It’s a deadline day across Major League Baseball, with a host of prospects about to be added to their organization’s 40-man roster. Officially, this is the deadline for teams to protect players from being lost in next month’s Rule 5 Draft. That draft, if you’ve forgotten, gives clubs the opportunity to snatch prospects away from other clubs for the

A week of key dates brings us later today to players accepting or declining the $21.05 million qualifying offer. Decisions must be made by 4 p.m. This one is easy to predict. Corbin Burnes and Anthony Santander are expected to decline it and dive into free agency. They have rich long-term deals waiting for them. They aren’t settling for anything le

If the Orioles do not re-sign right-hander Corbin Burnes and are not in the final hunt for lefty Max Fried and find that Roki Sasaki gets posted but signs with another team, there is still another stud pitcher out there to potentially sign. He is a two-time Cy Young Award winner with huge strikeout numbers and was the best pitcher in the majors las

The Nationals want to be better in 2025. Better enough to contend in the National League East. Which means, first and foremost, they’re going to have to play better against the NL East. It probably won’t surprise you to learn the Nats haven’t finished with a winning record against division opponents since 2019, which just so happens to be the last

The Orioles don’t have much of a presence in this week’s Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards. Tonight is their one chance at a winner. Colton Cowser is a finalist for American League Rookie of the Year with Yankees pitcher Luis Gil and catcher Austin Wells. The BBWAA doesn’t provide odds, which would give away the result and kill the dr

The hurricane damage to the roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg will send the Tampa Bay Rays to a new home for the 2025 season. When Hurricane Milton tore through Florida on Oct. 9, the storm's winds destroyed a large portion of Tropicana Field's fiberglass roof.  The Rays will play their home games for next season at Steinbrenner Field in Ta

It’s awards season around baseball as the offseason continues. Major League Baseball handed out several individual awards and named the All-MLB teams on Thursday. And the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced the finalists for its major awards this past week, with the winners to be announced over the next four days. Unsurprisingly, the

Without notes in front of him or knowledge of which questions he’d field Friday afternoon during his 27-minute video call with the local media, Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias performed a mental checklist of rehabbing players and their progress. Colton Cowser is fine after his October surgery to repair a fractured left h

The Orioles today announced their 2024 Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a variety of ticket offers, gift cards, merchandise, and Birdland Memberships, ensuring there is something to make every O’s fan happy this holiday season.  Fans can get a head start on their holiday shopping during the Orioles Team Store Black Friday Sale on Friday, November 29,

For some pro baseball players, a long, long season will end tonight in the Arizona Fall League championship game. O’s top 30 prospect Creed Willems is one of that group. Spring training was a long time ago and so was his Opening Day with High-A Aberdeen April 5. It was a year where he missed several weeks mid-summer with a left hamstring injury. Bu