Orioles

As of last night, the coming Orioles season is the next game in town in Baltimore sports. Spring training is less than a month away. Hello, friends. There are now 74 days remaining until the next scheduled Orioles game, which is Opening Day. As of today, we have less than one month to go until pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Sarasota to begin spring training. You … [Read more...] about Sunday Bird Droppings: Less than one month until spring training

The Orioles have re-signed right-hander Thomas Eshelman to a minor league contract, MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko reports (Twitter link).  Eshelman chose to become a free agent last month rather than accept an outright assignment to Baltimore’s Triple-A team. In his second consecutive year of swingman work for the O’s, Eshelman posted a 3.89 ERA over 34 2/3 innings, starting … [Read more...] about Orioles Re-Sign Thomas Eshelman

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images A big day in Baltimore; Mancini agrees to a deal for ‘21, it’s Trumbo’s birthday, and also the anniversary of the Davis contract. Good morning, Birdland! Teams had until 1 p.m. on Friday to come to an agreement with their arbitration-eligible players on a contract for the 2021 season. The Orioles were able to do that with all but one … [Read more...] about Saturday Bird Droppings: The Orioles are headed to arbitration with Anthony Santander

Davis said earlier this offseason that he was wholly committed to being at spring training and doesn’t want his career to end on the note it’s on now. … [Read more...] about Five years ago, Chris Davis’ wait for a contract ended. The Orioles’ wait for it to be over continues.

Although 2019 Most Valuable Oriole Trey Mancini avoided arbitration Friday, the following year’s honoree, Anthony Santander, seems set to take the Orioles to a hearing for the first time in four years. … [Read more...] about Orioles avoid arbitration with Trey Mancini, unable to reach agreement with Anthony Santander before salary-exchange deadline