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A look at the player the Orioles selected in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft

A look at the player the Orioles selected in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In the Triple-A phase of today's Rule 5 draft, the Orioles selected right-handed pitcher Tom Boleska from the Minnesota Twins organization. The 26-year-old native of Montreal was originally drafted out of High Point University by Pittsburgh in Round 35 of 2007. Last year, Boleska pitched in the independent American Association for Fargo-Moorhead, going 2-1 with a 1.76 ERA over 46 relief appearances. In 46 innings, he gave up 37 hits with 11 walks to 58 strikeouts. In his...
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Dan Duquette talks about T.J. McFarland

Dan Duquette talks about T.J. McFarland
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Orioles selected lefty pitcher T.J. McFarland with the 23rd pick in this morning's Rule 5 draft. McFarland went a combined 16-8 with a 4.03 ERA last season at two levels in the Cleveland Indians' farm system. "He's a 23-year-old left-handed pitcher that pitched last year for Cleveland at Double-A and Triple-A," Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said. "He has a knack for winning games, he won eight games at both stops. He won 16 games on the year and he...
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Taking a look at today's Rule 5 draft

Taking a look at today's Rule 5 draft
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Major League Baseball's Rule 5 draft will be held this morning at 10 a.m. Eastern time here at the Winter Meetings and the Orioles will have the 23rd pick. Any player selected in this draft must remain on the selecting team's 25-man roster for the entire 2013 big league season or be offered back to his original club. This is the draft where the Orioles got Ryan Flaherty last December. Players are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft who are not on their major league...
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Video: Dan Duquette on left field and the Rule 5 draft

Video: Dan Duquette on left field and the Rule 5 draft
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Once again tonight, Dan Duquette took time to talk with me for a video interview on MASNSports.com. With today's news that the club has agreed to a one-year contract with outfielder Nate McLouth, pending a physical, and with Nolan Reimold returning, I asked Duquette if the Orioles were now set in left field. "I thought Nate did a great job for us late in the year," Duquette said. "He solidified our defense, he got on base, he stole bases, he hit and he hit with some...
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Video: One-on-one interview with Orioles director of scouting Gary Rajsich

Video: One-on-one interview with Orioles director of scouting Gary Rajsich
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gary Rajsich just finished his first year as Orioles director of scouting and now he and his staff are deep into preparations for the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. Rajsich is here with the Orioles' staff in Nashville for the Winter Meetings. Earlier today, I talked with Rajsich for a video interview in the busy lobby here at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center and Resort. Rajsich is pleased with the progress his first draft class made this season in the O's...
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A good fit: McLouth and the Orioles

A good fit: McLouth and the Orioles
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - So Nate McLouth is returning to the Orioles and I would think most fans are pretty happy about that. In recent weeks, it seems the fans mostly wanted McLouth back and felt he was a key part of last year's team, even though he didn't join the big league club until August. There is also a segment of fans that felt he had one or two good months and were skeptical that he had found his bat again and turned his career back around. They seemed to feel he wouldn't duplicate some...
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Video: Checking in with Baseball America's Jim Callis

Video: Checking in with Baseball America's Jim Callis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - He is one of the top experts in the nation on baseball prospects, and again this year at the Winter Meetings, I caught up with Jim Callis of Baseball America for a video interview to talk about some of the top young Orioles prospects. Callis feels the O's plan this year for pitcher Dylan Bundy was a good one as their No. 1 pick from 2011 started the season at Single-A Delmarva and ended it with two bullpen appearances in Baltimore in September. "They did what you are...
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Former big league pitcher could be joining the O's minor league staff

Former big league pitcher could be joining the O's minor league staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - He once pitched a no-hitter against the Orioles, and he now may be joining the organization. Wilson Alvarez, who no-hit the Birds in just his second major league start while pitching for the Chicago White Sox, has talked to the club about a job in the minor leagues. Alvarez is being considered for the position of pitching coach for the Gulf Coast League Orioles in 2013. The Venezuelan went 102-92 with an ERA of 3.96 over a 14-year career with Texas, the Chicago White Sox,...
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More Showalter quotes and a look at the latest player linked to the Orioles

More Showalter quotes and a look at the latest player linked to the Orioles
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter knows it's one thing to make the leap in the standings that the Orioles did last year and yet another to do it two years in a row. During his press conference here yesterday, Showalter was asked about that challenge. "It kind of falls under the thing like last year - I don't want to be stating the obvious to these guys," Showalter said. "They know. Talking to them in the offseason, if I start to go down that road at all, it's like,...
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Video: One on one with Buck Showalter

Video: One on one with Buck Showalter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Earlier today I had a chance to interview Orioles manager Buck Showalter. While he is quite aware, of course, of his club's involvement in trade talks, he took some time to praise his current group of players. He also said the Orioles have around a dozen staff members here at the Winter Meetings. "We've got 12 or 13 guys there and there is a lot of great input," Showalter said. "There is a good feeling right now, a good morale. You know, if people don't value our...
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Duquette on trade talks and first base (with video)

Duquette on trade talks and first base (with video)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In a video interview tonight with MASNSports.com, executive vice president Dan Duquette said the Orioles continue to make some progress in both their trade talks and meetings with representatives for free agents. "We are making progress," he said. "We want to sign another outfielder by the end of the week and we're hopeful that we can get something done with a couple of the people we've talked to. "Right now, we are more focused on trying to find a hitter for our club...
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What about the Orioles' payroll for 2013?

What about the Orioles' payroll for 2013?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - So what is the Orioles' budget for signing players for the 2013 season? Good for you if you can get Dan Duquette to provide you with a number on that, because he almost certainly will not. The general assumption is that it's likely to be similar to last year and that would put it in the $85 million range, give or take some greenbacks. Last night, Duquette said he felt the Orioles would be paying about $22 million more to the nine arbitration-eligible players than they...
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Once again, predictions of the demise of the Yankees

Once again, predictions of the demise of the Yankees
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - We have been here before. Another opinion - a very educated one at that - that the New York Yankees are in for a big fall. This column headline from USA Today's Bob Nightengale says the "Yankees are looking feeble and futile." In the story, Nightengale writes that, "These days, the Yankees have become a poor man's version of the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates, working the edges of free agency and hoping to fill holes frugally. "The Yankees haven't signed...
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A look back at day one in Nashville

A look back at day one in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Some impressions from day one of the Winter Meetings: * We saw again yesterday that sometimes where there is smoke, fire is nowhere to be found. Dan Duquette readily refuted a report that the Orioles were in "hard" on free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche last night during this video interview we did in his suite here in Nashville. I saw that some fans on social media were skeptical of that and felt the Orioles might be involved with LaRoche more than Duquette was letting...
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Video: Orioles are not in on Adam LaRoche

Video: Orioles are not in on Adam LaRoche
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A national reporter today quoted an executive from an unidentified team as saying the Orioles were in "hard" in their pursuit of free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche of the Nationals. Not only are the Orioles not in hot pursuit of LaRoche right now, they did not even speak to him or his representative today here at the Winter Meetings. "We like Adam LaRoche, but to say the Orioles are in heavy negotiations with him is not accurate," Orioles executive vice president Dan...
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The price for a hitter

The price for a hitter
If Billy Butler is made available in a trade by Kansas City, of course the Orioles would be interested. Who wouldn't want a 26-year-old hitter coming off a year where he hit .313 with 29 homers, 107 RBIs and an .882 OPS? In addition Butler will make only $8 million per season the next two years and his contract calls for a club option of $12.5 million for 2015. He has played 158 or more games the last four years with an OPS that never was lower than .822. Yeah, plenty of teams would take a...
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Quick take on LaRoche and first base

Quick take on LaRoche and first base
It doesn't take long for one tweet to create a stir and that tweet came from ESPN's Jayson Stark a few moments ago when he tweeted this: "Here's another team to add to list of Adam LaRoche pursuers: The #Orioles. An exec of one interested team says O's in on him "hard." This would make sense from one standpoint in that LaRoche is an upgrade over Mark Reynolds. I have had more than one person at these meetings tell me they felt the O's didn't non-tender Reynolds so much due to...
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If the Orioles do deal a young pitcher ...

If the Orioles do deal a young pitcher ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It is a good question. Which young pitcher or pitchers would the Orioles be most likely to trade for a hitter and which pitcher or pitchers are most sought after by other clubs? I would guess any of the young pitchers could be had for the right player. Outside of Dylan Bundy, is there any O's pitcher that is completely off limits? Doubtful. As for what the other teams like, the beauty there is in the eye of the beholder. Brian Matusz may appeal more to one team because...
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Dan Duquette audio from Nashville

Dan Duquette audio from Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dan Duquette's Sunday night briefing with Baltimore reporters did not produce any big news, but it could and maybe will get much busier for the Orioles as the Winter Meetings officially start here today. Yes, the club is still looking for a hitter and it seems they are more likely to get one via a trade than through a free agent signing. Other clubs seem certain to inquire about the Orioles' young pitchers. They remain interested in re-signing Nate McLouth and Joe...
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Duquette hints at possible progress with McLouth, Saunders (with video)

Duquette hints at possible progress with McLouth, Saunders (with video)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In an interview earlier this week on MASN's "The Mid-Atlantic Sports Report," Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said contracts talks with free agents Nate McLouth and Joe Saunders were moving at a slow pace. But tonight, when asked during a video interview with MASNsports.com if he sensed any progress in talks with the pair in recent days he said, "Well, I think they're on a good track." "We like both Nate and Joe," he added. "They did a great job for...
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