Holliday: “I got a chance to watch those guys battle it out and the experience that I want. I want to play"
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Players were in a daze or deep inside their emotions after Game 2 of the Wild Card. Media chased after veterans like Anthony Santander and Corbin Burnes, who could leave via free agency and made sense to speak about the jarring finish to the season. Young stars like Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman stood at their lockers with tears in their eye
Orioles and MASN announce the promotion of Greg Bader
MASN Staff
Masn
The Orioles and MASN today announced the promotion of GREG BADER to Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN). Bader will immediately begin the transition from his current role as Orioles Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer to the role with MASN, with a complete transition effective Janu
Updating Hurricane Milton's impact on Orioles' spring training facility
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Hurricane Milton, a violent Category 3 storm that made landfall Wednesday night near Siesta Key, apparently didn't cause major destruction to the Orioles' spring training complex in Sarasota. Sustained winds reaching 120 mph tore the fabric roof off Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, home of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Ed Smith Stadium complex appears
Did Yepez show enough at plate to figure into Nats' future plans?
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PLAYER REVIEW: JUAN YEPEZ Age on Opening Day 2025: 27 How acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, December 2023 MLB service time: 1 year, 105 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2027, free agent in 2030 2024 stats: 62 G, 249 PA, 226 AB, 32 R, 64 H, 15 2B, 0 3B, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 2 SB, 1 CS, 18 BB
Some ups and downs in small sample size first pro year for Honeycutt
Steve Melewski
Orioles
If the Orioles are to maintain a highly rated farm system, they will need to keep producing premium prospects. First there were Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman and they sort of turned it over to the likes of Coby Mayo, Jackson Holliday and Samuel Basallo. The O’s hope more is on the way through their 2024 MLB Draft class. A class headed by the
Some first impressions on Orioles' first base situation
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles can’t say that their outfield is set for 2025 until they figure out what’s happening in right, with Anthony Santander heading toward free agency and the various directions they could go for a replacement. They know that Adley Rutschman is their No. 1 catcher but his backup, James McCann, also is ready to hit the market. The left side of
Looking at a few stats and theories on Rutschman's poor second half
Steve Melewski
Orioles
It is a key question both in looking back at the Orioles’ 2024 season and ahead to what they hope is another good year for 2025. What will it take to get Adley Rutschman’s bat going again? Was he hurt when he slumped for much of the second-half? “There is not an injury that I would speak to of any nature,” Mike Elias said during the season-ending p
Despite pedestrian numbers, plenty of encouraging signs from Crews
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PLAYER REVIEW: DYLAN CREWS Age on Opening Day 2025: 23 How acquired: First-round pick, 2023 Draft MLB service time: 35 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2028, free agent in 2031 2024 stats: 31 G, 132 PA, 119 AB, 12 R, 26 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 12 SB, 3 CS, 11 BB, 26 SO, .218 AVG, .288 OBP,
Three more pending decisions for Orioles impacting roster and payroll
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The offseason for the Orioles has inched into another day while other playoff teams are having all the fun. The crowd will keep thinning until it’s time for the World Series and we’re down to two. I’m just going by how it’s worked in the past. I never posted it or gave it much thought. but I blurted out "Guardians and Phillies" when asked for my pi
Basallo ended his year swinging pretty well with Norfolk
Steve Melewski
Orioles
For Orioles young catching prospect Samuel Basallo, a 2024 season that began with him rehabbing a stress fracture in his right elbow and spending time as a DH ended with him healthy, hitting well and advancing to Triple-A for the first time in his career. Basallo spent most of this year with Double-A Bowie over 106 games but in late August moved to