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Good Morning Birdland, The biggest domino of the Orioles offseason has already fallen. Earlier in the week, the team announced the hiring of Craig Albernaz as their new manager. At the moment, it is unclear if any members of the Orioles 2025 coaching staff will remain in Albernaz’ dugout going into 2026. But we do […]
World Series, Game 4: 8:00 PM ET, FOX (Dodgers lead 2-1) RHP Shane Bieber (TOR) vs. RHP Shohei Ohtani (LAD) Good lord. How do you follow that? Last night — and well into this morning — the Dodgers and Blue Jays played one of the most ridiculous games in the history of the World Series. […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Orioles fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Orioles made their choice for manager official on Monday afternoon, announcing that recent Guardians bench […]
For Coby Mayo, the 2025 season got off to a rocky start. And not because of his play on the field. On March 18, the day the Orioles cut him from spring training and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk, Mayo attracted some unwanted attention with his comments to the media. “It’s kind of a lose-lose […]
It’s almost like Mike Elias and the Orioles front office are conducting a long-term experiment with their pitching program. They want to prove that it is possible for a team to build a competitive big league staff without the use of any high draft picks. If they can turn Trey Gibson in a force at […]
The Orioles finally made some news this week when they announced the hiring of new manager Craig Albernaz. You can read plenty of information and opinions on Albernaz, including here on Camden Chat. Feel free to delve into the comments to see the strong opinions from people who had never heard Albernaz’s name before Sunday […]
With the series tied at one game apiece, the Blue Jays and Dodgers resume their battle for the championship trophy out in Los Angeles on Monday night. Two guys who’ve been around the block a bit are starting for their respective teams, with Max Scherzer, now 41 years old, and Tyler Glasnow, 32, on the […]
Reports hit the media on Sunday night that the Orioles have made their choice for hiring their next manager, bringing in Guardians coach Craig Albernaz to try to help get this club going back in a good direction again. Unless you are a sick freak who maintains a constant awareness of the coaching staffs of […]
The Orioles’ bullpen was the unit that underwent the most change throughout the 2025 season. Injuries and poor performance reshuffled the pen at the beginning of the season. It then became a patchwork relief corps when the Orioles traded away four key relievers as part of their July fire sale. The one pitcher there for […]
When Aron Estrada’s 2024 season in review was posted here on Camden Chat, Mark Brown called him the best Orioles prospect you don’t know yet. One year later, Estrada has followed his good 2024 season with an even better 2025. I think it’s fair to say that, if you follow Orioles prospects at all, you […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. We have major Orioles news! This is not a drill. The O’s apparently have made their decision on a new manager, reportedly finalizing a deal with Craig Albernaz to be their new skipper, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Orioles have not yet made an announcement.’ This was kind of an unexpected […]
The Orioles have their new manager. It’s not official yet, but it’s the next closest thing, with ESPN’s Jeff Passan reporting that the team is “finalizing a deal” to hire Craig Albernaz, currently the associate manager of the Cleveland Guardians, as the next manager of the Orioles. The 42-year-old Albernaz served as a bullpen and […]
Hello, friends. There are now 151 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. How many of them are involved in finishing off the 2025 season depends on how many games the World Series goes. After Saturday night, we know that the series is going at least five games. The Dodgers evened up the series as […]
Where to watch: FOX/ FOX Sports Probable pitchers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2-1, 1.83 ERA, 18 K) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (2-1, 2.00, 12 K) Despite being the team with home-field advantage, the Toronto Blue Jays came into yesterday’s significant underdogs against the reigning champion Dodgers. With the fate of baseball in 2027 potentially on the […]
Good morning Birdland, Folks, we have ourselves a World Series! The Blue Jays took Game 1 on Friday night, crushing the Dodgers 11-4 in a game that was over by the end of the sixth inning. Blake Snell, who had been terrific in these playoffs up until this game, was smacked around and knocked from […]
The Fall Classic has arrived, and it is a matchup of rather epic proportions. The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers will head north to face Canada’s team, the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s no surprise that the Dodgers find themselves right back in the World Series. This year’s squad is almost identical to the one that […]
Since the last Orioles World Series championship in 1983, the team has not made it back to play for the title. Every season, sooner or later, ends up with a question of who Orioles fans might have to root for instead. With each passing round, the choices shrink. We’re down to the final two teams […]
Well, here we are again: yet another Orioles player review that begins with “what could have been.” If you’re reading this, you already know how Félix Bautista’s 2025 went, and you’re either here for catharsis or because misery loves company. Welcome, Birdland friend. Pull up a chair. We have tissues. Remember 2023 Félix Bautista—the Mountain? […]
In an Orioles system that has brought a slew of top young players to the majors in recent years, Enrique Bradfield Jr. is a different kind of prospect. He doesn’t have the #1 overall pick pedigree of Adley Rutschman or Jackson Holliday. He doesn’t have the power potential of Colton Cowser, Jordan Westburg, or Coby […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. Our torturous hiatus from baseball is over. After a three-day break following the Championship Series round, the World Series begins tonight. It’ll be the Dodgers (bleh) against the Blue Jays (yuck) in a matchup in which I, personally, will be rooting for the meteor. First pitch of Game 1 is scheduled […]
The Orioles selected Kade Strowd in the 12th round of the 2019 draft. The West Virginia product became Rule 5 eligible after the 2022 season, but Baltimore did not feel any pressure to protect the reliever. Strowd reached Double-A Bowie in 2023, but the O’s got away with leaving the Mountaineer off the 40-man roster […]
The Orioles farm system has a number of prospects who did some truly exciting things in the course of the 2025 season. The organization added a wave of intriguing talent in the July amateur draft and still another wave as it traded away veteran players from a failing team going nowhere to stock up on […]
Hello, friends. There are now 154 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. The World Series remains for some entertainment over the next week-plus, though it’s not going to help you out today because that doesn’t actually start until tomorrow. Having three four full days off after the end of the ALCS is pretty ridiculous, […]
Jorge Mateo has always been a player who is easy to dream on. He’s athletic and fast and a defensive whiz. When he gets on base, fun things happen. His offense has never really come together, but he has had enough hot stretches that you can just imagine the player he could be. At the […]
When the O’s turned a corner toward winning baseball in 2022, there were questions as to whether Mike Elias and Co. could continue to dominate the draft process without the benefit of yearly Top 5 picks. Elias fired off a resounding “yes” to those questions in the most recent MLB Draft, putting together a class […]