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The Orioles acquired a veteran left-handed starter on Thursday, picking up Cole Irvin from the Oakland Athletics. Irvin and right-handed pitcher Kyle Virbitsky were traded to the Orioles for minor league infielder Darell Hernaiz. Irvin, who will turn 29 on Tuesday, was 9-13 with a 3.98 earned-run average for Oakland with a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 1.160 last … [Read more...] about Orioles trade for Athletics’ left-handed starter Cole Irvin; Hernaiz goes to Oakland

Orioles general manager Mike Elias continued a methodical and productive offseason with the acquisition of left-hander Cole Irvin from the Oakland A’s on Thursday. Irvin is the second veteran starter the Orioles acquired in the last two months, and he becomes the only left-hander in the rotation. He joins Kyle Gibson, who signed a one-year, $10 million free-agent contract last … [Read more...] about Orioles’ Elias continues productive offseason with addition of A’s left-hander Irvin

Baseball America placed eight Oriole prospects in their top 100 last week. MLB Pipeline has seven Orioles in their top 10 positional rankings in advance of releasing their top 100 list on Thursday. Gunnar Henderson, who was the top overall prospect in Baseball America, is MLB Pipeline’s  top third base prospect. Coby Mayo, the Orioles’ fourth-round selection in the 2020 draft, … [Read more...] about Oriole prospects continue to get high marks; Kelso out at Maryland Stadium Authority

The Orioles and right-hander Austin Voth have agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. The agreement includes a club option for 2024 Voth, who was 5-4 with a 3.04 earned-run average in 22 games with the Orioles after they acquired him off waivers from the Washington Nationals on June 7th, was seeking a $2 million salary. The Orioles countered with $1.7 … [Read more...] about Voth, Orioles agree to 1-year contract, avoiding arbitration; Includes club option for 2024

This summer, the Orioles will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their last World Series championship in 1983. That team featured three Hall of Famers — Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer and Cal Ripken Jr. Since then, the Orioles haven’t gotten to the World Series and have produced only one Hall of Famer, pitcher Mike Mussina who played most of his career here. Mussina played 10 of his … [Read more...] about Oriole fans face long wait for next Hall of Famer