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The Spotlight Player Under 25 for the Baltimore Orioles: Austin Hays

May 27, 2020

Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Prospect Reports

The 2020 Major League Baseball season still has a big question mark attached to it. The MLBPA and the owners are still working to hammer out a deal that both sides will be happy with to bring forth something re...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Baltimore Orioles

Jason Kelly

Mar 27, 2020

Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

To say that the last 10 years have been difficult for Baltimore Orioles fans would be the understatement of the century. The team's 2014 American League Championship Series appearance is one of the few highligh...

American League East X factors for 2020

Robbie Stratakos

Mar 3, 2020

American League East, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

What players can move the needle for their respective teams in the 2020 Major League Baseball season? Here are X factors for every team in the American League East. New York Yankees: J.A. Happ Luis Severino w...

Five Free Agent Targets for the Baltimore Orioles

Robbie Stratakos

Dec 19, 2019

Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Baltimore Orioles are coming off a third consecutive last place finish in the American League East, as well as back-to-back 100-loss seasons. With that said, they have some young position players to build a...

A play for its time: Ron Swoboda’s catch in the 1969 World Series

Tom Gibbons

Oct 24, 2019

Baseball History, Features, New York Mets

For baseball fans of a certain age, the play is etched into our memories. It is the top of the ninth inning of Game 4 of the 1969 World Series. Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles hits a drive that lo...

Baltimore Orioles Add Cole Sulser, Outright Chandler Shepherd

Joe Orsatti

Oct 5, 2019

Baltimore Orioles, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Transactions

The Baltimore Orioles claimed right-handed pitcher Cole Sulser off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. Sulser represents the first player to change hands since the conclusion of the regular season. As w...

With a Tough Road Ahead, the Baltimore Orioles at Least Have a Positional Core to Build Around

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 18, 2019

Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Yes, it's another drag of a season for the Baltimore Orioles, headlined by a second consecutive 100-plus-loss season, a pitching staff that struggles to get through games, and Chris Davis matching a $17 million...

Boston Red Sox Acquire Andrew Cashner

Joe Orsatti

Jul 13, 2019

American League, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Breaking News, Transactions

The first major domino of the Major League Baseball trade deadline season has fallen, as the cellar-dwelling Baltimore Orioles shipped veteran right-handed pitcher Andrew Cashner to the division-rival Boston Re...

A Reason for Every Last Place MLB Team to be Optimistic

Robbie Stratakos

May 28, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It's fair to say that every last place team in Major League Baseball (Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants) won't be appearing in the 201...

X Factors in the American League East for 2019

Robbie Stratakos

Mar 12, 2019

American League East, Opinions & Predictions

Every team in Major League Baseball has an X factor to their success before the regular season begins. Here is every American League East team's 2019 X factor. Boston Red Sox: Matt Barnes The Red Sox are the ...

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