The Orioles have struck at the starting pitching market. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on Friday afternoon that the Orioles are acquiring pitcher Shane Baz from the Tampa Bay Rays. Going back to Tampa in the trade is a package of four prospects: outfielder Slater de Brun, catcher Caden Bodine, outfielder Austin Overn, and right-handed pitcher […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
The Orioles coaching staff for next season is officially locked in. The team announced the staff for new manager Craig Albernaz in a press release on Friday morning. The names of the coaches had largely already been reported prior to this announcement, though for some, this represents the first public confirmation of what their job […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
I’ll be honest: I’ve never liked the strategy of not drafting pitchers. I get the risk with injured arms (“TINSTAPP“), but isn’t that what a draft is for? And how many position player prospects pan out, anyway? At any rate, this has been a signature of the last two Orioles front office/ownership regimes. Under owner […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
Good morning, Camden Chatters. It’s time for your daily Orioles pitching update: The Orioles have not signed any pitchers yet. This has been your daily Orioles pitching update. Meanwhile, there’s some rotten news about a former Orioles All-Star pitcher, John Means. The lefty posted on Instagram that he tore his Achilles earlier this week, just […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
The Orioles acquired a legitimate ace for the 2024 season when they traded for Corbin Burnes. Baltimore did its best to keep Burnes around for 2025 and beyond, but the former free agent eventually signed with the Diamondbacks. Burnes departure left the O’s banking on Zach Eflin and Grayson Rodriguez to lead the rotation last […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
Hello, friends. There are now 98 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. We’ve made it down below the triple digits! After a flurry of activity around the winter meetings, the pace of big baseball news has slowed somewhat. Signings are still happening, particularly teams that are looking for relievers who didn’t jump early in […]
3 months ago | 9 reads
In a 2025 season full of white flags, the biggest white flag of them all came for the Orioles in July. In the three weeks leading up to the July 31st trade deadline, the O’s executed eight trades that saw nine major leaguers head out the door—along with any dreams of fielding a competitive team. […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Good Morning Birdland, While much of the focus of Orioles fans has understandably shifted towards the rotation, there is another area that the team probably still needs to address. Are we cool with the current bullpen? Now, Mike Elias has made two major moves on the front already this winter. He reacquired Andrew Kittredge in […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
From now until the end of the year, Camden Chat writers will be revisiting some of the biggest moments and storylines of the disappointing 2025 Orioles season. The 2025 Orioles weren’t just bad. They were also, in large part, unrecognizable. The O’s (briefly) tied a dubious major league record this year by using 70 different […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The post-winter meetings offseason has been a bit of a snooze so far. After the excitement that was the Pete Alonso signing last week, not much has happened for the Orioles or any other team in the few days since. We’ve seen a couple of less-heralded signings — Tyler Rogers to […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
From now until the end of the year, Camden Chat writers will be revisiting some of the biggest moments and storylines of the disappointing 2025 Orioles season. For nearly a decade, the Orioles have had at least one of three familiar faces patrolling a portion of their outfield. But unless an unlikely move is coming […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! Since the excitement of the Pete Alonso signing last week, the Orioles have been quiet. It was so easy to get caught up in the excitement that it felt like we’d be getting more signings right away. Was that realistic? I guess not. But there will be more news from the […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
Hello, friends. There are now 102 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. Are you still riding the good feelings from Pete Alonso being introduced to Birdland a couple of days ago? The slugger was really impressive in his responses to questions from Friday and that’s going to keep the excitement high for at least […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Good morning Birdland, A new era of Orioles baseball is upon us. On Friday, the team formally introduced their new slugger, first baseman Pete Alonso, to the city of Baltimore. It really was a glorious moment. Alonso, donning a black suit with an orange belt and matching pocket square, was everything you want your new […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Not many pieces of Orioles-related news are worth holding a big press conference event. The signing of Pete Alonso absolutely makes the cut. The team is holding a presser with its $155 million man at 4pm Eastern on Friday. The press conference will be streamed online. I’ll be doing my best to transcribe the questions […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
From now until the end of the year, Camden Chat writers will be revisiting some of the biggest moments and storylines of the disappointing 2025 Orioles season. Few things illustrate that an MLB team’s season has not gone according to plan than firing the manager before Memorial Day even comes around. The 2025 Orioles found […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Good morning, Camden Chatters. Mark it down, O’s fans: Pete Alonso is really, truly a Baltimore Oriole. Alonso passed his physical yesterday and the Orioles officially announced his signing. It’s happening! The Birds will introduce Alonso to Baltimore today with a 4 PM press conference that will be broadcast on MASN, MASN+, and Orioles.com. The […]
3 months ago | 10 reads
After two years of disappointing early postseason exits without even one win to show for it, the 2025 season was supposed to be one in which the Orioles made their way back to the playoffs and finally advanced. It never worked out that way. All manner of things went wrong with the team over the […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
Something feels different this offseason. How to put it? The Baltimore Orioles are … relevant? They’re a player in the AL East, a spending threat, a real free agent destination, for perhaps the first time in our lifetime. The organization was already making waves at the Winter Meetings when reports emerged this week that the […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
Hello, friends. There are now 105 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. Today will probably not be as exciting as yesterday was, unless Mike Elias is really, truly determined to knock off another major piece of business before this week comes to a close. As I’m writing this, it’s been several hours now since […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
The Orioles did it. They spent big money on a free agent. After missing out on slugger Kyle Schwarber just a day ago, the Orioles pivoted to signing Pete Alonso to a five-year, $155 million contract on Wednesday afternoon. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Entering this offseason, I did not believe […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Mike Elias deserves credit for taking the 2018 Orioles and turning them into a playoff team. He drafted well, hired a solid manager for a rebuilding squad, and injected talent into the organization without spending in free agency. After a few dark seasons, the Birds returned to relevancy ahead of schedule. They secured a division […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
Good Morning Birdland, Well, yesterday was a busy one for the Orioles. First, we learned that Gunnar Henderson will be joining Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. Shortly after that, it sounded like a Kyle Schwarber decision was imminent, and the Orioles ended up a lot closer to signing him than you would have […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
The Orioles were left out of the top six in the 2026 MLB Draft Lottery, garnering the seventh overall pick despite having the fourth-best odds of earning the #1 spot. The O’s had the fourth-worst winning percentage of the eligible lottery teams, with a 9.24% chance of bagging the top pick. But in MLB’s drawing […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Mike Elias is apparently serious in the things that he is saying about wanting to add another hitter into the lineup this offseason. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported on Tuesday afternoon, following the Phillies re-signing their free agent slugger Kyle Schwarber, that the Orioles had matched the five year, $150 million amount that Schwarber signed […]
3 months ago | 9 reads