The next round of awards are handed out this week, starting tonight with Rookie of the Year from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman is a finalist in the American League with Cleveland’s Steven Kwan – his former college teammate – and Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez. Rodríguez already was chosen by The Sporting N

The first full week of the official offseason is complete, and with that, the deadline for teams to negotiate with their respective free agents has passed. Thursday was the last day the Nationals had exclusive rights to re-sign any of their free agents before they became available to speak with other teams. Of their eight free agents, the Nats had

The launching of true free agency last week, with executives allowed to begin negotiations with representatives of players outside the organization, also ignited the annual offseason predictions, speculation and rumors that spread like weeds. The baseball media’s popular board game, matching player with team. A low-risk roll of the dice. The Athlet

Sure, the Orioles will be looking for a top-end rotation pitcher this winter, and maybe they actually add that guy or guys through free agency or via a trade. But their rotation hopes for 2023 also would include seeing two young pitchers that took steps forward last season building on that. Those pitchers are right-handers Dean Kremer, who went 8-7

I’m going to steer away from the traditional baseball post and instead write a more sappy, personal one. Don’t worry, it still involves baseball. I’m getting married today. Those are crazy words to write, never mind say out loud. Don’t get me wrong: I’m very excited to get married. She’s the woman I fell in love with and will treasure forever. I ca

The Orioles contingent that traveled to Las Vegas this week for the general managers meetings huddled with about a dozen agencies that rep players of interest to the organization, feelings expressed as a method of identifying potential fits. Making the most out of a couple days before returning to the B&O warehouse. Executive vice president/gen

All major league clubs were required to reinstate all players who ended the season on the injured list to their 40-man rosters Thursday, a deadline that prompted the Nationals to cut ties with two healthy players. The Nats announced that catcher Tres Barrera and reliever Francisco Pérez both cleared waivers and were outrighted to Triple-A Rochester

Baseball’s free agency period has begun. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, teams could pursue free agents that were not their own. The offers can now be made, the rumors will heat up and some signings should start to trickle in of players changing teams. Will the Orioles be active? Quite possibly and according to ESPN, quite probably. In Jeff Passan’s offsea

A big week is reaching its weekend. No, I don’t mean the McRib’s farewell tour. The GM Meetings have concluded in Las Vegas. The Orioles didn’t make any trades, but they’re now cleared to begin negotiating with free agents outside the organization. The exclusive window has shut. A much nicer sound than the slamming of the playoff contention window

Tres Barrera and Francisco Pérez have cleared outright waivers and the Nationals have assigned their contracts outright to Triple-A Rochester. Additionally, all 60-day Injured List players have been reinstated to the 40-man roster, which now stands at 39.