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