Former Orioles closer Zack Britton didn’t pitch this summer after failing to reach agreement on a free-agent contract, providing him with the opportunity to spend more time with a family that’s grown to include four children ranging in age from nine to two. And to more easily follow along on his older brother’s journey to a Triple-A championship. H

PLAYER REVIEW: JAKE ALU Age on Opening Day 2024: 26 How acquired: 24th-round pick, 2019 Draft MLB service time: 73 days 2023 salary: $720,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2027, free agent in 2030 2023 stats: 51 G, 175 PA, 159 AB, 14 R, 36 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 5 SB, 1 CS, 10 BB, 42 SO, .226 AVG, .282 OBP, .289

PROSPECT REVIEW: ELIJAH GREEN Age on opening day 2024: 20 How acquired: Drafted No. 5 overall in 2022 from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Ranking: No. 5 per MLB Pipeline, No. 5 per Baseball America MLB ETA: 2026* Projected by MLB Pipeline Signing bonus: $6.5 million 2023 levels: Rookie-level Florida Complex League and Single-A Fredericksburg 2023 s

  Maybe even the Pecota projection system will expect the Orioles to be good in the 2024 season. Yeah, crazy talk, I know. When the 2024 season begins the Orioles will have an opponent that is hard to define and one that has no win-loss record or playoff appearances. There are no advanced stats or metrics for it. It is expectations. For the first t

One year ago, the Orioles were juggling emotions that ranged from disappointment that they missed the postseason to excitement over the strides that led them further away from the rebuild phase. Contention until the last week. Confidence that they’d keep playing next fall past 162 games. Winning the division was an unexpected bonus. What a differen

PLAYER REVIEW: JACOB YOUNG Age on Opening Day 2024: 24 How acquired: Seventh-round pick, 2021 Draft MLB service time: 37 days 2023 salary: $720,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2027, free agent in 2030 2023 stats: 33 G, 121 PA, 107 AB, 9 R, 27 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 12 RBI, 13 SB, 0 CS, 10 BB, 22 SO, .252 AVG, .322 OBP

The scores of the games will tell us that the Orioles offense had its problems late in the 2023 season. They scored two runs or less seven times in the last 11 regular-season games. They did that twice more in the American League Division Series as they scored three runs total in games one and three. But if we were to judge this offense over the fu

PROSPECT REVIEW: ROBERT HASSELL III Age on opening day 2024: 22 How acquired: Traded with MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, James Wood, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell in August 2022; originally drafted No. 8 overall by Padres in 2020 from Independence High School in Thompson’s Station, Tenn. Ranking: No. 8 per MLB Pipe

Ryan Mountcastle was drafted by the Orioles as a shortstop in 2015, the 36th-overall selection out of a Florida high school with bat skills that figured to stamp his ticket to the majors. Evaluators assured that he’d hit at any level. But where to play him? The arm didn’t work at short, leading some members of the organization to quickly push for a

The Nationals are cutting ties with infielder Michael Chavis, outfielder Blake Rutherford and reliever Hobie Harris, clearing necessary space on their 40-man roster as they prepare to enter the offseason. Chavis, Rutherford and Harris cleared waivers and were outrighted to Triple-A Rochester. Both Chavis and Rutherford, who ended the season on the