Baltimore Orioles

Koby Perez and the Orioles have had to wait even longer to unveil a signing class that he believes will reinforce the club’s role as a major player in the Latin American market.

Branden Kline, a Frederick native who overcame a series of injuries after the Orioles took him early in the 2012 draft to reach the majors with his local team, announced his retirement from baseball Wednesday morning.

With Orioles top prospect Adley Rutschman expected to begin 2021 in Double-A, MLB's plan to delay the start of some minor league seasons could affect his path to a potential call-up this year.

Changes to the 2020 baseball calendar at every level have left teams trying to fill that data void that Orioles assistant general manager for analytics Sig Mejdal referred to as “the fuel to that projection engine” and tweak their models accordingly.

Tony Mansolino, 38, will be the youngest member of Orioles manager Brandon Hyde’s 2021 coaching staff as Baltimore’s new third base and infield coach.

Pitching coach Chris Holt rose to prominence in the Orioles organization through his work as the minor league pitching coordinator and later the director of pitching.

Here’s a review of what the Orioles have done so far this offseason and the fallout those moves left on the rest of their offseason.

With the calendar about to turn and vaccines offering hope for a better 2021, we can say the COVID-19 pandemic did not eradicate the year in Baltimore sports but altered it in ways we won’t soon forget.

From minor league uncertainty to the idea that the organization can't develop pitchers, here are five things the Orioles will be thrilled not to drag forward into 2021 and beyond.

Mike Elias has cited the transactional nature of the rival Tampa Bay Rays when pointing to an example of how the Orioles will try to refresh their organization and keep a pipeline of young talent flowing by trading players off the major league roster.

This offseason, slow as the progress in team-building by MLB clubs may be, there have been some interesting landing spots for former Orioles who are testing the free agent market and trying to latch on elsewhere.

The Baltimore Orioles announced on Monday that they agreed to minor league contracts with catcher Nick Ciuffo, the Tampa Bay Rays’ first-round pick in 2013, and pitchers Fernando Abad, Conner Greene and Claudio Custodio.