The Dylan Cease trade market may be heating up again
Steve Melewski
Orioles
He is 28, throws 95, 96 mph, has very solid whiff rates and has an ERA of 3.54 in 97 starts over the last three seasons. That includes his 2022 season, when he went 14-8 with a 2.20 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP and a second-place finish in the American League Cy Young voting. Right now, it appears Chicago White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease is a hot potential t
Orioles still have arbitration work to do
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
A new week is beginning and another important baseball date is approaching. Friday is the deadline for teams to reach agreements on contracts with their arbitration-eligible players before the sides exchange salary figures. Hearings are scheduled between Jan. 29 and Feb. 16 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The non-tender deadline passed on Nov. 17 with the Ori
A look at the players expected to head up the next O's international signing class
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles' continued strong pursuit of international amateur talent will culminate on Jan. 15 with the announcement of the club’s latest international signing class. The O’s are expected to sign around 20 in this class. According to an industry source, the class will be headed up by 16-year-old shortstop Emilio Sanchez from the Dominican Republic
DiPuglia joins Royals, Carpenter to remain in Nats' booth two more seasons
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
Johnny DiPuglia, who led the Nationals’ international scouting department for a decade-plus before his departure late in the 2023 season, has joined the Royals’ front office. Kansas City announced this week it has hired DiPuglia as special assistant of international scouting, adding one of baseball’s most respected Latin American evaluators to its
Submitting some early Orioles predictions
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The countdown to spring training is gaining momentum. The offseason is melting away as the temperature drops, forming a Frosty puddle. I’m about to get busy, busy, busy. Mocks and predictions are popular ways to keep fans engaged, with the disclaimer that everything can change with one or two transactions. The Orioles and their division rivals aren
More facts and opinions (O's add Calvert Hall grad to minors deal)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Time to present a few more facts and opine about them today. We take a look at some things that happened with the 2023 Orioles and some that might happen in 2024. Fact: The Orioles set a single-season team record with 1,431 strikeouts in the 2023 season. Not only did that club set a team record, but they shattered the previous mark of 1,248 strikeo
Friday morning Nats Q&A
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
It's been three weeks since our last Q&A, and I'd like to say a lot has happened since then. That, of course, would be a lie. The Nationals have made no consequential news since mid-December, and though one of these days they're going to do something, that day hasn't come yet. (Watch them announce a big move this morning while we're in the midd
Some potential Orioles non-roster invite spring storylines
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The media crowd around Jackson Holliday’s locker will have more layers than an onion on his first day of availability in camp. Must be his appeal. (You see what I did there.) Holliday was a good story last spring. The first-overall draft pick with the youthful face and famous father. Everyone wanted to see him play, and he stuck around much longer
Orioles sign Freeburger to minor league contract
MASN Staff
Masn
The Orioles have made the following roster move:   Signed undrafted free agent RHP Dominic Freeberger to a minor league contract.
After the ROY award, there is a lot more to come for O's Gunnar Henderson
Steve Melewski
Orioles
There were 41 players taken ahead of the Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson in the 2019 MLB Draft. If they could re-do that draft today, that number would be very, very different. At No. 42 the Orioles got a steal. A driven young talent that rose to become the No. 1 prospect in the sport. He made the majors at age 21 and turned 22 last June 29. Later in the