Dickerson out to prove he can still play
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
Corey Dickerson is the latest veteran to sign with the Nationals. And he brings the most experience. While Jeimer Candelario (29 years old), Trevor Williams (30) and Dominic Smith (27) have played seven, seven and six major league seasons, respectively, Dickerson, 33, is entering his 11th season in the bigs, now with his eighth different club. Unli
Orioles agree to terms with five players
MASN Staff
Masn
The Orioles have made the following transactions: Agreed to terms with OF Austin Hays, SS Jorge Mateo, CF Cedric Mullins, OF Anthony Santander, and RHP Dillon Tate on one-year contracts for the 2023 season, avoiding arbitration.
Looking further into projection system stats for the Orioles
Steve Melewski
Orioles
In this recent post, Dan Szymborski, senior writer for FanGraphs.com and the developer of the ZiPS projection system discussed how his system saw Adley Rutschman’s 2023 season playing out. Pretty well is the answer. ZiPS projects Rutschman to produce an .823 OPS and 126 OPS+ in 2023, which would rank 26 percent above league average. It would be ano
Taking the Orioles rotation for another spin
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The depth in the Orioles rotation stacks up “pretty well,” one talent evaluator phrased it recently, when tracking starter candidates fourth through seventh. The back end and overflow. Potential exists for higher grades. And to be in good hands from top to bottom if small sample sizes prove accurate in the longer term. The Orioles are hoping that t
Orioles agree to terms with five arbitration-eligible players
MASN Staff
Masn
The Orioles have made the following transactions: Agreed to terms with OF Austin Hays, SS Jorge Mateo, CF Cedric Mullins, OF Anthony Santander, and RHP Dillon Tate on one-year contracts for the 2023 season, avoiding arbitration.
Orioles send De La Cruz to Mets to complete McCann trade
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles completed last month’s trade for backup catcher James McCann by sending minor league infielder/outfielder Luis De La Cruz to the Mets today as the player to be named later. De La Cruz, 20, spent the past two seasons in the Dominican Summer League. He appeared in 33 games in 2022 and batted .291/.396/.349 with five doubles and 12 RBIs in
Orioles send Luis De La Cruz to Mets to complete James McCann trade
MASN Staff
Masn
The Orioles made the following roster move: Sent OF Luis De La Cruz to the New York Mets as the player to be named later to complete the C James McCann trade from December 21, 2022.
Robles is lone Nats player to file for arbitration (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
It's deadline day for all major leaguers with more than three years and fewer than six years of service time to agree to terms with their clubs on 2023 salaries or else file for arbitration. The Nationals have six unsigned players facing today's deadline: Victor Robles, Kyle Finnegan, Lane Thomas, Carl Edwards Jr., Victor Arano and Hunter Harvey. B
More props for the farm and player development and other notes
Steve Melewski
Orioles
During the 2022 season, the Orioles organization got a lot of props for its farm system and player development operation. Baseball America, MLBPipeline.com and ESPN now rank its system as No. 1. They all placed Baltimore at the top in midseason rankings, the latest we have from the outlets. They could update those soon. Now comes an MLB Pipeline po
Six Nationals face arbitration deadline today
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
It’s another deadline day across Major League Baseball, this one for all arbitration-eligible players to either agree to terms on their 2023 salaries or exchange figures with their clubs and file for an arbitration hearing. How does that work? This applies only to players with more than three years but fewer than six years of big league service tim