For Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins, a follow-up act was always going to be a challenge. How does a player produce the first 30-30 season in Orioles history and then repeat that? Since 1954, the club’s first year in Baltimore, no player had ever hit 30 or more homers and stole 30 or more bases in the same season. It was not done by anyone els

PLAYER REVIEW: KEIBERT RUIZ Age on opening day 2023: 24 How acquired: Traded from Dodgers with Josiah Gray, Donovan Casey and Gerardo Carrillo for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, July 2021 MLB service time: 1 year, 64 days 2022 salary: $701,300 Contract status: Under team control, arbitration-eligible in 2025, free agent in 2028 2022 stats: 112 G, 43

Spenser Watkins started the fifth and 162nd games for the Orioles in 2022. In between were impressive stretches, an injury, a demotion and a return. What’s next for Watkins? When you find out, please let him know. Watkins signed another minor league deal with the Orioles in November after they outrighted him, and his contract was selected on April

When it comes to Orioles shortstop Jorge Mateo, there is a lot to like. He led the American League in stolen bases, he plays very solid, sometimes outstanding defense, and that top-of-the-scale speed never goes into a slump. The defense and speed are plenty good enough for a first-division team, but is his offense? At a time when there are so many

PLAYER REVIEW: LUKE VOIT Age on opening day 2023: 32 How acquired: Traded from Padres with MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, Robert Hassell III, James Wood and Jarlin Susana for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 4 years, 169 days 2022 salary: $5.45 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2025 2022 stats (SD/WSH):

The Orioles got a lot of mileage out of moving back the left field wall about 30 feet. Every fly ball that approached the warning track would elicit references to previous seasons and how another batter was robbed of a home run by the new dimensions rather than an outfielder. It got a little tired for me, to be honest, but I understood the obsessio

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Claimed OF Jake Cave off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.Designated RHP Jake Reed for assignment.

After going – and this is accurate – a full 27 months between his last college game at the University of Arkansas in March 2020 and his first pro game earlier this season for low Single-A Delmarva, outfielder Heston Kjerstad continues to make up for lost time. And he lost a lot of time. The bout with myocarditis that is now in his rear-view mirror

PLAYER REVIEW: CJ ABRAMS Age on opening day 2023: 22 How acquired: Traded from Padres with MacKenzie Gore, Luke Voit, Robert Hassell III, James Wood and Jarlin Susana for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 131 days 2022 salary: $700,000 Contract status: Under team control, arbitration-eligible in 2025, free agent in 2029 2022 st

Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias is taking a more general view of the areas that he’s seeking to upgrade during the offseason. In the past, he’s sought veteran placeholders at shortstop and come away with José Iglesias and Freddy Galvis. He’s tabbed third base as a priority and signed Maikel Franco. Elias is hoping to add