• 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...

  • 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...

  • Cowser "feeling back to normal" after joining close friends in Orioles clubhouse

    NEW YORK – Colton Cowser’s name was scratched from Triple-A Norfolk’s lineup last night in Durham about an hour before first pitch, unleashing a wave of rumors and jokes. Was he joining the Orioles in New York? Was he just slacking? Teammates had some fun with it. “They were giving me a hard time a little bit, saying I just wanted another day off,” Cowser said. “But I wasn’t really thinking...

  • Orioles set to pick 17th in tonight's draft

    The first two rounds of the draft air tonight beginning at 7 p.m. on ESPN and MLB Network. Pick your prospect poison. The Orioles have the 17th, 53rd and 63rd selections tonight, the latter in Competitive Balance Round B. This is the latest that they’ve gone since taking Georgia high school left-hander DL Hall 21st in 2017. Hall remains in Sarasota on a program to build strength and velocity...

  • Sources: Coby Mayo joining Orioles in Cleveland

    When Coby Mayo came out of Triple-A Norfolk’s game tonight in Charlotte in the bottom of the eighth inning, it wasn’t just to empty the Tides’ bench in an 18-10 win. Mayo is joining the Orioles in Cleveland, according to two industry sources. The trade deadline passed and the Orioles made the call to Mayo, the No. 3 prospect in the organization per MLB Pipeline and the 15th in baseball. Their...

  • The Orioles trade Tyler Nevin to the Detroit Tigers

    On Aug. 30, 2020 the Orioles traded reliever Mychal Givens to the Colorado Rockies for three players, including Tyler Nevin. Recently Givens rejoined the Orioles, but now Nevin is officially leaving the organization. Designated for assignment on Dec. 21 when the club acquired catcher James McCann from the New York Mets, Nevin was traded to the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations Saturday...

  • Some infield playing time at Aberdeen and what is new at the Yard

    ABERDEEN - With a roster that includes three Orioles top 30 prospects in his infield and two that primarily play second base, new high Single-A Aberdeen IronBirds manager Roberto Mercado may need to do some shuffling of his young talent when the new season begins on Friday at Jersey Shore. Last summer the Orioles selected Connor Norby in the second round out of East Carolina, No. 41 overall....

  • Leftovers for breakfast before opening day

    SARASOTA, Fla. - Opening day finally has arrived for the Orioles. They made it through the lockout, a camp cut short and yesterday's workout at Tropicana Field. The 28-man roster is set. A lineup is going to be posted later this morning, with first pitch at 3:10 p.m. before a sellout crowd. The Orioles will load up their lineup with right-handed hitters against Rays left-hander and Baltimore...


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