Orioles bring same season vibe into playoffs
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Adley Rutschman sat with a smile on his face for most of his 11 ½-minute session with the media yesterday. Happy to be in the playoffs. Able to enjoy the attention and focus that he usually tries to deflect. Thrilled to talk about his teammates and how they got here. “I'm super excited,” he said. “This is a complete blessing to have an opportunity
Hyde: "Our clubhouse right now is pretty loud and seems very, very normal like the regular season" (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Players filtered onto the field earlier today to begin their workout leading into Saturday’s Game 1 of the American League Division Series. The batting cage set up. Ground balls hit to infielders. Pitchers throwing in the bullpen. Members of the grounds crew leaning against the dugout railing with arms folded, knowing they were in for a long day wi
Adley Rutschman excited to see the crowds and get the playoffs underway
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The wait is almost over for the Orioles. A young team that went from losing 110 games in 2021 to winning 101 this year. Their first playoff game is set for 1:03 p.m. on Saturday at Oriole Park when they host the Texas Rangers to start the American League Division Series. O’s catcher Adley Rutschman played his first big league game on May 21, 2022.
Source: Nats hiring D-backs' Haas as new scouting director
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
The Nationals are hiring Danny Haas, a key member of the Diamondbacks’ scouting department (and prior to that the Orioles and Red Sox), as their new scouting director, a source familiar with the decision confirmed. Haas, 47, replaces longtime Nats scouting director Kris Kline, who last month was shifted into another role in the front office working
Bradish starts Game 1 of ALDS (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Kyle Bradish walked into the auxiliary clubhouse at Camden Yards early this afternoon, sat down behind a microphone and entered a new world. Bradish is in the playoffs for the first time, and his role as ace of the Orioles’ pitching staff is confirmed with his Game 1 start Saturday against the Rangers in the American League Division Series. The obv
Looking to the past to predict the Nationals' rebuild timeline
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
Beginning on Trade Deadline Day 2021, and repeated countless times since, Mike Rizzo has summed up the Nationals’ rebuilding efforts with some variation of the same line: “We’ve done this before. We know what we’re doing.” Indeed, the first stretch of Rizzo’s 15-year tenure as general manager saw the organization tear down its existing roster, emph
Previewing the Texas Rangers with the former Terp on their radio crew
Steve Melewski
Orioles
I first met Matt Hicks somewhere I guess it was in 1985 or 1986 maybe as we were both broadcasting high school football and teams we were covering were going to play each other in the Maryland state playoffs. It was Frederick High of Frederick County on my end against McDonough High of Charles County, the team Matt was covering.  He was an outstand
González's playoff experience a handy resource for Hyde (plus other notes)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Brandon Hyde has fielded the same question multiple times in recent days about whether he’s reached out to other managers with playoff experience leading into Saturday’s Division Series. Whether he’s picked their brains about the differences between his dugout duties during the regular season and in October and what he can expect. Former Rays manag
Orioles doing their homework on Rangers leading up to Game 1 of Division Series
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
As it turns out, maybe the opponent in the American League Division Series doesn’t really matter to the Orioles. The front office, manager Brandon Hyde and his coaching staff could argue that point based on the roster decisions shaped by the team in the other dugout, but the players sound like they just want to play. They gathered again this aftern
López clears waivers, elects free agency
MASN Staff
Orioles
The Orioles have made the following roster move: RHP Jorge López has cleared outright waivers and elected free agency in lieu of accepting an assignment to Triple-A Norfolk.