PLAYER REVIEW: TREVOR WILLIAMS Age on Opening Day 2026: 33 How acquired: Signed as free agent, December 2024 MLB service time: 9 years, 27 days 2025 salary: $7 million Contract status: Signed for $7 million in 2026, free agent in 2027 2025 stats: 3-10, 6.21 ERA, 17 G, 17 GS, 82 2/3 IP, 106 H, 59 R, 57 ER, 11 HR, 21 BB, 65 SO, 2 HBP, 1.536 WHIP, 66

The World Series is over, which begins the official countdown to the start of free agency. The exact time is 5 p.m. on Thursday. Teams also must decide whether to make qualifying offers to their free agents, with the cost rising to $22.025 million. The Orioles won’t float it past Zach Eflin, Tomoyuki Sugano or Gary Sánchez. Eflin seemed like a cand

PLAYER REVIEW: PJ POULIN Age on Opening Day 2026: 29 How acquired: Claimed off waivers from Tigers, August 2025 MLB service time: 55 days 2025 salary: $760,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2029, free agent in 2032 2025 stats: 2-1, 3.65 ERA, 28 G, 1 SV, 24 2/3 IP, 23 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 2 HR, 13 BB, 27 SO, 2 HBP, 1.459 WH

The Orioles didn’t announce any other roster moves following Thursday’s doubleheader. They slipped back into quiet mode. One-year major league contracts were given to reliever Rico Garcia and infielder Luis Vázquez, keeping them in the organization without offering any assurances about their status for 2026. They can help to fill two of the team’s

New Orioles manager Craig Albernaz will have a different bench coach in his first season at the helm. Robinson Chirinos won’t return in 2026, according to an industry source. Chirinos was hired prior to 2025, his first coaching position at any level. He kept the job through manager Brandon Hyde and interim manager Tony Mansolino, who was promoted f

The Washington Nationals officially named Blake Butera the eighth manager in team history on Friday. Today’s announcement was made by Nationals President of Baseball Operations Paul Toboni. “I’ve always believed that you win with people, and from our very first conversation, it was clear that Blake is the right person and the right leader for this

On what was supposed to be a quiet off-day from this year’s very entertaining World Series, the Nationals made headlines Thursday by reportedly hiring Blake Butera to be their new manager. At just 33 years old, Butera will become the youngest major league manager since the Twins hired Frank Quilici in 1972, an odd connection to the former edition o

Once the initial shock of Thursday’s news – They hired who? He’s how old? He’s never played or coached above what level? – wore off, the case for the Nationals’ hiring of Blake Butera as their new manager crystalized. Yeah, he’s only 33 years old, but he’s already got an impressive background as a highly successful minor league manager and senior d

Focus on the Orioles has shifted from the managerial search to the coaching staff, but there’s also pending roster business that heats up after the World Series. Decisions on options and non-tender candidates, setting the 40-man, crafting a plan to ditch last place and jump back into the playoffs. It’s always interesting to get an outsider’s perspe

The Orioles have decisions to make with their 40-man roster as players on the 60-day injured list are reinstated after the World Series. Rico Garcia is holding onto his spot. The right-hander signed a one-year major league contract earlier today to thrust himself into the bullpen picture for 2026, though he’s got to hold onto the job in camp. Garci