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Former UMBC infielder Kevin Lachance signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks and will report to the Missoula Osprey.

The Orioles' recent drafts have stocked the franchise with some promising players who fit Mike Elias' draft-and-development formula.

The Orioles got back on the waiver wire in a big way last week, and Mike Elias explained the club's decision-making process when players become available.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is back in one of his deep slumps, and manager Brandon Hyde doesn't know when he'll play again.

Former Orioles had some fun this week.

Jonathan Schoop played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards as a visitor for the first time Saturday, with the Orioles' longtime second baseman facing them as a member of the Minnesota Twins.

Orioles right-hander Dan Straily, making his first start for the team, allowed a pair of home runs as the team's rough opening homestand on the mound continued.

Orioles fans spent Thursday's Opening Day loss to the New York Yankees trying to get to know a team full of unfamiliar faces.

With the Orioles' 2019 season beginning with Thursday's Opening Day game against the Yankees, here's a look at what fans need to know for the upcoming season.

MLBPA chief Tony Clark said Wednesday that the union understands that some teams have to rebuild, but is concerned that so many are doing it at the same time.

Now that he's found a spot, Adam Jones is eager for a bounce-back season. The 33-year-old outfielder drove in 93 runs last year, but his defensive statistics showed a decline.

With the loss of C.J. Mosley, Terrell Suggs and others, the Ravens will have to rebuild their defense in a hurry and Baltimore will have to brace for a serious star-power shortage from both of its major professional teams.

Former Orioles center fielder Adam Jones was always a fascinating case of new-school player-evaluation methods disagreeing with the well-worn traits that baseball has valued for generations. His free agency showed how stark that was, both locally and nationally.

Adam Jones said last year at FanFest that he was excited about the prospect of free agency, but it obviously didn't live up to his expectations.

Former Orioles All-Star Adam Jones finally got his major league contract this week, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to multiple reports.

Catcher Jesús Sucre, who the Orioles signed as catching depth to complement their young major league catchers, will report to Sarasota late due to visa issues getting out of Venezuela.

Former Orioles pitcher Wade Miley has signed with the Houston Astros after pitching well last season for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Infielder Jack Reinheimer is the latest addition to the Orioles' thin stock of major-league capable players at that spot, joining the team as a waiver claim on Monday from the Texas Rangers.

Examining the recent difficult decisions by the Baseball Hall of Fame on hat choices as Mike Mussina has the option of going in this year as a Yankee or Oriole.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was the first name Mike Elias heard on his first managerial research call, a process that ended with Hyde introduced as the Orioles' 20th manager Monday.

Brandon Hyde will be the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Hyde, who was hired away from the Chicago Cubs after spending 2018 as their bench coach and five years on their major league coaching staff, was selected from a group of six candidates.

Oakland shortstop Richie Martin, who broke out at the plate at Double-A in 2018, was the first pick by the Orioles' in Thursday's Rule 5 draft.

There are reports that Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde will be the Orioles' new manager. If so, he's got his work cut out for him.

As multiple media outlets reported the Orioles had selected Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde to be their next manager Tuesday night, new general manager Mike Elias denied that a hire had been made.

Orioles manager Mike Elias said the Orioles are "pretty far along" in their search to replace Buck Showalter as manager, though he didn't expect one to be named imminently.

Reds manager David Bell said his brother, Orioles managerial candidate Mike Bell, 'would do great, given the opportunity' if new executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias chose him to replace Buck Showalter.

The Orioles will be in Las Vegas from Monday to Thursday for their first winter meetings led by new executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias.

Comparing the Paul Goldschmidt trade to what the Orioles may have gotten for Manny Machado if they had dealt him last winter instead of waiting until the All-Star break.

Resetting the Orioles' known executive candidates with the possibility that they could make a decision on a replacement for executive vice president Dan Duquette this week.

The Orioles have the only remaining vacancy at the top executive level after the San Francisco Giants hired Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi as their president of baseball operations late Tuesday.

Considering the type of candidates the Orioles went after in 2011 — young, analytics-minded executives who have vast experience in the baseball world — here are a handful of people who fit that mold now.

When he arrived in August 2010, the Orioles were the worst team in baseball. As he leaves, they’re no better. Somewhere in between rests Buck Showalter’s legacy as Orioles manager, an 8 1/2-year term that roused the club from a 14-year losing skein unprecedented in franchise history.

Speculation abounds that the Orioles will not bring Buck Showalter back for next season. That's very possible, but they better choose his replacement wisely and not settle for a lesser or cheaper option.

As Orioles wrap up their worst season ever, fans must look for hope and inspiration wherever they can find it.

The Orioles and their fans sure aren’t embracing the triple-digit milestone that was bearing down on them like a fastball — 100 losses. And the club reached that plateau with a loss to the Rays on Friday

It’s unclear where Yefry Ramírez's future lies, whether it’s as a starting pitcher or as a multiple-inning reliever. The final five weeks of the season will serve as an audition for next season.

With Cedric Mullins and Jonathan Villar at the top of the Orioles' lineup, the team is looking to make opponents uneasy with speed.

The Orioles will open the season at Yankee Stadium on March 28 and have their home opener against the Yankees on April 4.

The gulf between where the Orioles are now and where they were — when Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy were winning Gold Glove Awards on the left side and Jonathan Schoop was using one of the game’s strongest infield arms at second base — is vast.

Even though Kevin Gausman is no longer an Oriole, the team will still honor their Game of Thrones ticket packages and dole out dragon-riding Gausman bobbleheads.

It had been obvious for quite some time that the Orioles were going to bail on this season and trade away the veteran nucleus of the team, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that the full magnitude of the long-anticipated rebuild hit home.

The Orioles continued their rebuild Tuesday night, trading closer Zach Britton to the American League East-rival New York Yankees in exchange for three pitching prospects.

The Orioles have traded All-Star third baseman Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Orioles enter the All-Star break preparing to navigate one of the club’s most pivotal stretches in determining its future in the weeks leading up to the nonwaiver trade deadline, moves that will serve as the building blocks of the team’s rebuild.

Signed as an infielder, Ramírez has become a major league pitcher by embracing suggestions.

Manny Machado’s camp might’ve tipped its hand on where he’d most like to go as trade talk intensifies approaching the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline.

The Orioles added a pair of relievers before Tuesday's game against the Yankees.

They have also expressed interest in relievers Zach Britton and Brad Brach, both of whom are pending free agents.

Forced to address his future as if he was already gone, Manny Machado essentially said his goodbyes to the Orioles and its fans--right before he suited up and batted third against the Yankees.

Yefry Ramírez will start Game 2 of Monday's doubleheader against the Yankees.