The Nationals made a flurry of transactions to clear up space on their 40-man roster this evening, parting ways with a couple of well-known veterans in the process. Joey Meneses and Ildemaro Vargas both cleared outright waivers and chose to become free agents rather than remain in the organization. The same was true of Triple-A right-hander Michael

The Orioles have picked up 2025 contract options on first baseman/outfielder Ryan O’Hearn, lefty reliever Cionel Pérez and righty reliever Seranthony Domínguez. But in a surprise move, they declined the $4 million 2025 contract option on lefty reliever Danny Coulombe. The club today also made the procedural move of reinstating pitchers Félix Bautis

An Orioles offense that ranked second in the American League and fourth in the majors in runs per game in 2024, has produced three Silver Slugger finalists in Anthony Santander, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg. The Orioles are also up for the American League offensive team of the year. Their batters did slump in the second half and scored just

When I wrote this blog last week, it was a blog that, as I said then, where I was just thinking out loud about ways the Orioles could make small improvements in 2025 in how they do business. This is not about the makeup of the roster so much, about adding or subtracting players, but about how the Orioles employ the players they do have. That earlie

Halloween has come and gone. The leaves have changed colors and are beginning to fall to the ground. Daylight Saving Time is finished for the year, leaving us with the oh-so-depressing 5 p.m. sunset for the next few months. And the 2024 Major League Baseball season has ended. The Dodgers wrapped up the World Series five nights ago, which means the

The offseason gives media a chance to make early predictions on free-agent signings, trades and other activity while waiting for actual news. Don’t pay any attention to early World Series odds. No team has a set roster in November. Can we at least wait until spring training? OK, if you’re going to press me, the Orioles make the playoffs in 2025. Th

Jacob Young’s rookie season for the Nationals, while stellar in the field, was not ultimately deemed golden. Despite holding a statistical advantage over his fellow nominees, Young lost out to Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle, who earned his second straight Gold Glove Award tonight. Doyle beat out Young and the Brewers’ Blake Perkins in balloti

With just two Gold Glove winners since the 2015 season, the Orioles will not add to that total this year. The Orioles had two finalists with Ryan Mountcastle at first base and Colton Cowser in left field, but neither won the Rawlings Gold Glove when the winners were announced tonight during a live ESPN broadcast. Minnesota’s Carlos Santana won at f

I want to thank reader and commenter Peter Wood for posing this question back in September that I thought was an interesting topic to address in the offseason: Who do we think will have a better career, Dylan Crews or Jackson Holliday? It is, of course, way too early to make any proclamation one way or the other. But with each playing a substantial

It's about that time. A time when I ask the readers here a few Orioles questions and get your input. Answer one question or all of them. Provide short answers or long ones. Respond to what other readers have to say. It's not a quiz and won't be graded. There are no right or wrong answers. If you cannot participate today there will be other chances