If the Orioles are to maintain a highly rated farm system, they will need to keep producing premium prospects. First there were Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman and they sort of turned it over to the likes of Coby Mayo, Jackson Holliday and Samuel Basallo. The O’s hope more is on the way through their 2024 MLB Draft class. A class headed by the

The Orioles can’t say that their outfield is set for 2025 until they figure out what’s happening in right, with Anthony Santander heading toward free agency and the various directions they could go for a replacement. They know that Adley Rutschman is their No. 1 catcher but his backup, James McCann, also is ready to hit the market. The left side of

It is a key question both in looking back at the Orioles’ 2024 season and ahead to what they hope is another good year for 2025. What will it take to get Adley Rutschman’s bat going again? Was he hurt when he slumped for much of the second-half? “There is not an injury that I would speak to of any nature,” Mike Elias said during the season-ending p

PLAYER REVIEW: DYLAN CREWS Age on Opening Day 2025: 23 How acquired: First-round pick, 2023 Draft MLB service time: 35 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2028, free agent in 2031 2024 stats: 31 G, 132 PA, 119 AB, 12 R, 26 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 12 SB, 3 CS, 11 BB, 26 SO, .218 AVG, .288 OBP,

The offseason for the Orioles has inched into another day while other playoff teams are having all the fun. The crowd will keep thinning until it’s time for the World Series and we’re down to two. I’m just going by how it’s worked in the past. I never posted it or gave it much thought. but I blurted out "Guardians and Phillies" when asked for my pi

For Orioles young catching prospect Samuel Basallo, a 2024 season that began with him rehabbing a stress fracture in his right elbow and spending time as a DH ended with him healthy, hitting well and advancing to Triple-A for the first time in his career. Basallo spent most of this year with Double-A Bowie over 106 games but in late August moved to

PLAYER REVIEW: JACOB YOUNG Age on Opening Day 2025: 25 How acquired: Seventh-round pick, 2021 Draft MLB service time: 1 year, 37 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2027, free agent in 2030 2024 stats: 150 G, 521 PA, 468 AB, 75 R, 120 H, 24 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 36 RBI, 33 SB, 10 CS, 30 BB, 102 SO, .256

The Orioles began tackling their offseason workload much earlier than desired. The meetings are starting in the warehouse. Areas are pinpointed that must be addressed in free agency or the trade market. They have at least 15 players eligible for arbitration, the total dependent on whether they exercise reliever Cionel Pérez’s $2.2 million option fo

The narrative for some is how bad the Orioles are on offense. We saw them score one run in two playoff games. Yes, it still hurts and probably will be that way for a while. The challenge for the organization in how to improve the offense is that over the long sample of the last two full seasons, it’s been among the highest-scoring in the sport. Com

PLAYER REVIEW: JAMES WOOD Age on Opening Day 2025: 22 How acquired: Traded with CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore, Robert Hassell III, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 91 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2028, free agent in 2031 2024 sta