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A trade O's fans may eventually be quite thankful for

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A trade O's fans may eventually be quite thankful for
Happy Thanksgiving, Birdland! I hope everyone gets to be with their family today, but we know that in 2020, that is probably not happening for everyone. Let this be the last Thanksgiving like this one. But here is a wish for all of Birdland to be healthy and happy on this holiday. I'm thankful for the wonderful community of Orioles fans that frequent this blog daily. As it relates to the Orioles, the club may be very thankful at some point for the return they got in the Manny Machado trade....
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Checking in with another Orioles Q&A

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Checking in with another Orioles Q&A
It's been a while since we have done this here, so away we go. Time for another day when the readers bring up the topics, and we all dive in with opinions and try to answers any and all questions about the Orioles. Readers, please ask questions in the comments section and I'll do my best to provide answers. As always, others are most welcome to add their thoughts. Some recent topics written about here that could be part of the discussion include the 40-man roster and the recent addition of...
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Now on the 40-man, Rylan Bannon readies for run at the roster

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Now on the 40-man, Rylan Bannon readies for run at the roster
When his cell phone rang Friday, infielder Rylan Bannon was outside doing work around the house. He didn't see a name listed, so it was not one of his usual friends or contacts calling. But this was a call he was going to answer. "It was a random number, it said Baltimore, so I knew I had to answer that one," Bannon said in a Zoom interview yesterday. That was a good move, as the Orioles were calling to tell him he had made their 40-man roster. That is a big deal for any player and a nice...
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Talking O's farm with MLBPipeline.com's Jonathan Mayo

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Talking O's farm with MLBPipeline.com's Jonathan Mayo
The Orioles organization is "on the move." That was the conclusion of MLBPipeline.com when the outlet recently published an article about the state of the O's farm system. Jonathan Mayo wrote that article and joined me recently for a Zoom interview to talk about the Orioles minor leagues. The O's are now No. 8, up from No. 13, in the latest MLBPipeline.com organizational rankings. That bodes well as the Orioles look to turn their rebuilding efforts into more wins on the field. "There is a...
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An O's streak could end in a few weeks

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An O's streak could end in a few weeks
It was a year when National Football League teams in Indianapolis and Dallas opened new stadiums. The movie "Fever Pitch" debuted at the box office. The Chicago White Sox won their first World Series since 1917. The Tampa Bay baseball team was still named the Devil Rays. The year was 2005, and that was the last time the Orioles did not make a pick in the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft. In fact, in three of the last four drafts, the Orioles have taken more than one player. In 2016 they...
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O's farm has improved and six 40-man adds is latest example

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O's farm has improved and six 40-man adds is latest example
The Orioles made a nice statement Friday about their improving farm system. A farm system that has risen to No. 8 in the game in the MLBPipeline.com organizational rankings. They protected six players from that farm from being taken in next month's Rule 5 draft. They added all six last night to their 40-man roster. They added pitchers Michael Baumann, Alexander Wells, Zac Lowther and Isaac Mattson, outfielder Yusniel Diaz and infielder Rylan Bannon. Some in the game speculate that after not...
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Talking about creating more action in the game

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Talking about creating more action in the game
As he left his job running the Chicago Cubs baseball operations this week, Theo Epstein addressed what he sees as issues in baseball. Issues that he believes he helped create and now wonders if the game will fix them. The issues involve a lack of action in the sport. There are too many strikeouts, too much swing and miss. Strikeouts are fun if you're the pitcher, but they are piling up more and more each year. More whiffs and fewer balls in play. Fewer chances for plays at the plate and great...
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A former farmhand with thoughts on O's prospects

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A former farmhand with thoughts on O's prospects
He's not a scout, a pitching coach or someone that works in a baseball front office. But he's got an interesting perspective and I've known that since the first time I interviewed left-hander Brian Gonzalez, which was probably not long after the Orioles drafted him in 2014. After seven seasons in Birdland, Gonzalez left the flock recently to sign a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies. He said it was very hard to leave the Orioles, the only pro team he ever knew. And make no...
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Rule 5 protection date approaches for the Orioles

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Rule 5 protection date approaches for the Orioles
So a decision day is coming for the Orioles on Friday, unless they make some announcements before that. They have to decide which players to add to their 40-man roster to protect them from the December Rule 5 draft. They have five openings on their 40-man roster. That certainly does not guarantee they protect five players. They can protect as few as they want or as many as five, unless they clear any more roster spots before Friday, which seems unlikely. In looking back at previous...
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Is a frigid free agent season looming?

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Is a frigid free agent season looming?
After a season of uncertainty - no one knew in July if the year would be played to the finish - baseball now faces more uncertainty. This one involves not games, but salaries and free agency. Will it be a chilly winter - and we are not talking about air temperatures? It could wind up downright frosty and we're not talking about precipitation. There is a feeling around the game that the top free agents this winter may still get their money, but after that elite group, the dollars won't be...
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A look at one absolute roller coaster of a season

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A look at one absolute roller coaster of a season
When the music stops at the beginning of or during the 2021 season, will DJ Stewart have a chair? After his own crazy season inside baseball's own crazy 2020 season, will Stewart's brief but remarkable offensive display last summer carry him back to the roster next season? In an outfield that includes Anthony Santander, Austin Hays, Ryan Mountcastle, Cedric Mullins, a returning Trey Mancini (who could be at first base) and is awaiting the arrival of Yusniel Diaz, will Stewart find a...
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Is this player a free agent match for the Orioles?

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Is this player a free agent match for the Orioles?
It seems very unlikely to happen to me, but when an online sportsbook placed odds of big league teams signing specific free agents, the Orioles got on the list with one player. It was a player that has yet to play in the majors. And the Orioles were not listed as one of the favorites to sign infielder Ha-Seong Kim of the Korea Baseball Organization. In fact they are the seventh-betting favorite. Here is how BetOnline.ag lists the current contenders: 4/1 - Los Angeles Angels 17/4 - Toronto Blue...
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Baseball America sizes up the O's top prospects

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Baseball America sizes up the O's top prospects
Baseball America released its new Orioles top 10 prospects list this week. The list shows that the Orioles continue to improve their farm system. Seven of these players were acquired on former general manager Dan Duquette's watch, and three came since current executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias took over. It's a list with some balance: There are five pitchers and five position players. Five Orioles are currently ranked in the top 100 of both Baseball America and...
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For one young pitcher, it was not easy to leave Orioles

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For one young pitcher, it was not easy to leave Orioles
After pitching in the Orioles organization since they drafted him in 2014, left-hander Brian Gonzalez found himself in a position he had never before dealt with. Five days after the World Series, he was a minor league free agent for the first time. Gonzalez, who turned 25 on Oct. 25, heard from a few teams, but the Colorado Rockies immediately showed strong interest. On Wednesday, he signed a minor league deal with Colorado, getting a spring training invite. "It was happening quick," Gonzalez...
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More on the benefits of the alternate camp

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More on the benefits of the alternate camp
For a young pitching prospect like the Orioles' Grayson Rodriguez, the Bowie alternate camp this season provided a solid development experience. No, he was not pitching in games as he would have been this season at Single-A Frederick, but he was facing hitters of a higher caliber than he would have in the Carolina League. The same applied to lefty DL Hall, who likely would have pitched at Double-A Bowie during the 2020 season. At the alternate site, they faced the O's No. 1 prospect in...
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Taking a look at O's skipper Brandon Hyde

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Taking a look at O's skipper Brandon Hyde
On the day after the Manager of the Year awards were announced - Kevin Cash of Tampa Bay won in the American League and Miami's Don Mattingly in the National League - it seems an appropriate time to say a few words about the manager here in Baltimore. Brandon Hyde just completed his second season as Orioles skipper. I think judging a manager is a difficult task. Of course, there is the bottom line of the won-loss record. That is there for all to see and you earn your record. It's one way to...
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Aberdeen GM reacts to New York-Penn League news

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Aberdeen GM reacts to New York-Penn League news
As the baseball offseason begins to crank up, fans around the sport continue to wait on news about the future of Minor League Baseball. What has become pretty clear is that Major League Baseball is taking over running the minors. The current Professional Baseball Agreement that governs Minor League Baseball has run out as the two sides continue to negotiate the terms of a new one. But MLB will emerge as the organization that oversees all of it and no doubt in some ways this may be better for...
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In MLB, here's hoping for less off-the-field drama this time around

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In MLB, here's hoping for less off-the-field drama this time around
Once the Major League Baseball season started in late July, the focus shifted away from negotiations between players and owners and back to the field. It was wonderful to discuss wins and losses, player slumps, lineup and rotation decisions, and bullpen matters over money matters. But in this sport right now, the board room and what will happen there is as important as what happens on the ball field. The sport's collective bargaining agreement between the owners and players expires on Dec. 1,...
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Talking the rotation, the infield and more

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Talking the rotation, the infield and more
Taking stock today of a few topics that have recently been discussed in Birdland. * O's executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias pledges to sign some starting pitchers this winter (minor league and/or major league deals) to bolster rotation depth. Is this the right move for now? The club had two of its young pitchers emerge last season in the rotation and Keegan Akin and Dean Kremer flashed both talent and poise. They showed that work on their individual development was paying...
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Could O's homer leader be squeezed off 2021 roster?

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Could O's homer leader be squeezed off 2021 roster?
He's been an Oriole since the team claimed him on waivers from the Texas Rangers on May 13, 2018. Renato Núñez has now played in 263 games as an Oriole, hitting 50 homers with 141 RBIs. In the last two seasons he has ranked among the top 24 in the American League in homers, and in the top 25 in RBIs each season. That is decent run production. But now, as Trey Mancini is returning to the club for next year and Ryan Mountcastle has now made his big league debut, will Núñez get...
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