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Steve Melewski
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MASN
19h
He was an All-Star player and person and when Hank Aaron died Friday. The tributes poured in. And poured in and poured in. They talked ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ether again. May they rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/psFJW8rjTd -- Baltimore Orioles 😷 (@Orioles) January 22, 2021 Hammerin’ Hank Aaron, we are all forever indeb ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
19h
The Orioles are counting on Yusniel Diaz, one of their top position prospects, to make his major league debut during the summer of 2021. A ...
Baltimore Orioles
... jors at some point in 2021. He may need to settle for a backup role, but the Orioles like what he brings to the outfield party. “Makes it look easy in the outfie ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
22 Jan
It’s been about a week since I first wrote in this space about four-seam fastball spin rates. So today, I am jumping back on the ...
Baltimore Orioles
... do we build an arsenal around whatever that pitcher is? For example, if the Orioles traded for someone who has 60 percent spin efficiency on his fastball, some ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
22 Jan
The Orioles reached a point in the recent past where no one was viewed as untouchable. Make them an offer. There was room to fit ...
Baltimore Orioles
... nce.) I keep hearing the Marlins are a team that’s engaged in talks with the Orioles. Maybe it leads to nothing, but that’s one of the hot rumors. The Orioles ar ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
21 Jan
The Orioles’ effort to rebuild a team that lost a combined 223 games over the 2018 and 2019 seasons was always going to be difficult ...
Baltimore Orioles
... and of course Randal “Babe” Grichuk. In September MLBPipeline.com ranked the Orioles farm system No. 8, and that was a nice move up for the club. In that same ra ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
21 Jan
Branden Kline took his 98 mph fastball and went home. The Orioles drafted Kline, a Frederick native, in the second round in 2012 out of ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ’s probably time that we go on a separate course and open up a new chapter.” Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias didn’t rule out re-signi ...
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Doug Miller
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MASN
21 Jan
Greater Baltimore still stings a little since Sunday, when the Ravens took one on the chin in Buffalo, but now our region’s sports fans can ...
Baltimore Orioles
... p.m. - Jones engaged in more late-inning heroics on Aug. 13, 2014 during the Orioles’ gallop toward the AL East title. With the O’s down a run in the eighth, Jon ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
20 Jan
When catcher Adley Rutschman got rated as baseball’s No. 2 prospect this week by Baseball America, he achieved a ranking that only three other Orioles ...
Baltimore Orioles
... , Gold Gloves, MVP awards and outstanding and consistent performance. If the Orioles can win a World Series or two with him as catcher, better yet. Much to his c ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
20 Jan
I lost my father exactly two years ago today. I’ve learned through this crushing ordeal that it won’t be any easier typing that sentence after ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ican League pitchers pull hamstrings or break fingers. He’d be glad that the Orioles finally are immersed in the international market. Finally catching up to the ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
19 Jan
A new Baseball America top 100 prospects list (subscription may be required) was released yesterday and it was a good day for the Orioles. Baseball ...
Baltimore Orioles
... or the coming season. The player development news has been solid recently in Birdland. MLBPipeline.com ranked the organization at No. 8. The club just signed 17 i ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
19 Jan
Almost two full months have passed since the Orioles set their 40-man roster before the Rule 5 draft and chose to designate Renato Núñez for ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ave expressed a preference for having the flexibility to rotate guys and the Orioles could do it in 2021. Mancini could be the DH in order to ease him back into ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
18 Jan
When the Frederick Keys field a team this summer, for the first time they will not be sending Orioles prospects to the field. As part ...
Baltimore Orioles
... players from multiple future MLB organizations. We are also thankful of the Orioles’ continued support. After 14 months, when the whole contraction proposal was ...
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Roch Kubatko
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MASN
18 Jan
A new day brings a new set of questions and curiosities. For instance: * Will left-hander Josh Rogers be invited to spring training next month? ...
Baltimore Orioles
... agent. I checked his status over the weekend to clear up the confusion. The Orioles gave Herrera six plate appearances in September, designated him for assignme ...
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Steve Melewski
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MASN
17 Jan
Today we’re reviewing a few stories from recent days for further discussion as we move closer to the start of February and we wonder if ...
Baltimore Orioles
... ore, he had a pretty big season as well. Villar hit .274/.339/.453 for those Orioles with 33 doubles, five triples, 24 homers, 73 RBIs, 40 steals and 111 runs sc ...