To platoon or not, that is the question. Should O's alter their approach?
When I wrote this blog last week, it was a blog that, as I said then, where I was just thinking out loud about ways the Orioles could make small improvements in 2025 in how they do business. This is not about the makeup of the roster so much, about adding or subtracting players, but about how the Orioles employ the players they do have. That earlie
Halloween has come and gone. The leaves have changed colors and are beginning to fall to the ground. Daylight Saving Time is finished for the year, leaving us with the oh-so-depressing 5 p.m. sunset for the next few months. And the 2024 Major League Baseball season has ended. The Dodgers wrapped up the World Series five nights ago, which means the
The offseason gives media a chance to make early predictions on free-agent signings, trades and other activity while waiting for actual news. Don’t pay any attention to early World Series odds. No team has a set roster in November. Can we at least wait until spring training? OK, if you’re going to press me, the Orioles make the playoffs in 2025. Th
Jacob Young’s rookie season for the Nationals, while stellar in the field, was not ultimately deemed golden. Despite holding a statistical advantage over his fellow nominees, Young lost out to Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle, who earned his second straight Gold Glove Award tonight. Doyle beat out Young and the Brewers’ Blake Perkins in balloti
With just two Gold Glove winners since the 2015 season, the Orioles will not add to that total this year. The Orioles had two finalists with Ryan Mountcastle at first base and Colton Cowser in left field, but neither won the Rawlings Gold Glove when the winners were announced tonight during a live ESPN broadcast. Minnesota’s Carlos Santana won at f
I want to thank reader and commenter Peter Wood for posing this question back in September that I thought was an interesting topic to address in the offseason: Who do we think will have a better career, Dylan Crews or Jackson Holliday? It is, of course, way too early to make any proclamation one way or the other. But with each playing a substantial
It's about that time. A time when I ask the readers here a few Orioles questions and get your input. Answer one question or all of them. Provide short answers or long ones. Respond to what other readers have to say. It's not a quiz and won't be graded. There are no right or wrong answers. If you cannot participate today there will be other chances
Another mailbag left me with another batch of leftovers. Grab a plate. You ask and I answer. Everybody knows the rules. Everybody also knows that my mailbag signs long-term extensions and your mailbag gets cut by Rancho Cucamonga. Why the mass exodus?Too much Taco Bell. Oh, you mean changes on the coaching staff and in the front office. Some left o
The Orioles made one decision today regarding club options for 2025 and it was the easiest to forecast. The team announced that it declined the $16.5 million option on Eloy Jiménez’s contract, which puts him on the free agent market. His deal with the White Sox included a $3 million buyout. Jiménez wasn’t staying with the Orioles after batting .232
The 2024 baseball season ended Wednesday night, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 7-6 to win the World Series four games to one. Last year the World Series was a matchup of wild card teams with No. 5 seed Texas beating No. 6 seed Arizona for the WS championship. In 2023, there were three teams that won 100 games or more. The At
PLAYER REVIEW: JACOB BARNES Age on Opening Day 2025: 34 How acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, February 2024 MLB service time: 6 years, 91 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Free agent 2024 stats: 8-3, 4.36 ERA, 63 G, 0 SV, 66 IP, 67 H, 36 R, 32 ER, 10 HR, 20 BB, 55 SO, 0 HBP, 1.318 WHIP, 93 ERA+, 4.38 FIP, 0.1 bWAR, 0.0 fWAR Quo