by Brandon Warne | Dec 22, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
One of the talkers of the offseason for Baltimore Orioles fans is what to do with Manny Machado. In a perfect world, Machado would be an O for life. It’s not often that a player like Machado comes along, holding his own for three years before breaking out in a big way...
by Zach Spedden | Dec 20, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
At this point in the offseason, it seems that the Baltimore Orioles might have a place for Trey Mancini. The prospect who burst onto the major league roster with a solid debut in September is certainly in the picture for the Opening Day roster, as the Orioles try to...
by Bob Harkins | Dec 19, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles are still sorting through their offseason plan.They’ve taken care of the catcher position for 2017, signing Welington Castillo and saying goodbye to Matt Wieters. Next on the list appears to be re-signing Mark Trumbo, or if that fails, turning to a similar...
by Zach Spedden | Dec 8, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Continuing their well-established trend of making annual Rule 5 picks, the Baltimore Orioles made two selections in the major league phase of Thursday morning’s draft. The first of those selections was that of outfielder Aneury Taverez from the Boston Red Sox, a...
by Brandon Warne | Dec 6, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
There’s a Mark Trumbo-sized gap on the Orioles roster as the Winter Meetings go on and it’s unclear how to fix it. Simply signing Trumbo makes some sense, but the asking price, well, doesn’t. At this point, there are rumors of four years and perhaps as much as $20...
by Bob Harkins | Dec 5, 2016 | Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles Executive Vice President Dan Duquette has a lot on his plate this offseason.With only eight players currently under contract eating up about $98 million in payroll – not counting the arbitration-eligible and pre-arbitration players – he’ll have to be...
