The offseason remains relatively quiet for the Orioles after their Division Series loss to the Rangers. They signed pitcher Guachi Jules to a minor league contract, and the only information I can find is he’s 19-years-old, right-handed and assigned to the Dominican Summer League orange team. Pitcher Austin Voth, catchers Anthony Bemboom and José Go

The Orioles averaged 4.98 runs per game in the 2023 season to rank fourth in the American League and seventh-best in the majors among the 30 teams.  Only six teams this year averaged 5.00 runs per game or better for the full year. The Orioles came up just short of that scoring 807. That was seventh-most in team history and the most since the 2004 O

PROSPECT REVIEW: DAYLEN LILE Age on opening day 2024: 21 How acquired: Drafted in second round in 2021 from Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky. Ranking: No. 6 per MLB Pipeline, No. 14 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2025* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $1.75 million 2023 levels: Single-A Fredericksburg and High-A Wilmington 2023 stats: 1

PLAYER REVIEW: JOSIAH GRAY Age on Opening Day 2024: 26 How acquired: Traded with Keibert Ruiz, Donovan Casey and Gerardo Carrillo from Dodgers for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, July 2021 MLB service time: 2 years, 75 days 2023 salary: $730,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2025, free agent in 2028 2023 stats: 8-13, 3.

Emptying out the mailbag isn’t as easy as it sounds. Questions are missed or held, the latter to keep the post at a reasonable length. I’m not worried about breaking the internet. Just your spirit. Here are some leftovers from last week, with a smattering of newbies. Enjoy my disregard for editing. And be aware that my mailbag leads the parade, and

PLAYER REVIEW: VICTOR ROBLES Age on Opening Day 2024: 26 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2013 MLB service time: 5 years, 33 days 2023 salary: $2.325 million Contract status: $3.3 million club option for 2024, free agent in 2025 2023 stats: 36 G, 126 PA, 107 AB, 15 R, 32 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 8 RBI, 8 SB, 1 CS, 11 BB, 18 SO, .2

Yes, it is the first time this offseason that we put some specific questions your way. Every day here is an open forum for topics on the Orioles. Today we get a bit more specific about it. It was quite the season for Birdland in 2023. And while there is disappointment with the playoffs still going on without Baltimore, there is plenty of optimism f

With so much said and written about the Orioles throughout the offseason and spring training, it’s hard to remember how much the media got right, wrong or stuck in a gray area. The internet makes it a lot easier to keep score. So does a good memory. On a Sunday spent on the Eastern Shore, with my mother’s cooking a coma-inducing risk – her Italian

On an Orioles team that produced 101 wins, their first 100-win year since 1980, along with making the postseason for the first time since 2016 and winning the division for the first time since 2014, several veteran players made key contributions. But the Orioles have five free agents and all five could be playing somewhere else in the 2024 season.

PLAYER REVIEW: RILEY ADAMS Age on Opening Day 2024: 27 How acquired: Traded from Blue Jays for Brad Hand, July 2021 MLB service time: 2 years, 50 days 2023 salary: $728,800 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2025, free agent in 2028 2023 stats: 44 G, 158 PA, 143 AB, 8 R, 39 H, 13 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 0 SB, 0 CS, 11 BB,