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Happy Tuesday, Camden Chatters. There hasn’t been any movement to the Orioles roster since the Grayson Rodriguez trade, but there was some news about the team yesterday. Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic reported that broadcaster Geoff Arnold will not return to the team in 2026. Arnold had been with the Orioles since the 2020 season […]
The 2026 Orioles starting rotation is full of holes. Camden Chat writers have written over the last couple of weeks about the ideal candidates to help at the front of the rotation. The back end needs some help too, particularly with even the dim possibility of a healthy Grayson Rodriguez having been removed from the […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. There was a bit of news on the MLB hot stove yesterday, as the Mets and Rangers made a surprising challenge trade — my struggling, expensive veteran for your struggling, expensive veteran — with a one-for-one swap that sent outfielder Brandon Nimmo to Texas and second baseman Marcus Semien to New […]
Hello, friends. There are now 123 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. After Mike Elias pulled off the surprise Grayson Rodriguez trade last week, it seems like anything could happen at any time, which means constant vigilance for me. It’s days later now and I’ve still got Rodriguez being traded for Taylor Ward running […]
Good morning Birdland, One of the more significant offseason deadlines has come and gone. The Orioles have tendered contracts to all but one of their arbitration-eligible players. Albert Suárez was the only one left out. He will now become a free agent. The one move that is getting more attention than the others is the […]
The Orioles came into the tender deadline day with a number of decisions to make about players who are on the bubble of the roster without a lot of flexibility. In the morning, well ahead of the deadline, they sent catcher Alex Jackson to Minnesota for a minor league infielder. When the choices were finally […]
The Orioles have made another trade. The team announced on Friday morning that catcher Alex Jackson has been traded to the Twins in exchange for a minor league infielder, Payton Eeles. With the Orioles committed to Adley Rutschman and Samuel Basallo as their catchers and with the 29-year-old Jackson being out of minor league options, […]
After Tuesday’s trade of Grayson Rodriguez—which was puzzling or just startling, depending on your perspective—the Orioles’ rotation needs have become even more pronounced. Starting pitching was already at the top of Mike Elias’ offseason to-do list, but the departure of Rodriguez means Baltimore now has one fewer established arm to pencil into next season’s rotation. […]
A year ago, there was an argument to be made that Devin Williams was the best relief pitcher in baseball. He had just wrapped a six-season stint at the back of the Brewers bullpen that saw him compile a 1.83 ERA and save 68 games over 235.1 total innings. All that stood in between him […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Orioles traded Grayson Rodriguez last night. Even with a little time to digest this maneuver, that was still a surprising sentence to write out. Mike Elias really went and did it, whatever “it” might turn out to be, bringing in 31-year-old outfielder Taylor Ward from the Angels. The righty-batting Ward has one year remaining […]
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Here we go, folks: I’m about to write a thousand words about how the Orioles should sign Kyle Tucker. Yes, yes, I do understand that there’s one critical flaw in that premise, and it is this: the Orioles are definitely not going to sign Kyle Tucker. The 28-year-old outfielder is the consensus #1-ranked free agent […]
The Orioles enter this offseason with a bullpen that is thin on pitchers with successful experience as late-inning relievers, and pretty much completely empty on pitchers who’ve been closers before. At last week’s GM meetings, Mike Elias acknowledged this in remarks to O’s reporters, saying, “Our plan A is to get somebody with closing experience.” […]
Good Morning Birdland, If you went to bed at a decent time last night, you may have missed one of the more surprising Orioles moves I can recall. The O’s are trading Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels in exchange for outfielder Taylor Ward. Independent of one another, the two pieces of this deal make sense. […]
Grayson Rodriguez will not be in the Orioles Opening Day rotation mix next year. He won’t be in the organization at all. The Orioles announced a surprise trade of the once-top prospect pitcher on Tuesday night, shipping Rodriguez to the Angels for outfielder Taylor Ward. Rodriguez has not thrown a pitch in an MLB game […]
The Orioles need to add two starters to their rotation for 2026 to have much hope of contending. The replacements for Tomoyuki Sugano and Zach Eflin need to be much better than either one of them to give the Orioles a chance. And Dean Kremer needs to find a place at the back of the […]
The Orioles might have the perfect excuse to bring Tyler Rogers to Baltimore: he’s practically already on the roster. At least nominally. With Trevor Rogers establishing himself as a legitimate ace after his dominant 2025 season, the Orioles should obviously be allowed to sign Tyler Rogers too. It’s right there in the name. MLB can’t […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The first major move of the MLB hot stove season dropped yesterday, with the Mariners re-signing first baseman Josh Naylor to a five-year, $92.5 million deal. That news doesn’t particularly affect the Orioles, who had no need for Naylor with first basemen Ryan Mountcastle, Coby Mayo, and (sort of) Samuel Basallo […]
Last week, action in the Arizona Fall League wrapped up, and with it, so did the last of MLB-affiliated professional baseball in 2025. From play beginning in October and ending early last week, the Peoria Javelinas team that contained prospects from the Orioles and five other MLB teams played to a 12-15 record, with four […]
While much of the Orioles lineup is going to remained unchanged going into 2026, Mike Elias has been clear about two areas he is seeking improvement: outfield depth and right-handed hitting. Harrison Bader would tick both of those boxes, although he comes with plenty of risk. Bader had to settle for a one-year deal (with […]
Mike Elias and the front office should enter this offseason motivated to make a true splash in free agency. The Orioles need to bolster the roster to have a real chance of competing in the AL East. Baltimore will look to sign players that can help the club return to the postseason, but what happens […]