Though there’s been a bit of movement on the free agent market elsewhere, we’re still in the preliminary stages of the offseason around here. The Nationals have yet to add anybody to the fold, focusing instead on which players to add to their 40-man roster and which players to remove from the equation. But now that they’ve completed those tasks, it

An immediate takeaway from Friday night’s announcement that the Orioles tendered contracts to their six arbitration-eligible players: No one in the group was non-tendered, and there were some questions surrounding pitcher Austin Voth based on projected salary and uncertain role. MLBTradeRumors.com has Voth’s contract rising from $875,000 to $2 mill

Stability in baseball is a rare thing. It’s rare in the clubhouse. It’s rare in the manager’s office. And it’s certainly rare in the front office, where heads of baseball operations routinely find themselves under pressure to create success and then sustain it. When Mike Rizzo took over as general manager in 2009, the Nationals had no stability. Th

Today taking another look today at a few stories we discussed in this space recently. Such as this one about catcher Adley Rutschman. The last Oriole to win the American League Rookie of the Year award was Gregg Olson in 1989. Earlier this week Rutschman was a finalist for the AL ROY, but Seattle's Julio Rodríguez took home the hardware. The rookie

The Orioles had four prospects they intended to place on the 40-man roster by Tuesday’s deadline, and an undrafted pitcher trending upward who couldn’t be denied. Wasn’t worth the risk of losing him. Noah Denoyer probably felt like the fifth of five players protected in the Rule 5 draft behind pitchers Grayson Rodriguez, Drew Rom and Seth Johnson,

If it feels like he’s been in the Orioles organization for a while, he has. But lefty Drew Rom, added to the 40-man roster this week, for now is still just 22. He turns 23 Dec. 15 and will head to spring training next February in Sarasota, knowing it’s the season when he might make his major league debut. During a Zoom call this week he told report

On a certain level, the Nationals’ decision Friday night not to tender a contract to Luke Voit made sense. They never coveted the 31-year-old in the first place. He was simply a player added to last summer’s haul of prospects in the Juan Soto-Josh Bell deal with the Padres because the Nats needed one actual big leaguer who could finish out the seas

The business conducted by the Orioles can be brought out into the open, whether from the outset or at its conclusion, or held behind closed warehouse doors. The public finds out about decisions made on the 40-man roster and in arbitration talks without knowing all of the mechanisms. Negotiations with free agents and executives usually are kept priv

The Nationals parted ways with Luke Voit, Erick Fedde and Tommy Romero this evening, electing not to tender contracts to one of the players they acquired in this summer’s blockbuster trade with the Padres and their 2014 first-round pick after underwhelming seasons. The club did tender contracts before tonight’s 8 p.m. deadline to their seven other

The Orioles made the following roster moves: Tendered 2023 contracts to OF Austin Hays, SS Jorge Mateo, OF Cedric Mullins, OF Anthony Santander, RHP Dillon Tate, and RHP Austin Voth, as well as all pre-arbitration 40-man players.