Mike Elias has at least one front office opening to fill this offseason. | Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Brad Ciolek, who directed the last two drafts for the Orioles, left for a position with the Nationals. Hello, friends. There are now 165 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2024. Spring training is not so far off, more like four months until pitchers and … [Read more...] about Sunday Bird Droppings: A Mike Elias lieutenant departs
Saturday Bird Droppings: Thinking about arbitration
Photo by Ron Jenkins/MLB Photos via Getty Images The offseason has not truly started just yet, but there will be plenty to figure out once it does. Good morning, Birdland! There is no playoff baseball today, and there has not been much Orioles news to speak of. That feels like a decent opportunity to look forward to the next dates that actually matter for the … [Read more...] about Saturday Bird Droppings: Thinking about arbitration
Friday Bird Droppings: The Orioles’ offseason has begun
Let’s see what Mike Elias has in store for the Orioles this winter. | Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Mike Elias promised the front office’s offseason work will be about “keeping Baltimore baseball great and having an even better season next year.” Good morning, Camden Chatters. Nobody will blame Orioles fans if they need a few more days — or weeks, or months — to wallow … [Read more...] about Friday Bird Droppings: The Orioles’ offseason has begun
Some things that made me feel better about the Orioles after their playoff exit
Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The ALDS was unspeakably awful, but here are some bright spots I’ve thought about in the last few days. On October 15, 1997, Baltimore closer Armando Benítez gave up a solo home run in the eleventh inning to Cleveland’s Tony Fernandez to give the Indians a 1-0 win in Game Six of the American League Championship … [Read more...] about Some things that made me feel better about the Orioles after their playoff exit
Thursday Bird Droppings: Starting to digest the Orioles hasty postseason exit
Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The sadness about the end of the Orioles season is still here for me Hello, friends. There are now 168 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2024. I really hoped it would be a smaller number when I got to the point of putting that countdown back in these articles. That is not the way that things have worked out. There is no … [Read more...] about Thursday Bird Droppings: Starting to digest the Orioles hasty postseason exit