Baltimore Baseball

It’s time for our monthly mailbag. We’ve received many excellent questions on free agency, and I’ll try to answer them here. On Monday, I’ll try to answer questions on other topics. Questions may be edited for length, grammar and clarity. Question: Rank the top three remaining realistic Oriole targets for a top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher after Nathan Eovaldi. From: … [Read more...] about Answers to your Orioles questions, Part 1

Last week’s Winter Meetings in San Diego surprised those who thought the Orioles might be aggressive in pursuing free-agent starters. That wasn’t the case. More surprising than the Orioles’ failure to sign another starter beyond 35-year-old Kyle Gibson, whose signing was announced on the first day of the meetings, was that there weren’t even rumors about the team being linked … [Read more...] about Orioles watch as free-agent starters sign elsewhere

Most of the attention at the Winter Meetings is on the general managers who sign the free agents and make trades. Mike Elias spoke to the Baltimore media at the conclusion of each of the three days in San Diego. Manager Brandon Hyde, who gets most of the media attention during the season when he speaks before and after each game, had his own session on December 6th, and spoke … [Read more...] about Hyde talks about Orioles’ rotation for 2023, Urías’ Gold Glove play at third

While most of the offseason attention has been focused on the Orioles’ pursuit of veteran starters, the team has been accumulating outfielders. Perhaps it’s in case they decide to trade one of their starting outfielders — Austin Hays, Cedric Mullins or Anthony Santander — for a starting pitcher. Or it’s because they’re accumulating left-handed hitters who can take a turn at … [Read more...] about Orioles continue to acquire outfield candidates

There are still more than two months until pitchers and catchers will report to Sarasota for spring training, and that gives the Orioles plenty of time to make additional moves. Many fans were disappointed by the lack of activity at last week’s Winter Meetings in San Diego, but despite many starting pitchers signing then, there are still a number of quality starters available … [Read more...] about More from Orioles’ Elias at the Winter Meetings