Soon. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Opening Day is later this week! Who might pitch the first save situation is a mystery. Hello, friends. We’ve made it to the week of Opening Day! Just four days from now, the Orioles will get the 2022 season started against the Rays, the team they infamously went 1-18 against last year. The return of baseball to Camden Yards is … [Read more...] about Monday Bird Droppings: The week of Opening Day arrives with bullpen holes to fill
Orioles positional preview: Outfield
With any luck, you’ll probably be seeing this outfield combo often this season. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The team’s most solid position group is also its least interesting in terms of roster construction, with the three starters locked in and only the fourth spot open. “That’s where I’m at, and that’s all there is. That’s all I got to tell you, and that’s all … [Read more...] about Orioles positional preview: Outfield
Orioles, Trey Mancini avoid arbitration, add mutual option for 2023
The Orioles and Trey Mancini won’t be headed for an arbitration hearing after all. | Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports Mancini gets $7.75 million guaranteed, with a 2023 mutual option worth $10 million. Not bad. The Orioles and Trey Mancini won’t be headed to an arbitration hearing over this season’s salary after all. Despite proclaiming a “file and trial” stance towards … [Read more...] about Orioles, Trey Mancini avoid arbitration, add mutual option for 2023
Weekend Bird Droppings: The final weekend of spring training
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just a few days remain for the O’s to make tweaks ahead of Opening Day, but at least it is setting up to be an intriguing year. Good morning, Birdland! Barring any catastrophic worldwide event—something we are all too familiar with at this point—this will be the final weekend without regular season baseball for quite … [Read more...] about Weekend Bird Droppings: The final weekend of spring training
Friday Bird Droppings: One week until Opening Day
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports A compressed spring training is nearing its end, leaving the Orioles with a lot of questions and not a lot of time to answer them. Good morning, Camden Chatters. Boy, this spring training is going fast, huh? There’s a sentence I never thought I’d say. Most years, the initial excitement of pitchers and catchers reporting to camp quickly … [Read more...] about Friday Bird Droppings: One week until Opening Day