PROSPECT REVIEW: ANDREW ALVAREZ Age on opening day 2024: 24 How acquired: Drafted in 12th round in 2021 from California Polytechnic State University Ranking: NR per MLB Pipeline, NR per Baseball America MLB ETA: TBD* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $125,000 2023 levels: High-A Wilmington and Double-A Harrisburg 2023 stats: 7-7, 2.99 ERA, 2
It has been rather quiet thus far in baseball free agency. Unless you are the St. Louis Cardinals, who have added three of the five starting pitchers signed to this point. If you are just looking for a juicy rumor involving the Orioles, you may have a long wait. The team seems to work hard at keeping its business close to the vest and Mike Elias ha
If the month of November seems slow or stalled for Orioles business, consider that the only player acquisition a year ago was outfielder Daz Cameron on a minor league contract. The rest of it centered on outrighting a few players and protecting others in the Rule 5 draft. The Orioles were much more active in November 2021 with waiver claims of reli
The Baltimore Orioles today announced home game times for the 2024 season, including the introduction of 4:05 p.m. ET start times for all Saturday home games, except for the game against the Texas Rangers on June 29, which will begin at 7:15 p.m. The schedule also features the expansion of 6:35 p.m. start times to include all weeknight Monday-Thurs
We found out during the 2023 MLB regular season that we could watch a game lasting two and half hours again and it would not be completely rare. We found out we could survive a game played without defensive shifts. We found out we could be completely okay with scoring and base stealing on the rise. And we found that the game was not dramatically ch
PROSPECT REVIEW: MATT CRONIN Age on opening day 2024: 26 How acquired: Drafted in fourth round in 2019 from University of Arkansas Ranking: NR per MLB Pipeline, No. 29 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2023* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $464,500 2023 levels: Triple-A Rochester 2023 stats: 1-1, 5.02 ERA, 14 G, 0 GS, 14 ⅓ IP, 13 H, 9 R, 8 ER,
The Orioles are expected to break camp again next spring with 13 pitchers and 13 position players. The same even split on their 26-man roster. Six of them made their first Opening Day rosters – starter Kyle Bradish, catcher Adley Rutschman, infielders Gunnar Henderson and Terrin Vavra, outfielder Kyle Stowers and reliever Logan Gillaspie. Gillaspie
PROSPECT REVIEW: ZACH BRZYKCY Age on opening day 2024: 24 How acquired: Signed as undrafted free agent in 2020 from Virginia Tech Ranking: No. 28 per MLB Pipeline, No. 22 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2024* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $20,000 2023 levels: Double-A Harrisburg (injured list) 2023 stats: N/A Quotable: “Like I told him: ‘W
There are a lot of questions to be answered for the Orioles between now and Opening Day 2024 on March 28 versus the Los Angeles Angels. The makeup of the pitching staff and starting rotation is a big one. If the Orioles add a starter who could slot into the top half of their rotation – something they have said they seek – it will be getting pretty
Baseball’s offseason moves into a new month later this week, inching closer to the Winter Meetings, also known as the worst assignment of the year. Stretch out those hamstrings to chase rumors, whether legit or loony, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. Stretch them out to cover the hundreds of miles separating the