It’s never too early to start thinking about spring training storylines. That’s a lie. It’s much too early. But there’s no harm in talking about a few topics in October. Can the roster hold Heston Kjerstad and Coby Mayo? There might not be two bigger curiosities in camp than this duo. Kjerstad was the second-overall pick in the 2020 draft, and you

Changes being made in the Orioles organization are happening beyond the coaching ranks and in the front office. Head athletic trainer Brian Ebel isn’t coming back for the 2025 season, according to multiple sources. Ebel just completed his seventh season in the role and his 40th in the organization. Assistants Mark Shires and Patrick Wesley remain w

PLAYER REVIEW: JAKE IRVIN Age on Opening Day 2025: 28 How acquired: Fourth round pick, 2018 MLB Draft MLB service time: 1 years, 152 days 2024 salary: $745,600 Contract status: Under club control, likely arbitration-eligible in 2026, free agent in 2030 2024 stats: 10-14, 4.41 ERA, 33 G, 33 GS, 187.2 IP, 173 H, 97 R, 92

Jumping around the baseball world with a few random notes and takes. Well at least this year the narrative that the top teams don’t win in baseball and that it’s hard to have a five-day layoff before the playoffs for division winners, were blown all to heck. We need a new narrative! Last year wild card teams played in the World Series when No. 5 se

Turns out, I didn’t empty the mailbag. The questions kept comin’ and I couldn’t keep up. Here are some leftovers for breakfast to go with your cold pasta and pizza. Maybe that half-eaten sub or the sushi roll that comes with a strict deadline for consumption. Or you could be weird and go with eggs and toast. Zach Eflin or Grayson Rodriguez on Openi

The Orioles have some important roster decisions coming soon. Within five days of the end of the World Series they have to decide if they will pick up club options for 2025 on a few players to include reliever Seranthony Domínguez. It comes down to a $7.5 million dollar decision. He’ll get $8 million if they pick up his option and a $500,000 buyout

PLAYER REVIEW: MACKENZIE GORE Age on Opening Day 2025: 26 How acquired: Traded with CJ Abrams, James Wood, Robert Hassell III, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 3 years 2024 salary: $749,600 Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2028 2024 stats: 10-12, 3.90 ERA, 32 G, 3

The baseball playoffs have provided nightly thrills that seem to be directing teams and media toward cross-country travel for the World Series. You won’t rack up any mileage reading my mailbag. It comes to you. This is the latest sequel to the beloved 2008 blockbuster. There could be some leftovers later. Don’t be too bummed if you didn’t make it i

When I wrote about the Orioles' success in the early years of the American League Championship Series, in this story on Friday, it was a fun story to do. It reminded me of my youth and falling in love with this sport watching the likes of Brooks, Cakes, Frank and Boog. Earl Weaver was there to run the show and fire us all up. Four 20-game winners,

We’ve spent the last two weeks here running through all of the prominent position players on the Nationals, reviewing their 2024 performances and looking ahead to how they might (or might not) fit into the club’s 2025 plans. And we’ll transition to the pitching staff beginning Monday, first looking at the starters and then the primary relievers. Bu