There are a lot of questions to be answered for the Orioles between now and Opening Day 2024 on March 28 versus the Los Angeles Angels. The makeup of the pitching staff and starting rotation is a big one. If the Orioles add a starter who could slot into the top half of their rotation – something they have said they seek – it will be getting pretty

Baseball’s offseason moves into a new month later this week, inching closer to the Winter Meetings, also known as the worst assignment of the year. Stretch out those hamstrings to chase rumors, whether legit or loony, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. Stretch them out to cover the hundreds of miles separating the

PROSPECT REVIEW: MITCHELL PARKER Age on opening day 2024: 24 How acquired: Drafted in fifth round in 2020 from San Jacinto College (Houston) Ranking: No. 25 per MLB Pipeline, No. 30 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2024* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $100,000 2023 levels: Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Rochester 2023 stats: 9-7, 4.72 ERA,

Today in a unique edition and a variation on the usual "A Few Questions for O's Fans," I want to discuss not so much the present day Orioles but the Orioles of the past. For some of you, feel free to go back to the beginning of the Baltimore Orioles and their first year of 1954 if you choose. Let's start there. For those that have that much history

The Winter Meetings are a week away, but I can’t fly into Nashville until I’ve trudged through a few more awards nights. Roll up the pant legs and wear old shoes. Major League Baseball’s Comeback Player of the Year will be announced Tuesday evening on MLB Network. White Sox closer Liam Hendriks was honored in the American League in the Players Choi

PROSPECT REVIEW: ANDRY LARA Age on opening day 2024: 21 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2019 Ranking: No. 23 per MLB Pipeline, No. 18 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2025* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $1.25 million 2023 levels: High-A Wilmington 2023 stats: 6-8, 4.58 ERA, 23 G, 23 GS, 98 ⅓ IP, 90 H, 58 R, 50 ER, 11

We learned a few days ago that right-hander Kyle Gibson would not be back with the Orioles for the 2024 season. He signed a one-year free agent deal with the St. Louis Cardinals for $12 million and the team holds a club option for the 2025 season. For Gibson, this represents a homecoming of sorts. He lives near St. Louis and went to college at the

Two days past Thanksgiving is too early to begin worrying whether the leftovers are edible. To check for discoloring, change in texture, hints that a trip to the emergency room is in your future. It isn’t too late to keep looking back on the 2023 Orioles season. Among the surprises and oddities, I’ve already mentioned how Austin Voth wasn’t impactf

The 2023 holiday season officially kicked off yesterday with Thanksgiving, but the Nationals got a head start to the season of giving earlier this week. This week Washington Nationals Philanthropies hosted Turkeypalooza, its now sixth annual food distribution event across the D.C. area. “Turkeypalooza is an annual event that Washington Nationals Ph

A few weeks back, I wrote about three players that surprised us in a good way with their play during the 2023 season. It was easy to note Ryan O'Hearn and Yennier Cano, both were huge surprises and so big for the 2023 Birds. I added Kyle Bradish and not that we didn't think he could be a good pitcher. But maybe not that good. But he was and he woun