The Baltimore Orioles today announced the following promotions within the scouting departments in Baseball Operations: MATT BLOOD has been promoted from Director, Player Development to Vice President, Player Development and Domestic Scouting; KOBY PEREZ has been promoted from Senior Director, International Scouting to Vice President, International

The public has voted and now the 10 oriole chicks hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) Bird House have names! In June, Bird House keepers celebrated the arrival of seven orchard oriole chicks—the first of their species to hatch in human care—which hatched in the Bird Friendly Coffee Farm A

PLAYER REVIEW: JAKE IRVIN Age on Opening Day 2024: 27 How acquired: Fourth-round pick, 2018 Draft MLB service time: 152 days 2023 salary: $720,000 Contract status: Under club control, likely arbitration-eligible in 2026, free agent in 2030 2023 stats: 3-7, 4.61 ERA, 24 G, 24 GS, 121 IP, 118 H, 66 R, 62 ER, 20 HR, 54 BB, 99 SO, 8 HBP, 1.421 WHIP, 93

Maybe it was the appetizer before the main course. Three members of the Orioles picked up awards via the Sporting News yesterday. Once considered the key authority and publication on baseball, these awards have been handed out by TSN since 1936. For the second year in a row, Brandon Hyde was named American League Manager of the Year by the outlet.

PROSPECT REVIEW: JEREMY DE LA ROSA Age on opening day 2024: 22 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2018 Ranking: No. 17 per MLB Pipeline, No. 13 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2024* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $300,000 2023 levels: High-A Wilmington 2023 stats: 93 G, 383 PA, 338 AB, 44 R, 81 H, 16 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 42 R

The Orioles were shut out yesterday in Fielding Bible Award selections. They’ll have to settle for having three players with a chance to win a Rawlings Gold Glove. That’s the extent of their glove love in 2023. Jorge Mateo won the award at shortstop last season, though he was excluded from the list of finalists for a Gold Glove. The Cubs’ Dansby Sw

Part of the ripple effect from the Orioles’ wave of promotions today within the scouting department is a change in roles for Anthony Villa. Villa is replacing Matt Blood as director of player development, according to an industry source. Blood has been promoted to vice president of player development and domestic scouting. Villa was put in charge t

Major League Baseball moved to a 12-team playoff field, six from each league, for the 2022 season. We have just two years under the new format. But after the Orioles pushed so hard and worked so hard for so long to hold off Tampa Bay and win the AL East, they would join three other teams that had five days off getting byes in the wild card round, b

PROSPECT REVIEW: TREY LIPSCOMB Age on opening day 2024: 23 How acquired: Drafted in third round in 2022 from the University of Tennessee Ranking: No. 14 per MLB Pipeline, No. 15 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2025* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $758,900 2023 levels: High-A Wilmington and Double-A Harrisburg 2023 stats: 129 G, 547 PA, 511

PLAYER REVIEW: TREVOR WILLIAMS Age on Opening Day 2024: 31 How acquired: Signed as free agent, December 2022 MLB service time: 7 years, 27 days 2023 salary: $6 million Contract status: Signed for $7 million in 2024, free agent in 2025 2023 stats: 6-10, 5.55 ERA, 30 G, 30 GS, 144 1/3 IP, 178 H, 97 R, 89 ER, 34 HR, 53 BB, 111 SO, 5 HBP, 1.600 WHIP, 7