Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs asked the team to issue this statement today: "I've got to set the record straight about what I said about so-called bounties. I tried to explain this on Wednesday, but it keeps coming back up. "We, the players, don't pay each other to take another player out of the game. And you know coaches don't do that. As I said before, we prepare to stop the other team's best players every week. Those are the players who can beat you with big plays. For...

The Orioles today announced that they have exercised their option for the 2010 season on the contract of MANAGER DAVE TREMBLEY. This season is Trembley's 25th in professional baseball. He won two league titles and earned Manager of the Year awards in three leagues in 20 years managing in the minor leagues before joining the Orioles as bullpen coach and field coordinator in 2007. After spending most of the first 2 ½ months of that season as the club's bullpen and interim...

In celebration of their new spring training home, the Baltimore Orioles will join with The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau to host Orioles Family FanFest--a free event for the entire community--at Ed Smith Stadium on Saturday, November 14 from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. The afternoon will feature autograph sessions with current and former Orioles players, Orioles giveaways, fan forums, a variety of kid-friendly family activities, including Kids Run the...

The Orioles today announced that they have hired JEFF DATZ as Major League Bench Coach. Datz spent the past eight seasons on the Major League coaching staff for the Cleveland Indians, including four seasons as the Bench Coach. The 2010 season will be Datz's 29th in professional baseball. After a nine-year career as a player, which included a Major League stint with the Detroit Tigers in 1989, Datz spent two years as a scout before beginning a coaching career that has spanned the last 17...

The Orioles today announced that they have outrighted RHPs ALFREDO SIMON (reinstated from 60-day DL) and BOB McCRORY and LHP RICH HILL (reinstated from 60-day DL) to Triple-A Norfolk after all three cleared waivers, removing them from the 40-man roster. Simon, 28, went 0-1 with a 9.95 ERA (6.1IP, 7ER) in two starts for the Orioles. He left his second start on April 14 at Texas with discomfort in his right elbow. Simon was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 15 (transferred to the...

The Orioles today announced that they have claimed RHP ARMANDO GABINO off of waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Gabino, 26, went 6-4 with three saves and a 2.94 ERA (98.0IP, 32ER) in 38 games (seven starts) with Triple-A Rochester in 2009. He is 22-19 with a 3.41 ERA (390.2IP, 148ER) in 192 career minor league games. Gabino appeared in two games for the Twins this season. The Orioles currently have 34 players on their 40-man roster.

Earlier today, Rawlings announced that Orioles CF ADAM JONES is one of this year's American League Gold Glove Award recipients for defensive excellence in the outfield. The award, the first of Jones' career, culminates a season in which the 24-year-old was also named to his first All-Star team and set new career-highs in nine offensive categories, including average, hits, runs and RBI. Jones is the 13th overall Oriole and the first since MIKE MUSSINA in 1999 to be named as a Gold Glove...

Orioles right fielder NICK MARKAKIS and his wife CHRISTINA will join the Maryland Food Bank this Saturday, November 21, from 11:00 a.m. - noon and help distribute frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving to pre-registered Marylanders in need. The turkeys were purchased using money donated by Orioles fans at the team's annual Food Drive earlier this year. The distribution will take place at Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 67 Winters Lane in Catonsville. Fans donated over 4,000...

The Orioles today announced that they have added right-handed pitchers BRANDON ERBE and LUIS LEBRON and infielders JOSH BELL, PEDRO FLORIMON, RHYNE HUGHES and BRANDON SNYDER to their 40-man Major League roster. Erbe, 21, went 5-4 with a 2.70 ERA in 18 starts between rookie-level Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie. The Orioles' third round pick in 2005, Erbe is a product of Baltimore's McDonogh High School. Bell, who turned 23 on November 13, batted .275 with 20 home runs and 76 RBI in 127 games...

The Orioles today announced that they have claimed CA CRAIG TATUM off of waivers from the Cincinnati Reds. Tatum, 26, batted .239 (51-213) with three home runs and 21 RBI in 64 games for Triple-A Louisville in 2009. He appeared in 26 games for Cincinnati, batting .162 (11-68) with one home run and six RBI. The Reds' third round pick in 2004, Tatum was rated the best defensive catcher in the Reds organization in 2008 by Baseball America. Waters, 29, appeared in five games (one start) for...