Sánchez: "I think they have really good chemistry and for me it’s an honor to be part of this team now"

The role isn’t defined for Gary Sánchez, the new Orioles backup catcher. He isn’t sure how many innings he’ll get behind the plate or whether he’ll do more hitting than squatting. He’s just eager to be part of a contending team, which he’s used to doing, and try to push it further through the postseason. Orioles executive vice president/general man
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Four Nationals qualify for pre-arbitration bonuses

Jacob Young, MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams and Jake Irvin all performed well enough this season to earn some extra money before the holidays. Young, Gore, Abrams and Irvin recently were revealed as part of a group of 101 players with less than three years of big league service time who qualified for Major League Baseball’s “pre-arbitration bonus pool.”
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O's Koby Perez on Samuel Basallo and more (O's add pitcher from Japan)

With 13 international players ranked among the O’s top 30 prospects by MLBPipeline.com, the club’s international program keeps humming along. It’s big for the Orioles to have both quantity and quality coming from the international prospects. Not only are players like Samuel Basallo getting close now to the majors, but the high number of ranked inte
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Mailbag leftovers for breakfast

I couldn’t get to a few questions in the weekend mailbag and wanted to publish them before they got stale, like the bread used to make stuffing for your holiday turkey. By the way, it’s dressing if prepared outside the bird. Let me address that one before it’s asked. Here are some extras while we wait for Orioles news. Is the offseason plan to just
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Orioles sign Japan's Tomoyuki Sugano to major league contract

The Orioles went the international route to find a starting pitcher. The team announced this evening that it signed Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, 35, to a one-year major league contract. ESPN’s Jeff Passan first reported that the deal pays $13 million. Sugano has spent his entire 12-year professional career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippo
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Orioles reach deal with RHP Sugano
MASN Staff
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The Orioles today announced that they have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher TOMOYUKI SUGANO (菅野 智之) on a one-year major league contract for the 2025 season.  Sugano (pronounced toh-moh-yoo-kee soo-GAH-noh), 35, has spent his entire 12-year professional career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League in Japan
O'Neill on Orioles: "They’ve got a really good thing going on right now"
Roch Kubatko
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Tyler O’Neill knows his splits and how he’s joining the Orioles in large part because they wanted a right-handed bat to improve their production against lefties. However, he didn’t sign a contract to sit. The Orioles are prepared to pay O’Neill $49.5 million over three seasons, with an opt-out clause after 2025. He’s basically the replacement for f
Looking at what the Nationals already have in place
Mark Zuckerman
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We spend most of our time around here asking what the Nationals are going to do about their most glaring roster needs. Are they going to sign a big-name slugger to play first base? Are they going to spend money on a proven starting pitcher? Are they going to bolster a now-depleted bullpen with experienced late-inning arms? So far, we don’t have the
O's Matt Blood talks about the offense on the farm this past season
Steve Melewski
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During my recent conversation with Matt Blood, the O’s vice president, player development and domestic scouting, we spent much of the time discussing what happened on the O’s farm in 2024. He was honest to say the club was, to use his words “not celebrating” the farm offense from last season. Sure, a lot went right and players like Samuel Basallo a
Three more Orioles questions and curiosities for the 2025 season
Roch Kubatko
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Questions come attached to the Orioles that can be answered before Opening Day, with others that need more time. Pretty much anything relating to the roster should become clearer by late March, but check back in October for the rest. There's no way to know until a season plays out. Here are three more examples. Can the Orioles get a full season out
Skipper Brandon Hyde talks about his new bench coach, Robinson Chirinos
Steve Melewski
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When the Orioles recently announced their coaching staff for the 2025 season, one of the new hires was Robinson Chirinos, who will be the team’s bench coach. That is quite the entry into the coaching ranks for Chirinos, 40, whose last season playing in the majors was in 2022 for the Orioles. He played in 67 games for that O’s team, and in 220 plate
20 Greatest Players in Nats History (No. 11-15)
Mark Zuckerman
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Thanks to everyone who read and commented on the first installment of our 20 Greatest Players in Nationals History series. If you missed it, click this link to find out who checked in at Nos. 16-20 before proceeding with this week’s piece featuring Nos. 11-15. Reminder: This is a purely subjective exercise. Stats were considered, of course, but gre
Sorting through more Orioles spring training storylines
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The countdown to spring training intensifies after the Winter Meetings and the start of a new year. The important dates leading up to it are fading. Arbitration figures are exchanged on Jan. 9 for eligible players who haven’t signed. The international signing period begins Jan. 15. Those are the big ones. Perhaps the Orioles will introduce a new pl
Double-A skipper Roberto Mercado on several of the 2024 Baysox
Steve Melewski
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During my interview in this space recently with Orioles Double-A Bowie (now Chesapeake) manager Roberto Mercado, he spent some time talking about his work in the Arizona Fall League and the O’s players he managed there. But he also spent some time talking about his 2024 season with Double-A Bowie and some of the notable players he managed there thi
Nats add two pitchers on minor league deals
Mark Zuckerman
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It’s not the kind of major splash everyone’s been waiting for, but the Nationals have signed a couple of free agents in recent days who could pitch their way onto the roster in 2025. The Nats signed left-hander Konnor Pilkington and right-hander Clay Helvey to minor league contracts with invitations to spring training, adding a pair of pitchers who
       
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