to cut his ballot into thirds, explained why the polling was so close.

“Each of them have done so much for the team, and all of them are so important that losing them would have a dramatic effect,” he said. “We see that now with Jones sidelined. And they all play key positions for us. Start to finish, Nick’s had a very solid season defensively and offensively. Brian’s shown again why he’s so important to our team, setting the table for us all year and having a tremendous second half. Adam Jones has obviously had a breakout season and he’s showed a lot of the potential that everyone saw in him.”


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Nick Markakis snapped a 38-game streak of reaching base with an 0-for-4 night in the Orioles’ 3-1 loss to the Rays on Wednesday night.

It had been the longest active such streak in the Major Leagues and also a career high for Markakis, the club’s leader in batting average, hits and RBIs this season. The streak was 14 games shy of the Orioles club record, set by Kevin Millar in 2007.

Markakis’ previous career high was 35 straight games in which he reached base, which he achieved early this season. He has reached base in 104 of the 118 games he has started this year.

Markakis, who is in the top 10 in the American League in hits, RBI, total bases, doubles and extra-base hits, is batting .307 with 15 home runs, 84 RBIs and a .361 on-base percentage this season. The 0-for-4 on Wednesday also snapped an 11-game hit streak.

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