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Orioles exercise options on O'Hearn, Domínguez and Pérez, decline Coulombe
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Orioles exercised $8 million options Monday on first baseman/outfielder Ryan O'Hearn and right-hander Seranthony Domínguez along with a $2.2 million option on left-hander Cionel Pérez. Baltimore declined a $4 million option on left-hander Danny Coulombe,...
Orioles decline $16.5 million option on Eloy Jiménez, who becomes a free agent
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles declined a $16.5 million option Saturday on outfielder/designated hitter Eloy Jiménez, who becomes a free agent. Jiménez receives a $3 million buyout, completing a $43 million, six-year contract he agreed to with the Chicago White Sox. ...
Orioles acquire Daz Cameron from the Athletics for cash; the OF hit .200 last season for the A's
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles acquired outfielder Daz Cameron from the Athletics on Thursday for cash. Cameron hit .200 in 66 games with the A's last season. He was a non-roster invitee to spring training with the Orioles in 2023 and spent that season with Baltimore's...
Twins hire Matt Borgschulte from Orioles as hitting coach
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins brought back former Baltimore Orioles assistant Matt Borgschulte as their new hitting coach on Tuesday, beginning a revamp of the staff after deciding not to retain four assistants. The 33-year-old Borgschulte spent the last three seasons as...
Dodgers tie postseason mark of 33 straight scoreless innings, top Mets 9-0 in NLCS opener
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After spending the first seven years of his big league career back East, Jack Flaherty came home. He joined a winning team in the Los Angeles Dodgers and helped make a bit of playoff history. Flaherty combined on a three-hitter and Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers...
MLB qualifying offer price rises to $21.05 million from $20,325,000
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a qualifying offer for this year's major league free agents rose to $21.05 million from $20,325,000 last offseason, a $725,000 hike that represented a 3.6% increase. The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this...
Overlooked AL Central gets its revenge by putting 3 teams in Division Series
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The cruel joke before the season was that someone would win the AL Central because someone had to win the AL Central. They were five teams with modest payrolls and meager expectations, each of them short on talent and long on hope. Well, it...
Patrick Mahomes and Bobby Witt Jr. come from shared backgrounds. Both have KC teams chasing titles
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — They were the sons of big league ballplayers, the lazy summer days of their youth spent listening to stories about baseball. Their dads were both journeyman pitchers — maybe faced each other a time or two — who bounced from team to team as they tried to...
Orioles get swept out of the playoffs in their only series for a second consecutive year
BALTIMORE (AP) — Things went so poorly for the Baltimore Orioles in the playoffs that even when they had the bases loaded and a hit by pitch scores a run, Colton Cowser swung at a ball thrown right at him, missed and broke his left hand in the process. They did not score in that...
Witt gets another big hit to send the Royals into ALDS with a 2-game sweep of the Orioles
BALTIMORE (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series. With two outs and runners at...