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Boras on Wieters/Davis contract talks

Boras on Wieters/Davis contract talks
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Superagent Scott Boras drew the usual crowd of reporters at the Winter Meetings. Today was his day to talk following an appearance on MLB Network Radio. It looked like field seats at a Springsteen concert. I didn't have the most ideal vantage point, but I slowly crept forward as reporters and cameramen gave up and left the scene. Boras spent most of the session fielding questions about free agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. However, he eventually focused on catcher...
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Is pitching a fit for Orioles?

Is pitching a fit for Orioles?
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The local media and Orioles PR representatives will gather today for the annual managers luncheon. We eat, we chat, we keep our notepads in our back pockets. Tape recorders are turned off. Reporters also are instructed to power down their cell phones, a request that largely goes ignored. Conversations are off the record, but nuggets of news can be stored away or used as background information at a later date. Outfielder Nate McLouth reached agreement on a one-year, $2...
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Day Three of the Winter Meetings

Day Three of the Winter Meetings
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Here we are, three days into the Winter Meetings, and the Orioles have outrighted infielder Cord Phelps to Triple-A Norfolk and officially signed reliever Ryan Webb to a two-year, $4.50 million contract after he passed a physical yesterday in Baltimore. Executive vice president Dan Duquette has met with several agents and executives. He's gotten a firmer grip on the market for pitching. The groundwork has been laid to acquire players. So ... Rumors will continue to...
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More from today's meeting with Duquette

More from today's meeting with Duquette
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - I'm emptying my notebook from today's 10-minute meeting with Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette. "We made some progress," he said. "We met with a couple of teams and we also met with a couple of agents to move on a left-handed hitter. We worked on our Rule 5 draft today, so we're putting our list together for Thursday. There are a couple interesting candidates in that Rule 5 draft that we'll give some further consideration to and see if we can come...
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Quick hits from the Winter Meetings

Quick hits from the Winter Meetings
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette told reporters today that the Orioles made their first offer to a free agent since arriving at the Swan and Dolphin Resort for the Winter Meetings. However, he added that it wasn't a closer. Duquette noted the speculation earlier today about Grant Balfour, without mentioning the reliever by name, and described it as "pretty far out ahead of the market." Duquette added that the Orioles have "a lot more work to do" in...
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Showalter meets the press - Part II

Showalter meets the press - Part II
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Not only did the Orioles lose 50 saves, their leadoff hitter and a couple of starters with the departures of Jim Johnson, Nate McLouth, Scott Feldman and - at least for now - free agent Jason Hammel, they also lost players deemed as good clubhouse guys and leaders. It's about more than statistics. "You can't put that in sabermetrics or whatever they're calling it," said manager Buck Showalter. "I know one thing, our clubhouse guys took a hit because they were...
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Showalter meets the press - Part I

Showalter meets the press - Part I
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter spent about 30 minutes today talking to reporters during his scheduled interview session. The topics included Brian Roberts' possible return, Nick Markakis' candidacy as the leadoff hitter next season, the decision to tender a contract to Nolan Reimold, the Rule 5 draft and fan unrest over the lack of a big move in free agency or the trade front. Just not in that order. Let's get to it. Ryan Flaherty seems to be the leading candidate...
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Showalter on the closer situation

Showalter on the closer situation
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed today that the club hasn't extended a formal offer to free-agent closer Grant Balfour. It's expected to come later today. The Orioles have discussed parameters with Balfour's agent and are regarded as the favorites to sign the veteran reliever, according to multiple sources. As always, it comes down to dollars and years. The Orioles also have varying levels of interest in John Axford, Chris Perez, Fernando Rodney and Joaquin...
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Updating the Balfour negotiations

Updating the Balfour negotiations
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Orioles are creating quite a buzz this morning in their pursuit of a closer. While they continue to negotiate with John Axford's agent - meeting with him this week at the Winter Meetings - it's become apparent that Grant Balfour is their No. 1 choice to serve as the ninth inning specialist in 2014. The Orioles are expected to make an offer to Balfour later today, and they have emerged as the frontrunners to sign him. The Orioles have talked parameters with...
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Day Two of the Winter Meetings

Day Two of the Winter Meetings
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter will be made available to the media today at 2:30 p.m. The local beat crew will have to share him with the rest of the Winter Meeting's world. Reliever Ryan Webb will take his physical in Baltimore this morning, and the announcement of his two-year, $4.50 million deal could be announced later in the day. Webb will leave the Orioles with 38 players on the 40-man roster. Still plenty of room for that Rule 5 pick on Thursday. Heck, the...
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Notes on Roberts, Balfour, Urrutia and the pitchers' mini-camp

Notes on Roberts, Balfour, Urrutia and the pitchers' mini-camp
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla - Though the door supposedly is open for second baseman Brian Roberts to return to the Orioles in 2014, it doesn't appear that the team has reached out to him since the season ended. The Yankees need a second baseman, in case you missed that little piece of news, and apparently have spoken to Roberts' agent, though there's no indication that it's anything serious. For now, Ryan Flaherty appears to be the leading in-house candidate to start at second base for the...
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Duquette: "We should be adding more players by the end of the week"

Duquette: "We should be adding more players by the end of the week"
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette touched on a variety of topics during his daily session with the media. The board behind him that contains the names of specific trade and free-agent targets was turned around to prevent reporters from reading it. We offered to take up a collection as a bribe, but it didn't work. Here's a sampling of Duquette's quotes: (On what he accomplished so far today): "We met with several agents and a couple of teams on the...
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Orioles outright Phelps, and other notes

Orioles outright Phelps, and other notes
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Orioles outrighted infielder Cord Phelps to Triple-A Norfolk, leaving 37 players on their 40-man roster. Reliever Ryan Webb will be added Tuesday after passing his physical in Baltimore and signing his two-year, $4.15 million deal. Phelps, 26, was claimed off waivers from the Indians on Nov. 25. He appeared in 53 games for Cleveland over the last three seasons, batting .159/.221/.248 (18-for-113) with two homers and 11 RBIs. He batted .267/.333/.443 with nine...
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Hammel remains linked to Orioles

Hammel remains linked to Orioles
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Orioles' search for a veteran starter with an affordable contract could lead them back to Jason Hammel. I've heard that the Orioles maintain interest in Hammel, provided that he will accept a contract heavy in incentives. That's the latest buzz from the lobby of the Swan and Dolphin Resort. The Indians also have expressed interest in Hammel, according to FOX Sports. However, ESPN reports that the right-hander's price has gone up and the Indians are moving in...
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Is Colon a fit for Orioles?

Is Colon a fit for Orioles?
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Orioles are interested in signing free-agent pitcher Bartolo Colon, according to multiple industry sources. Executive vice president Dan Duquette told reporters last night that he has "a couple offers out to some pitchers." It's not known whether Colon is on the list, but the Orioles apparently have spoken to his representative. That's the buzz in the lobby at the Swan and Dolphin Resort. Not an ear-piercing, drown-out-the-Christmas-music buzz, mind you, but...
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Three managers elected to HOF, MacPhail talks about the Orioles

Three managers elected to HOF, MacPhail talks about the Orioles
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Expansion Era electorate has chosen former managers Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre for induction into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Other candidates for the honor included former players Dave Concepcion, Steve Garvey, Tommy John, Dave Parker, Dan Quisenberry and Ted Simmons, manager Billy Martin and executives Marvin Miller and George Steinbrenner. The 16-member electorate includes former Orioles executive Andy MacPhail, who later gave his...
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Day One of the Winter Meetings

Day One of the Winter Meetings
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - While the national media continues to float big names as possible fits for the Orioles, executive vice president Dan Duquette seems determined to lower expectations, even if that's not his intent. The Orioles have made offers to free agent starters, according to Duquette, but this quote clearly indicated that the Orioles aren't trying to reel in a big fish: "If we're going to be successful, we're going to have to develop additional starting pitchers to come up...
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Duquette on second base, pitching and more

Duquette on second base, pitching and more
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - There wasn't much news to come out of tonight's media session with Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette. He went over the same shopping list that's been published here - starting pitching, closer, left fielder, left-handed bat - and he didn't bring up specific free agents despite his earlier appearance on MLB Network Radio. When I mentioned how Jim Duquette and Jim Bowden tweeted the Orioles' interest in Raul Ibanez, and their apparent lack of interest in...
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Latest from Duquette

Latest from Duquette
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette and other team officials were on my flight to Orlando today. We made it out of Baltimore despite the heavy snow. Duquette will meet with the local beat writers at 7:30 p.m., but he already dropped a little information on his cousin, Jim Duquette, and former general manager Jim Bowden during an interview on MLB Network Radio. According to a series of tweets, Dan Duquette indicated that the Orioles are interested in Raul...
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Taking the hot stove to warmer climate

Taking the hot stove to warmer climate
I'm not sure whether the timing of my trip to Orlando, Fla., this morning is perfect or dubious, considering the "wintry mix" that's predicted in the area. I'm leaving it behind. That's perfect timing. I'm driving in it and facing the possibility of a delayed flight. That's dubious timing. The Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., stretch over five days, counting today, but the busiest period is Monday through Wednesday. The local beat crew will sit down tonight with executive...
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