Remembering the Orioles' dominance in the early days of the AL Championship Series
Steve Melewski
Orioles
There was a time in Major League Baseball when there were no divisions – just the American League and National League. The two winners “won the pennant” and went to the World Series. In MLB, the first “modern” World Series was in 1903 and one team from each league would play in the World Series through the 1968 season. But that all changed in 1969
Some chatter about extending young stars and keeping Burnes
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Money will be spent over the winter, the first under the new ownership group. The Orioles could have 16 players eligible for arbitration and raises are coming. They will check the free-agent market for upgrades. They could inherit contracts through trades that bump up the payroll, as they did with starters Corbin Burnes and Zach Eflin. Other contra
Do home runs play in the postseason?
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Will a team be slugging their way to a World Series title over the next couple of weeks. Do home runs now play well in the playoffs? For years a narrative was that teams that hit a lot of homers won’t in the playoffs and that type of offense won’t work. Are the 2024 Orioles evidence of that. They finished second in the majors in homers this year bu
Did Tena show enough down the stretch to warrant deeper look in 2025?
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PLAYER REVIEW: JOSÉ TENA Age on Opening Day 2025: 24 How acquired: Traded with Alex Clemmey and Rafael Ramirez Jr. from Guardians for Lane Thomas, July 2024 MLB service time: 93 days 2024 salary: $740,000 Contract status: Under club control, arbitration-eligible in 2028, free agent in 2031 2024 stats (CLE+WSH): 44 G, 168 PA, 161 AB, 14 R, 43 H, 5 2
Taking another look at Orioles' roster decisions
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Who have you got in the World Series? How much do you care after the Orioles lost in the Wild Card? They’re busy reconstructing the coaching staff after moving on from co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller, bench coach Fredi González and major league coach José Hernández, and after co-hitting coach Matt Borgschulte returned to the Twins. But there’s lots mo
Rodriguez's last 33 starts have been pretty solid
Steve Melewski
Orioles
As the Orioles didn’t win as much in the final months of the season, the focus was often on the offense which was not performing at earlier levels. But also, during those last two months and the in the postseason the team was without a key rotation pitcher (several of course) in right-hander Grayson Rodriguez. Up until he got scratched for a start
After spring of tough love, García delivered breakthrough season
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PLAYER REVIEW: LUIS GARCÍA JR. Age on Opening Day 2025: 24 How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2016 MLB service time: 3 years, 142 days 2024 salary: $1.95 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2028 2024 stats: 140 G, 528 PA, 500 AB, 58 R, 141 H, 25 2B, 1 3B, 18 HR, 70 RBI, 22 SB, 5 CS, 27 BB, 86 SO, .282 AV
More on Cowser and Mountcastle as Gold Glove finalists
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Colton Cowser has a chance to be special in two more ways in 2024. Cowser is trying to become the first Orioles outfielder chosen as the American League’s Rookie of the Year since Al Bumbry in 1973. Bumbry is remembered as a center fielder but he made 58 starts in left and 24 in right. He didn’t have more than one start in center until 1976 – makin
Young named Gold Glove finalist
MASN Staff
Nationals
After putting together one of the best defensive seasons in Major League Baseball this season, Nationals rookie outfielder Jacob Young was named one of three finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in center field on Tuesday. Young, 25, led all of Major League Baseball across all positions with 18 runs prevented and was tied for the Major Leagu
Mountcastle and Cowser are Gold Glove finalists
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle is a repeat finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, another nod to his immense improvement at a position that he had to learn. His fourth and final position as a professional. Rookie Colton Cowser, the fifth-overall pick in the 2021 draft, was chosen as a finalist in left field to give the club multiple re