The Baltimore Orioles today announced the following promotions within Baseball Operations: MIKE SNYDER from Senior Director, Pro Scouting to Vice President, Pro Scouting; BRENDAN FOURNIE from Director, Baseball Strategy to Senior Director, Baseball Strategy & Operations; DI ZOU from Director, Baseball Systems to Senior Director, Baseball System

We’re kind of just thinking out loud here today. But as the Orioles look to win more games and get back on top of the American League East next season, I believe changing or making some slight alterations to how the Orioles do business could be helpful moving forward. Over the next few weeks, I will take a look in this space at some ways that could

PLAYER REVIEW: TANNER RAINEY Age on Opening Day 2025: 32 How acquired: Traded from Reds for Tanner Roark, December 2018 MLB service time: 5 years, 127 days 2024 salary: $1.5 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2026 2024 stats: 0-0, 4.76 ERA, 50 G, 0 SV, 51 IP, 47 H, 28 R, 27 ER, 8 HR, 29 BB, 44 SO, 4 HBP, 1.490 WHIP, 85 ERA

There’s fan interference, and then there’s grabbing an outfielder’s glove and ripping the baseball out of it with help from a friend. That’s a whole other level of intrusive, as well as dumb. The media loves to shine a spotlight on these people, as ESPN.com did Tuesday night with tremendous enthusiasm. Editors drool over it. Reporters are ordered o

The last two Octobers, the Orioles have gone 0-5 in playoff games and three of those were decided by one run. A clutch hit here or a clutch out there might have made the difference. The O’s did not have Félix Bautista available for any of those games in the late innings. He last pitched for the Orioles on Aug. 25, 2023 and had Tommy John surgery in

PLAYER REVIEW: JOSE A. FERRER Age on Opening Day 2025: 25 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2017 MLB service time: 1 year, 94 days 2024 salary: $743,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2027, free agent in 2030 2024 stats: 1-0, 3.38 ERA, 31 G, 1 SV, 32 IP, 27 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 1 HR, 6 BB, 25 SO, 2 HBP,

The Orioles haven’t swung at a pitch or thrown one since Oct. 2 in Game 2 of the Wild Card series against the Royals. Gunnar Henderson struck out on a changeup from Lucas Erceg and walked back to the dugout with his head down. The visiting team celebrated in its clubhouse and on the field. "Feel terrible," said Ryan O'Hearn. "Feel terrible for our

Game 1 of the 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees was seen by 15.2 million viewers on Fox television. That number was up 62 percent from last year’s Game 1 when 9.35 million watched the Diamondbacks and Rangers. It was the most-watched World Series opening game since Astros-Dodgers was seen by 15.33 million in 201

PLAYER REVIEW: DEREK LAW Age on Opening Day 2025: 34 How acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, February 2024 MLB service time: 5 years, 81 days 2024 salary: $1.5 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2026 2024 stats: 7-4, 2.60 ERA, 75 G, 1 SV, 90 IP, 82 H, 31 R, 26 ER, 7 HR, 24 BB, 76 SO, 1 HBP, 1.178 WHIP, 155 ERA+, 3

The Orioles will try next season to make the playoffs in three consecutive years for only the second time in franchise history and the first since 1969-71. The Wild Card lessens the challenge but it remains a daunting task. They won only one World Series in that span, beating the Reds in five games in 1970, and aren’t labeled as a dynasty because o