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Revisiting Orioles bullpen after Webb’s non-tender

Revisiting Orioles bullpen after Webb’s non-tender

Here we are again, blowing up roster projections in November. Stand back and cover your ears. I want to cover...

Roch Kubatko November 23, 2024 9:00 am
Orioles must offer contracts today to arbitration players (Webb non-tendered)

Orioles must offer contracts today to arbitration players (Webb non-tendered)

Major League Baseball has reached another important deadline today, with teams required to offer contracts to arbitration-eligible players. It’s known...

Roch Kubatko November 22, 2024 9:00 am
Seeking answers to four Orioles questions

Seeking answers to four Orioles questions

I’m about 2 ½ weeks past my open-heart surgery and progress is slow but steady. I just typed that sentence...

Roch Kubatko November 21, 2024 9:00 am
Tossing out a few more spring training story ideas

Tossing out a few more spring training story ideas

We’re in the middle of awards week with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The Orioles’ last transaction was signing...

Roch Kubatko November 20, 2024 9:00 am
Qualifying offers and Rule 5 protection highlight today’s activities (O’s select Young and Strowd contracts)

Qualifying offers and Rule 5 protection highlight today’s activities (O’s select Young and Strowd contracts)

A week of key dates brings us later today to players accepting or declining the $21.05 million qualifying offer. Decisions...

Roch Kubatko November 19, 2024 9:00 am
Can Cowser make it two in a rookie row for Orioles? (Gil wins)

Can Cowser make it two in a rookie row for Orioles? (Gil wins)

The Orioles don’t have much of a presence in this week’s Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards. Tonight is their...

Roch Kubatko November 18, 2024 9:00 am
More on Mateo in 2025

More on Mateo in 2025

Without notes in front of him or knowledge of which questions he’d field Friday afternoon during his 27-minute video call...

Roch Kubatko November 17, 2024 9:00 am
Orioles moving in left field wall for 2025 season

Orioles moving in left field wall for 2025 season

The Orioles went a little too far in pushing back their left field wall, prompting some changes in the other...

Roch Kubatko November 15, 2024 9:33 pm
Mailbag leftovers for breakfast

Mailbag leftovers for breakfast

A few questions stuck to the bottom of the mailbag again. An attendant at Sinai Hospital told me that eight...

Roch Kubatko November 15, 2024 9:00 am
This, that and the other

This, that and the other

Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias wants to tackle the major league roster again but he’s also diving for...

Roch Kubatko November 14, 2024 9:00 am