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Jorge Mateo and Orioles agree to $3.55 million, 1-year deal, avoid arbitration

Jan. 28, 2025 20:29 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore second baseman Jorge Mateo avoided a salary arbitration hearing when he agreed to a $3.55 million, one-year contract with the Orioles on Tuesday. Mateo's deal includes a $5.5 million team option for 2026. The option could increase by $500,000 based on...

MLB The Show 25 cover features Paul Skenes, Gunnar Henderson and Elly De La Cruz

Jan. 28, 2025 13:03 PM EST

MLB The Show 25 announced Tuesday that rising stars Paul Skenes, Gunnar Henderson and Elly De La Cruz will be the cover athletes on its upcoming video game. It's the first time MLB The Show has featured three athletes on the same cover. The game is scheduled to hit the market on...

Orioles hire former All-Star outfielder Adam Jones as special adviser to GM and community ambassador

Jan. 27, 2025 18:03 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — Retired five-time All-Star outfielder Adam Jones is returning to the Baltimore Orioles as a special adviser to general manager Mike Elias as well as a community ambassador. The Orioles announced the move Monday. Jones will advise Elias on various matters while...

Orioles agree to $975,000, 1-year deal with OF Dylan Carlson

Jan. 27, 2025 15:46 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with Dylan Carlson on a $975,000, one-year contract Monday, a couple of months after the outfielder was non-tendered by the Tampa Bay Rays. Carlson was a first-round draft pick in 2016 by the St. Louis Cardinals, and he hit 18...

Reliever Jeff Hoffman says Orioles and Braves backed off deals before his contract with Blue Jays

Jan. 15, 2025 15:28 PM EST

The Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves backed out of agreements to sign Jeff Hoffman because of concerns about the reliever's pitching shoulder before he finalized a $33 million, three-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays last week. “The stuff they saw on the MRIs, whatever...

Baltimore Orioles and reliever Andrew Kittredge finalize $10 million, 1-year contract

Jan. 13, 2025 19:54 PM EST

Andrew Kittredge and the Baltimore Orioles finalized a $10 million, one-year contract on Monday. The reliever gets a $9 million salary this year and the agreement includes a $9 million team option for 2026 with a $1 million buyout. Kittredge can earn $250,000 in...

Orioles agree to $10 million, 1-year deal with reliever Andrew Kittredge, AP source says

Jan. 10, 2025 12:07 PM EST

The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract with reliever Andrew Kittredge, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because the agreement has not been announced. The deal...

Former Baltimore Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz dies at 37, no cause of death announced

Jan. 09, 2025 09:03 AM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Matusz, the left-handed pitcher who spent eight seasons in the major leagues, mostly with the Baltimore Orioles as they returned to prominence a decade ago, has died. He was 37. The Orioles and the University of San Diego announced Matusz’s death Tuesday...

Charlie Morton agrees to a 1-year, $15 million deal with the Orioles

Jan. 03, 2025 19:02 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — Veteran right-hander Charlie Morton and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract on Friday. The 41-year-old Morton, the hero of Game 7 of the 2017 World Series with Houston, will try to fill a hole in Baltimore's rotation. It will be...

MLB panel cuts Nationals TV rights fees by 20% for 2024-26

Jan. 03, 2025 13:49 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A Major League Baseball panel cut the rights fees owed the Washington Nationals from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network by 20% for each of the final three seasons of the five-year period through 2026, citing a deteriorating cable television market. MLB’s Revenue...