MLB News Outside The Confines: The Orioles and Angels make a trade
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Friday Bird Droppings: The Orioles are predicted to be “extremely active”
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The dust is still settling on the Grayson Rodriguez-for-Taylor Ward trade and everyone in Birdland has an opinion. It was perhaps the most unexpected trade of the Mike Elias era, sending away one of the Orioles’ most high-ceiling (but also high-risk) young pitchers for a 32-year-old outfielder with just one season […]
Kyle Finnegan would bring a high floor and closing ability to Baltimore
Despite missing the playoffs last year, the Orioles are still entrenched in their “winning window.” Former top prospects Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, and Jackson Holliday all have multiple years of control remaining, and complimentary pieces like Jordan Westburg and Colton Cowser are still getting better. The future appears bright for rookies Samuel Basallo and Dylan […]
Lucas Giolito: Can Boston’s loss be the Orioles’ gain?
After Tuesday night’s divisive trade of Grayson Rodriguez, the Orioles’ biggest need is now bigger and more obvious than ever before. If Mike Elias has a Charlie Day board with his plans for the offseason, starting pitching was already plastered all over it in bold-lettered sticky notes. Those notes have now been taken down, underlined […]
Orioles news: Rodriguez trade, tender deadline
Hello, friends. There are now 126 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. It will probably take several more of those days to digest the Grayson Rodriguez-Taylor Ward trade. That’s going to be a thing that’s prominently on my mind until the Orioles do a bigger move. It’s pretty much all that anyone else is […]
Saturday Bird Droppings: Everyone’s asking about Rutschman
Good morning Birdland, The GM Meetings took place in Las Vegas this week. No major moves were announced, but plenty of rumors have come out since. If these reports are to be believed, the Orioles have taken a rather aggressive posture heading into this winter. They want to rectify what went wrong in 2025, and […]
Trading for Pablo López: perfect fit or half measure?
The offseason for the Orioles has officially begun, with Mike Elias once again making grand proclamations about Baltimore’s commitment to winning and how that will shape the O’s offseason. Atop Elias’ offseason wishlist, once again, is a “front-line starting pitcher.” Two years ago, the Orioles’ GM filled that need with the biggest move of his […]
Braves claim relievers Carson Ragsdale, Josh Walker off waivers from Orioles
The Braves made a few minor moves today, grabbing two relievers off waivers from Charm City: Here’s something that bedevils me: for the last few years, the Braves have consistently made minor moves for relief-esque arms that have involved players with truly horrible stats. Look, the state of pitching development at this point is that […]
Pete Fairbanks could be a solution to the Orioles’ closer problem
Replacing Félix Bautista is no easy feat. The Orioles’ mountainous All-Star closer — who is likely to miss the entire 2026 season, just as he missed all of 2024 — has gigantic shoes that are hard to fill. Just ask Craig Kimbrel, whose 2024 experience in Baltimore turned into a boondoggle. Or Keegan Akin, who […]
Orioles news: Mike Elias’s plan, coaching hires
Hello, friends. There are now 133 days until Orioles Opening Day 2026. The start of spring training is much closer, as we’re now less than three months away from when World Baseball Classic-participating pitchers and catchers are set to report. The offseason is kicking off with president of baseball operations Mike Elias saying a variety […]
Ecker reportedly joining O’s
Donnie Ecker, who was part of the Texas Rangers’ coaching staff from 2022 until about six weeks into the 2025 season, is reportedly being brought on board by new Baltimore Orioles manager Carlos Albernaz to be the new bench coach for the A’s. Ecker was hired away from the San Francisco Giants, where he had […]
Orioles season review: Grayson Rodriguez
The story of the 2025 Orioles is as much about who didn’t play because they were hurt as much as it is about how well players played when healthy. Grayson Rodriguez represents this idea taken to its most extreme. He is a pitcher who the Orioles and fans were counting on to at least be […]
Orioles free agent target: Ranger Suárez
The Orioles are in a position where they must improve the top of their starting rotation. If they aren’t willing to trade prospects or young players to do it, spending money is the only way. That’s a bad place to be. High-end free agent starting pitchers are expensive and risky bets. They might get hurt. […]
Wednesday Bird Droppings: Offseason dreaming
Good Morning Birdland, No one would ever describe the pace of MLB’s offseason as “break neck.” Teams take their time assembling their rosters, and there is no single time period where moves happen in a flurry. Pre-Thanksgiving tends to be particularly slow. However, this lull in actual moves does give us all the potential to […]
Orioles’ Trevor Rogers pulled off a stunning turnaround in 2025
The story of Trevor Rogers in 2025 is so incredible that it requires us as fans to overcome disbelief in a way we’ve never been asked to before. In his relatively short time with the Orioles, he had always been terrible. It was hard to imagine a world where he wouldn’t be terrible. And then, […]
Tuesday Bird Droppings: Awards season has begun, but not for the Orioles
Good morning, Camden Chatters. MLB awards season has arrived, and the disappointing Orioles, of course, will not be involved. The top three vote-getters for each award were announced a week ago and included no Orioles. And don’t expect to see any Orioles receive even a single down-ballot vote for any award, other than AL Cy […]
Cedric Mullins said farewell before struggling in New York
Adam Jones played center field for almost all of his time in Baltimore, but the Orioles Hall of Famer moved to right field on August 10, 2018 to make room for Cedric Mullins. Jones encouraged Mullins to lead the team out of the dugout, and O’s skipper Buck Showalter praised Mullins as the right guy […]
Orioles news: Arizona Fall League and minor moves
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! I hope you had a nice weekend. When it wasn’t raining, the weather was quite lovely which I will always take in November. In baseball news, the Arizona Fall League is chugging along. It will finish up on Saturday with a championship game. Over the weekend, they had the Fall Stars […]
Braves News: Coaching staff additions, Eddie Rosario player review, and more
Following the news of Walt Weiss’ promotion to manager, the Atlanta Braves have continued to announce changes to the coaching staff. Up next, the club hired Tony Mansolino as third base coach and J.P. Martinez as bullpen coach. Mansolino, 43, previously served as the third base coach of the Baltimore Orioles for five seasons, until […]
Saturday Bird Droppings: Albernaz starts building his staff
Good morning Birdland, Orioles fans now have a new person to get mad at when Adley Rutschman slumps. His name is Dustin Lind, and he is set to become the Orioles hitting coach. The 37-year-old was the assistant hitting coach with the Phillies the last two seasons. Prior to that, he was director of hitting […]
Orioles season review: Jeremiah Jackson
When Jeremiah Jackson arrived in the Orioles organization as a minor league signing around this time last year, there was not much fanfare. At that point, he was a 24-year-old who had never made it above the Double-A level and his most recent season with the Mets did not suggest he was on the way […]
Gregory Soto brought volatility to Baltimore, but left the Orioles with two intriguing arms
When a reliever makes you hold your breath every time he enters a game, but still somehow records outs, is it still “relief” pitching? Ha. Ha. OK, but how should we estimate the value of a flamethrowing lefty who hits 98 on the radar gun, strikes out hitters in bunches, and also has an ERA […]
Friday Bird Droppings: The Orioles roster changes have begun
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The MLB offseason is starting to take off. Yesterday marked the fifth day since the end of the World Series, which is the deadline for teams to exercise or decline options on players who have them, and the first day in which they’re allowed to sign free agents from other teams. […]
Mets claim Ji-Hwan Bae and José Castillo off waivers, Nick Madrigal elects free agency
The Mets have claimed infielder Ji-Hwan Bae off waivers from the Pirates and left-handed reliever José Castillo off waivers from the Orioles, and infielder Nick Madrigal, who spent the 2025 season with the Mets but on the injured list, has elected free agency. Bae was convicted by a South Korean court of assaulting his then-girlfriend […]
Orioles 2026 giveaway schedule
The Orioles announced their 2026 season schedule for promotions and giveaway items on Thursday afternoon. This is getting a much earlier start on the schedule compared to what the team has done recently. Each of the last two seasons, they did not do the announcement until January. The initial announcement about these items and dates […]
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