Baltimore Baseball

What a year for Oriole fans to be thankful. There were so many years when fans had little to celebrate that it seems almost unfair to have so much this year. The celebrations continued this month during awards season. Gunnar Henderson was the first Oriole to unanimously win the American League Rookie of the Year award. Henderson broke a 27-year drought, longest in the American … [Read more...] about Plenty for Oriole fans to be thankful for

For the second straight year, the Orioles’ veteran leader of the pitching staff parlayed his time in Baltimore to a more lucrative deal. In 2022, Jordan Lyles, who was 12-11 with a 4.42 earned-run average in 178 innings and a mentor to the younger pitchers, spun that year into a two-year, $17 million deal with the Kansas City Royals. He made $7 million in his year with the … [Read more...] about Gibson leaves Orioles for Cardinals; Hyde part of growing managerial trend

This year’s Orioles qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2016. That was the year that closer Zack Britton waited for the call that never came from manager Buck Showalter in the Orioles’ wild-card loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Britton told The Athletic that he was retiring, and absolved Showalter from blame for his failure to call on him. That controversy was … [Read more...] about Britton’s 2016 Orioles season was unforgettable; Hall of Fame ballot released

The first free-agent signing of the offseason came on Sunday when the Philadelphia Phillies re-signed starting pitcher Aaron Nola for a reported seven years, $172 million. The Orioles weren’t expected to pursue Nola, who’s 30. Nola, San Diego’s Blake Snell and top Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto were the top names in the free-agent pitching market. Snell and Yamamoto could … [Read more...] about Orioles might need to give up top prospects to trade for a starter

The Orioles’ regular season was surprisingly successful, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that awards season was a success, too. It shouldn’t have been a surprise that Gunnar Henderson was the unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. That was obvious. While I thought Brandon Hyde deserved to be Manager of the Year, and would be chosen, I was taken aback that so … [Read more...] about Thoughts about the Orioles and awards