Latest Baltimore Orioles News

Seeking a 'happier medium,' the Orioles are set to move their left field wall at Camden Yards again

Nov. 15, 2024 18:17 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles are ready to adjust their wall in left field again. The team moved the wall at Camden Yards back and made it significantly taller before the 2022 season. General manager Mike Elias said Friday the team “overcorrected" and will try to find a...

Escaping from a 121-loss hole will be hard. The White Sox have other MLB teams to use as a blueprint

Nov. 05, 2024 19:53 PM EST

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Rock bottom proved to be even rockier than the Chicago White Sox ever dreamed. Now second-year general manager Chris Getz has the unenviable task of pulling the South Side out of the baseball abyss following a 121-loss season that was the worst in modern MLB...

Orioles exercise options on O'Hearn, Domínguez and Pérez, decline Coulombe

Nov. 04, 2024 15:24 PM EST

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

Nov. 02, 2024 12:34 PM EDT

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

Oct. 31, 2024 18:29 PM EDT

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

Oct. 22, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

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

Oct. 14, 2024 00:24 AM EDT

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

Oct. 10, 2024 15:10 PM EDT

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

Oct. 03, 2024 19:18 PM EDT

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

Oct. 03, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

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...