For the second time in three days, Orioles general manager Mike Elias made a deal involving one of the Orioles’ front-line players. After trading infielder Jonathan Villar to the Miami Marlins for 23-year-old left-handed pitcher Easton Lucas on Monday, the Orioles traded starting pitcher Dylan Bundy — the fourth overall pick in...
Despite the warnings, many Oriole fans expressed frustration about the Jonathan Villar trade. He played in all 162 games in 2019, hit for average (.274), hit for power (24 home runs) and stole 40 bases while splitting time between shortstop and second base. He was guilty of lapses on occasion, but he...
About three or four hours ahead of Monday’s 8 p.m. deadline for offering 2020 contracts, the Orioles began getting some interest in Jonathan Villar. With time running out, they traded Villar to the Miami Marlins. Executive Vice President/General Manager Mike Elias is happy about his team’s acquisition of 23-year-old left-hander Easton Lucas...
Shortly before they would have elected to not offer him a contract, the Orioles traded infielder Jonathan Villar to the Miami Marlins for left-handed pitcher Easton Lucas on Monday night. The Orioles had tried to trade Villar earlier and, failing to find a partner, placed him on outright waivers late last week....
By 8 o’clock tonight, the Orioles will officially end Jonathan Villar’s time with the team. Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Orioles placed Villar on outright waivers, knowing that another team wasn’t going to claim him. No team had expressed interest in trading for him. Surely the Orioles would have jumped at...
BALTIMORE—On a cold, wet Sunday morning, about 1,200 fans gathered a few blocks from M&T Bank Stadium to salute Trey Mancini’s charity works on behalf of 13-year-old cancer patient Mo Gaba at a tailgate before the Ravens game with the San Francisco 49ers. Mancini, who acknowledged being cold despite attending many foul-weather...
A year ago, Thanksgiving for Oriole fans meant optimism. There were new beginnings. Mike Elias had just been hired as the team’s top baseball executive, and no one knew who he’d select as manager. Twelve months later, the opinions on Elias are, like his recent hires, more diverse. Many fans think the...
Ahead of Monday’s deadline for tendering contracts, the Orioles placed infielder Jonathan Villar on outright waivers on Wednesday. The news was reported by MASNsports.com and confirmed by multiple industry sources. According to MLBTradeRumors.com, Villar, who had his most productive season in his major league career last season, could earn $10.4 million in...
The Orioles re-signed outfielder Mason Williams to a minor league contract on Tuesday. Williams, who hit .267 with two RBIs in 11 games for the Orioles last season, had his season ended early after running into the outfield wall on September 17. Williams, who could compete for a reserve outfielders job during...
With the announcement of the composition of the Orioles’ minor league staffs on Monday, and later news that Anthony Sanders has been hired as first base coach, it’s clear that the Orioles’ front office staff, player development personnel and coaches are getting younger. The news of Sanders’ hiring, which was expected and...