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Tyler Rogers could provide durability and deceptiveness to the Orioles bullpen
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 […]
Tuesday Bird Droppings: Nick Markakis is a Hall of Fame candidate
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 […]
Orioles prospects: Arizona Fall League results
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 […]
Harrison Bader would solve a few problems for the Orioles
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 […]
Framber Valdez would fit nicely atop the Orioles rotation
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 […]
Monday Bird Droppings: What free agents should be targeted?
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! The slow march of the offseason continues. We wait for the Orioles to make a move that involves players rather than coaches. For now, at least, they haven’t fallen behind other teams as it’s really too early for big moves. There has been some contract news in the majors. If you […]
Orioles news: Coaching staff hires continue
Hello, friends. There are now 130 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. The Orioles coaching staff for next season continues to come together. O’s reporters, including MASN’s Roch Kubatko, revealed two more names for Craig Albernaz’s 2026 staff yesterday. The latest newcomers are Miguel Cairo, a 17-year MLB veteran who was most recently interim […]
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 […]
Friday Bird Droppings: It’s time for the Orioles to be aggressive
Good morning, Camden Chatters. MLB’s hot stove has yet to start cooking. There have been no major trades or free agent signings of note in the less than two weeks since the World Series ended. This week’s just-concluded GM meetings in Las Vegas failed to produce any kind of news, but since The Baltimore Banner’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gunnar Henderson didn’t live up to his elite standards in 2025
How spoiled are we that a season in which Gunnar Henderson posted a 121 OPS+, stole 30 bases, and was worth 5.3 bWAR, it feels like a disappointment. That is simply the result of the standard he created with his MVP-caliber 2024 effort, a bar he fell well short of this past summer. Henderson had […]
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 […]
Orioles news: Front office promotions
Hello, friends. There are now 137 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. If you prefer a shorter countdown, today marks three months until WBC-participating pitchers and catchers (if any Orioles are doing so) report to Sarasota for the start of spring training. We’ve gotten a bit of minor Orioles-related news over this weekend, minor because […]
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. […]
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