PLAYER REVIEW: KEIBERT RUIZ Age on Opening Day 2026: 27 How acquired: Traded with Josiah Gray, Donovan Casey and Gerardo Carrillo from Dodgers for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, July 2021 MLB service time: 4 years, 64 days 2025 salary: $6 million Contract status: Signed for $5 million in 2026, $5 million in 2027, $7 million in 2028, $9 million in 20

Ramón Urías appeared in 506 games with the Orioles over parts of six seasons. He played every position in the infield. Both of his managers praised his versatility and those stretches when he seemed like the only hot hitter in the lineup. The trade deadline got him, too. Though under team control through 2026, Urías was dealt to the Astros for Clas

PLAYER REVIEW: RILEY ADAMS Age on Opening Day 2026: 29 How acquired: Acquired from Blue Jays for Brad Hand, July 2021 MLB service time: 3 years, 171 days 2025 salary: $850,000 Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2029 2025 stats: 83 G, 286 PA, 263 AB, 29 R, 49 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 8 HR, 24 RBI, 1 SB, 0 CS, 18 BB, 110 SO, .186 AVG, .252 OB

The Orioles have a full 40-man roster that’s going to experience a significant shuffling of players. A typical offseason.   Pitchers Félix Bautista, Grayson Rodriguez and Brandon Young will come off the 60-day injured list. Pitcher Zach Eflin and catcher Gary Sánchez also are on the 60-day but will become free agents after the World Series. Pitcher

PLAYER REVIEW: ROBERT HASSELL III Age on Opening Day 2026: 24 How acquired: Traded with James Wood, CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore, Jarlin Susana and Luke from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 85 days 2025 salary: $760,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2029, free agent in 2032 2025 stats: 7

The first offseason mailbag filled up quickly and required a second dumping. Here are some extras from earlier this week. Same rules against obsessive editing and crowing about it. Same weird mix of baseball and anything else. Given Grayson Rodriguez’s health issues, and Kyle Bradish (and Tyler Wells) coming back from injury, might the Orioles reco

Orioles pitcher Albert Suárez received a second opinion on his right elbow Tuesday during an examination by Dr. Keith Meister. According to a team spokesperson, Suárez suffered a mild forearm flexor strain in his last appearance on Sept. 14 in Toronto. Suárez is continuing his rehabilitation into the offseason and is expected to begin a throwing pr

PLAYER REVIEW: JACOB YOUNG Age on Opening Day 2026: 26 How acquired: Seventh round pick, 2021 Draft MLB service time: 2 years, 37 days 2025 salary: $768,700 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2027, free agent in 2030 2025 stats: 120 G, 364 PA, 324 AB, 34 R, 75 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 31 RBI, 15 SB, 11 CS, 27 BB, 65 SO, .231

Samuel Basallo played in only 31 games with the Orioles and already began to blend with his teammates and understand how life works in a major league clubhouse. What you see and hear in there stays in there. Basallo might have taken it to the extreme, but he had an impressive response to a question at Yankee Stadium about a team meeting to discuss

PLAYER REVIEW: DAYLEN LILE Age on Opening Day 2026: 23 How acquired: Second round pick, 2021 Draft MLB service time: 119 days 2025 salary: $760,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2029, free agent in 2032 2025 stats: 91 G, 351 PA, 321 AB, 51 R, 96 H, 15 2B, 11 3B, 9 HR, 41 RBI, 8 SB, 6 CS, 21 BB, 56 SO, .299 AVG, .347 O