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4.0K10November 2, 2020 at 11:28 amElias tells season ticket-holders that Orioles ownership is committed to keeping the team
In an email to Orioles’ season ticket-holders, Executive Vice President/General Manager Mike Elias writes that the team’s ownership is committed to keeping...
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Answers to your Orioles questions
The end of the World Series marks the beginning of the offseason and our monthly mailbag. Questions are edited for style and brevity. Question: Can you explain how the arbitration process works? If the O’s non-tendered any one of their arbitration-eligible players, can they re-sign that player, since he is a free...
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November 1, 2020 at 11:22 am
Orioles exercise $3.5 million option on Jose Iglesias for 2021 season
The Orioles exercised their $3.5 million option on the 2021 contract of shortstop José Iglesias, the team announced on Sunday. Iglesias was signed on January 7th to a $2.5 million contract with a $3.5 million option or a $500,00 buyout. The team, which had until 5 p.m. Sunday to pick up the...
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October 30, 2020 at 3:24 pm
Orioles claim second baseman Yolmer Sanchez on waivers
The Orioles made an interesting addition on Friday, claiming 2019 Gold Glove-winning second baseman Yolmer Sanchez on waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Even though he won the Gold Glove, Sanchez wasn’t offered a contract by the White Sox last December and signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants...
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Orioles continue to rework 40-man roster; Call for questions
The Orioles made moves to their 40-man roster on Thursday, and many more are expected. Three of Thursday’s four cuts were predictable. David Hess was just 4-20 with a 6.43 ERA in three seasons with the Orioles. Branden Kline, a Frederick native, had been taken off the 40-man roster and even though...
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October 29, 2020 at 3:59 pm
Hess, Kline among cuts as Orioles trim 40-man roster
The Orioles have cleared room on their 40-man roster by outrighting right-handed pitchers David Hess, Branden Kline and Kohl Stewart and utilityman Andrew Velazquez to Triple-A Norfolk. Stewart, who opted out of the 2020 season for medical reasons, was on the Covid-19 60-day injured list and not on the 40-man roster. On...
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October 28, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles’ starting pitching improved in 2020
The Orioles’ starting pitching was not only better in 2020 than it was in 2019, its depth also improved. In 2019, the Orioles ended the season with Dylan Bundy, Alex Cobb and John Means as starters, and with Asher Wojciechowski expected to return to the rotation. The Orioles used 18 different starters...
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October 26, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles will begin busy winter after World Series
The Orioles can begin making concrete plans for the 2021 season after the World Series ends either Tuesday or Wednesday night. Of course, we don’t know what the 2021 season will be like—if spring training will begin in mid-February or if the season will start on April 1 as scheduled. There are...
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October 23, 2020 at 7:00 am
Award season is here, and the Orioles’ Santander is a Gold Glove finalist
It’s been a year of recognition for Orioles’ rightfielder Anthony Santander. Even though he missed the final 23 games of the 2020 season because of an oblique injury, Santander was voted Most Valuable Oriole. On Thursday, he was named one of three finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove. Santander’s American League right...
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October 21, 2020 at 7:00 am
Cobb can help the Orioles’ young starters in 2021
In 2018, Alex Cobb received the most expensive contract given to a free agent pitcher in team history. Cobb’s four-year, $57 million deal hasn’t worked out well for the Orioles. Even if Cobb had pitched well in his first season, it wouldn’t have made much difference for the Orioles, who were on...
