• Orioles are promoting top 100 prospect Samuel Basallo from Double-A to Triple-A

    Samuel Basallo on up to Triple-A. The Orioles' top 100 catching prospect is being promoted to Norfolk after homering for Bowie today in his final game with the Double-A Baysox. Basallo is ranked as the No. 11 prospect in baseball per MLBPipeline.com and No. 17 by Baseball America. He’s had a very solid year at Double-A that included an appearance in the All-Star Futures Game in July in...

  • Orioles put Mountcastle on injured list and recall Soto

    The Orioles can’t keep playing with a short bench. They can’t keep waiting for Ryan Mountcastle’s status to shift from day-to-day. They also can't maintain a healthy stretch in 2024. Mountcastle was placed on the 10-day injured list this afternoon, retroactive to Friday, with a left wrist sprain. Infielder Livan Soto was recalled again from Triple-A Norfolk. The injury occurred Thursday night...

  • Reviewing more questions attached to Orioles

    The latest road trip began last night at Dodger Stadium, where the World Series memories for the franchise are much nicer than in Queens. The Orioles are down to two after they return next week from Denver, playing three games in Boston and Detroit and three in New York and Minnesota. The roster is going to change multiple times to uphold the 2024 theme. It’s much too late for stability. Don't...

  • James McCann on Orioles' injuries: “I’d say not surprised as much as, ‘Here we go again'"

    DENVER - The reaction is about what you’d expect. Players watch a teammate sustain an injury and struggle to comprehend the reasoning or keep count. Zach Eflin is reinstated from the injured list and starts yesterday’s series finale in Colorado, less than 24 hours after a 103.1 mile line drive slams into Dean Kremer’s right arm, creating a Rocky Mountain high welt above his wrist. The Orioles...

  • Coulombe set for rehab assignment later this week

    Orioles reliever Danny Coulombe is ready to begin his rehab assignment. Coulombe will join Triple-A Norfolk for Wednesday night’s game in Durham, his first competition beyond live batting practice since undergoing surgery in June to remove bone chips in his left elbow. The Orioles haven’t used Coulombe since June 8, when he retired all six batters faced and struck out three at Tropicana Field....

  • This, that and the other

    The Orioles were victims of a violent flood of injuries over the course of the season, threatening to sweep away their hopes to repeat as division champions, but players who are able to return will do so in trickles. Reliever Jacob Webb appears the closest to reinstatement after Thursday night’s scoreless inning with Triple-A Norfolk. Manager Brandon Hyde told the assembled media in Detroit...

  • Catching up on some Orioles backstops

    The Orioles aren’t ignoring their minor league rosters and the building of depth. Their offseason business is spread widely. Catcher David Bañuelos is staying in the organization on another minor league deal, according to an industry source. The agreement, completed last night, includes an invitation to spring training. He could have become a minor league free agent five days after the World...

  • Orioles acquire Daz Cameron from the Athletics

    Eight players elect free agency The Orioles today announced that they have acquired outfielder DAZ CAMERON from the Athletics in exchange for cash considerations. Cameron, 27, slashed .200/.258/.329 (34-for-170) with five doubles, one triple, five home runs, 22 runs scored, 15 RBI, 13 walks, one hit-by-pitch, and five stolen bases in 66 games with the A’s last season. He opened the season with...

  • Orioles announce 2025 major league coaching staff

    The Orioles today announced their 2025 major league coaching staff, led by 2023 American League Manager of the Year BRANDON HYDE in his seventh season. The club has named CODY ASCHE as the hitting coach, ROBINSON CHIRINOS as the bench coach, TOMMY JOSEPH as the assistant hitting coach, SHERMAN JOHNSON as the assistant hitting coach/upper level hitting coordinator, and BUCK BRITTON as a major...

  • O's Matt Blood on new Triple-A skipper, Strowd to the 40-man and more

    Under the Mike Elias regime, Matt Blood has played a prominent role for the Orioles. He was hired first as director of player development in September of 2019. On his watch, the O’s farm system became the first to be ranked No. 1 in five straight rankings by MLBPipeline.com. Blood was promoted to his current role, vice president, player development and domestic scouting in October of 2023. He...

  • Elias, Rosenbaum and Hyde talk about new coaching staff

    The first Winter Meetings with Mike Elias in the Orioles’ front office wasn’t about improving the product on the field. Six years ago, the new executive vice president/general manager stayed busy interviewing candidates to fill positions in departments that needed to be built or restructured, and hiring his first manager – the news of an agreement with Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde breaking as...

  • O's Koby Perez on Samuel Basallo and more (O's add pitcher from Japan)

    With 13 international players ranked among the O’s top 30 prospects by MLBPipeline.com, the club’s international program keeps humming along. It’s big for the Orioles to have both quantity and quality coming from the international prospects. Not only are players like Samuel Basallo getting close now to the majors, but the high number of ranked international prospects will help the O’s mainly a...

  • Opening Day leftovers for breakfast

    TORONTO – The Orioles had one of those days in the opener that goes from successful to surreal. Every at-bat seemed to approach, tie or set a record. Tracking it in real time was exhausting. A 12-2 thrashing of the Blue Jays showed just how potent the offense can be – one of, if not the best, in baseball. And wait until Gunnar Henderson returns. Don’t rush him back from his rehab assignment...

  • Pitching decisions could be pending again for Orioles (updated)

    The Orioles reached a point in the 2024 season when their entire rotation was on the injured list with the exception of ace Corbin Burnes. Three starters underwent reconstructive elbow surgeries in June. The team traded for Zach Eflin at the deadline and he also was shelved, missing the minimum 15 days with right shoulder inflammation. The hope, of course, was that 2025 would be much kinder and...

  • Orioles put Blewett on active roster and option Selby (plus other notes)

    The Orioles optioned reliever Colin Selby to Triple-A Norfolk today and activated pitcher Scott Blewett, who was claimed on waivers yesterday from the Twins. Selby allowed two runs and three hits in his only inning in Arizona after the Orioles recalled him Wednesday as the roster replacement for Zach Eflin, who’s on the injured list with a right lat strain. Blewett, who turned 29 five days ago,...

  • Elias provides injury updates, talks about trade chatter and Burnes negotiations

    Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias sat on the dugout bench this afternoon, media crowded around him, and held a piece of paper that he referred to as his “crib notes.” To memorize the injuries and updates would require a special skill that’s rare in baseball circles, though the Orioles keep testing their front office and manager. Elias covered 11 players, including a...

  • Orioles injury updates on Mateo, O'Neill, Westburg, Povich and Handley

    Orioles infielder Jorge Mateo is beginning his injury rehab assignment Tuesday night for Triple-A Norfolk. The Tides are hosting Gwinnett. Mateo is on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation caused by a May 31 collision with Heston Kjerstad in right-center field. He was eligible to return on Tuesday but needs to get some at-bats. “I feel a lot better right now,” Mateo said today...

  • O's still undecided on Wednesday's starter, plus other pregame notes from Texas

    ARLINGTON, Texas – The Orioles got through a tough spot last night because right-hander Tyler Wells and two of his teammates saved the day in the 2-0 win over the Texas Rangers. When right-hander Kyle Bradish left last night’s game early, the Orioles put the wheels in motion in thinking about piecing together last night’s nine innings and about tonight’s outing. During the Monday game, they...

  • With Grayson Rodriguez expected to debut tomorrow, O's beat Texas 7-2 tonight (updated)

    ARLINGTON, Texas – As news surfaced before first pitch tonight that rookie right-hander Grayson Rodriguez was expected to make his major league debut on Wednesday afternoon for the Orioles, the club prepared to take the field against Texas. They were looking for a series win and to follow up last night’s uplifting shutout victory over the Rangers. And they got the win and made it look rather...

  • For O's rookie Gunnar Henderson, it will be a special weekend in Atlanta

    KANSAS CITY – As the Orioles road trip moves on to Atlanta tonight, it’s going to be a special weekend for 21-year-old rookie Gunnar Henderson. He is very proud of his hometown of Selma, Ala. and the feeling is very, very mutual. And that small town, where Henderson was raised and grew to love the game of baseball playing on a field his dad built at their house, is going to show out big time...


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