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Good morning, Camden Chatters. Let me tell you — around the fourth inning of yesterday’s game, I was feeling a little grumpy. And I know I wasn’t the only one. The Orioles were in a 4-0 hole to the Twins in the rubber game of the season-opening series. The offense had continued its early doldrums […]
New beginnings. So much hope, so much promise. The 2026 season is brand-new, and so is Shane Baz’s career as an Oriole. This week the team announced a five-year, $69-million extension for the right-hander—all before he’d thrown a single regular-season pitch. The front office called it a “no brainer.” It almost feels like too much […]
The Orioles and Twins close out the opening series this afternoon at Camden Yards, with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET. The series is tied 1-1 after Baltimore won a dandy Opening Day opener 2-1 before the Twins took Game 2, 4-1, with Kyle Bradish allowing a two-run Royce Lewis homer in his debut […]
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 7, Nashville Sounds (MIL) 6 – F/10 The Tides and Sounds played a back-and-forth game last night that saw five lead changes before it ended in extras. The bad news is that the Tides blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning. The good news is that the final lead change was […]
Hello, friends. The Orioles just can’t let us feel good about them for long, huh? The vibes were great yesterday afternoon around the Shane Baz contract extension, with excitement for the near future of the team from the front office and from a good number of the players. If only they could have sustained those […]
The Orioles unveiled a 2026 slogan, to much self-paid fanfare, that says: Fly Different. Setting aside any grammatical quibbles with this particular slogan or motto, if the team is going to live up to it, they are going to have to do something better than what happened last year, whether this is to be described […]
The Orioles off day stayed busy with the team agreeing on a contract extension with Shane Baz, who’s yet to pitch for the team and isn’t pitching today either. Apparently the whole 26-man roster turned out for the press conference. That’s fun. That kind of stuff creates good vibes. The good vibes will be heavily […]
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 6, Nashville Sounds (Brewers) 4 — (7 inn.) The Norfolk Tides’ season opener was a wet and wacky one. For six innings, the Tides’ offense looked hopeless, garnering just two hits as they fell into a 4-0 hole. But the game flipped on its head in a wild, six-run bottom of the […]
Good morning Birdland, Could the vibes be any more immaculate? The Orioles followed up their 2-1 win on Opening Day Thursday with the news on Friday that they are signing Shane Baz to a five-year, $68 million contract extension. For the first time with Mike Elias leading the front office, the Orioles have made a […]
The Orioles are staying busy even on the off day between Opening Day and the second game of the season. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on Friday afternoon that the O’s and Shane Baz are in the process of finalizing a five-year, $68 million contract extension. That’s a serious vote of confidence in a player who […]
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 people of Birdland are ready to see the Orioles postseason win drought come to an end this […]
There’s a phrase painted on the back-right wall of the Orioles’ newly renovated clubhouse at Camden Yards: “Day One.” Manager Craig Albernaz introduced it at the team’s first Spring Training meeting. The meaning is this: one day, the Orioles want to win a World Series. It’s been a dream for years, a distant one. But […]
It’s a brave new world for the Orioles’ farm system. After years of the Orioles’ position player prospects outshining their counterparts on the mound, the tide has started to change in the upper minors. At Triple-A Norfolk in particular, there’s an impressive array of pitching prospects who appear poised to contribute to the Orioles sometime […]
Happy Friday, Camden Chatters! And it’s a very happy Friday indeed because the Orioles won their first game on 2026, a 2-1 victory over the Twins. Trevor Rogers pitched seven scoreless innings. The offense put together a productive string of singles and one big sacrifice fly to score just enough runs. And new closer Ryan […]
The Orioles’ 2026 campaign got off to a winning start on Thursday afternoon at Camden Yards. Trevor Rogers twirled yet another gem, shutting out the Twins for seven innings, before Ryan Helsley closed out the 2-1 victory in Game 1 of the year. Rogers picked up right where he left off last season. His velocity […]
Spring training is over, the bunting at Camden Yards has been hung, and a new season of Orioles baseball is just about to start. No matter the quality of the team on the field, or the outcome of the game, Opening Day in Baltimore is a special. The 2026 iteration is shaping up to be […]
All spring training, I’ve been wondering how the Orioles would juggle all of their various considerations to set their lineup on Opening Day. Now the day has arrived and we’ve finally got our answer. Here’s how they’re set for the first game: Trevor Rogers gets the start. As a long-time Dylan Beavers booster, I’m bummed […]
Even for a dogged Orioles pessimist like me, Opening Day is a time for optimism. The team’s record is a blank slate and anything could happen this year. Maybe a lot of those things will even be good. The O’s aren’t starting off the season at full strength thanks to Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg’s […]
It’s been a long time since the Orioles could claim they had the best anything in all of baseball. Maybe you could say they had the best reliever in baseball ten years ago with Zack Britton. Perhaps, around the same time, you could argue Manny Machado was the best 3B in baseball. Since 2016, though? […]
Ah, a fresh season. Unlimited potential. Anything is possible! Or at least, it feels that way until the moment your favorite team fails to score after having a runner on third base with no outs, or if the bullpen blows a five-run lead. That is when you remember that baseball, while beautiful, may be the […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. Does it feel like the air is a little bit sweeter today? That there’s an extra pep in your step? Of course it does. Because IT’S OPENING DAY, y’all! The 2026 Orioles season has arrived at last. This afternoon a huge, raucous crowd of O’s fans will converge at the newly […]
The Orioles made their Opening Day roster official on Wednesday afternoon. They will head into the 2026 season looking like this: Starting pitchers This group was settled several days ago when the Orioles optioned Dean Kremer to the minor league camp. Relief pitchers Keegan Akin is starting the season on the injured list due to […]
It was three years ago now that the Orioles got everybody’s hopes up for a dominant era to come when they raced to a 101-61 regular season record. They kept our hopes up in the first half of the season two years ago by playing at about that hot of a pace, then things started […]
No facet of the Orioles has changed more dramatically over the last calendar year than the bullpen. Only two pitchers from the 2025 Opening Day bullpen are likely to crack the 2026 season-opening roster. Whereas last year the O’s built a bullpen of veterans with ample experience, this year they’re taking the opposite approach. Mike […]
The Orioles started the season 3-2 last year before going 18-34 in April and May. Baltimore was all but out of the division race before posting a 16-11 June, and the team’s 13-12 July record failed to prevent a sale at the trade deadline. They say you can’t win a World Series early in the […]