In an attempt to add more left-handed relief to the roster, the Orioles acquired 29-year-old southpaw Richard Bleier from the New York Yankees on Tuesday for a player to be named later or future cash considerations. Bleier, who posted a 1.96 ERA in 23 appearances for the Yankees last year, was designated...
Looks like catcher Matt Wieters will get a multi-year deal after all – and will stay in the area, a source confirmed this morning. He just won’t be in an Orioles uniform for the first time since making his big-league debut in May 2009. According to various reports, including FanRag Sports and...
It took a little longer than anticipated. And it surely wasn’t the exact deal he was looking for, but outfielder Michael Bourn is back with the Orioles – at least for the spring. The 34-year-old veteran signed a minor-league deal Monday with an invite to Orioles’ camp. His contract will be worth...
The Orioles need a versatile, left-handed reliever in 2017 who can get lefty hitters out, but also could pitch multiple innings. That’s what they believed they received Sunday evening when they dealt away right-handed minor leaguer Ryan Moseley to the Los Angeles Dodgers for left-handed reliever Vidal Nuno, a move first reported...
One of the reasons I left my previous employer is because I just didn’t like being away from my family so darn much. That included weeks in spring training each year – by my estimation I have spent about 400 days in Florida covering baseball in my career. That sounds like a...
The Orioles’ arbitration cases are over – and so is their streak. A three-person arbitration panel ruled in favor of Brad Brach Friday, according to multiple reports. The right-handed reliever will receive $3.05 million, more than doubling his salary ($1.25 million) from 2016. The Orioles had countered with $2.55 million and the...
The news of Chris Tillman’s lingering shoulder injury and the possibility that he could start the season on the disabled list was met with a healthy serving of panic and a side order of horror from the Social Media Alarmists, whose last order of business was firing manager Buck Showalter in October....
I had my fourth radio show on WOYK 1350 on Monday – you can listen here or download it as a BaltimoreBaseball.com podcast from iTunes – and one of my guests was Marc Carig, who covered the Orioles for The Washington Post about a decade ago. Carig is now the New York...
Each offseason – whether it’s the Orioles’ or Major League Baseball’s – is different. There are trends that seem to be fairly unique to each winter. With this one technically coming to a close as pitchers and catchers report to spring training today in Sarasota, Fla., here are five things that surprised me about...
When the Orioles announced Friday that they had designated catcher Francisco Pena for assignment to make room for pitcher Gabriel Ynoa, immediately the questions came pouring in on Twitter and to the web site. The same thing happened earlier this week when it became public that new Orioles catcher Welington Castillo was...