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- Since coming off his record streak of at-bats without a hit, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is hitting better than some guys who make a lot more than him.
- Bryce Harper's 13-year, $330 million give him the richest guaranteed contract in baseball history, but Manny Machado got the higher average salary. So who won?
- Manny Machado has reportedly agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres on a 10-year, $300 million contract. So, all those reports about him going to the Yankees were the production of a male cow.
- Former Oriole shortshop/third baseman Manny Machado, who was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers last season before becoming a free agent, will be joining the San Diego Padres, according to ESPN.
- This Orioles camp may be the first in a decade where Adam Jones won't be taking a prominent role in the happenings in Sarasota.
- Former Orioles star Manny Machado is having trouble finding the market for his services on the free agent market, and even if the numbers being bandied about are substantial, it's not adding up.
- Three years after the Orioles and Chris Davis agreed to his club-record, $161 million deal, the ramifications on the Orioles' payroll, their rebuild and the game of baseball continue to grow.
- The Orioles' Opening Day game against the New York Yankees will start a 1:05 p.m. and be broadcast on ESPN, the first national game on the league-wide first day of the season.
- The retooled Washington Nationals are younger and faster. Will they be better?
- Former Orioles All-Star Jonathan Schoop, who they traded to the Milwaukee Brewers on July 31, wasn't tendered a contract and is now a free agent.
- The MASN dispute between the Orioles and Nationals goes before an arbitration panel this week.
- The Orioles' payroll for 2019 might end up being low enough that the club bears some of the players' frustration for the teams who are capping their spending near the soft cap of the competitive balance tax.
- 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.
- The 89th MLB All-Star Game took place July 17, 2018 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
- Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and players association chief Tony Clark did agree on something Tuesday. They both think the All-Star Home Run Derby is alive and well after Bryce Harper's dramatic victory Monday night.
- Baseball's commissioner said Tuesday that "I have not made one decision in my entire time as commissioner related to the Baltimore Orioles that was based on whether or not the MASN litigation was ongoing."
- Everything you need to know about the 2018 MLB All-Star Game, as well as an unfortunate weather forecast.
- The All-Star Home Run Derby featured several contestants who aren't really big boppers. Bryce Harper saved the night.
- Nationals slugger Bryce Harper will take on Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman in the first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night.
- Manny Machado emerged from a tight fan-balloting race to become the AL's starting shortstop. But will he still be an Oriole when the game is played July 17 at Nationals Park?
- Nick Markakis will play in his first All-Star Game at the age of 34.
- The Washington Nationals held a players-only meeting the discuss a fifth consecutive loss and the precarious spot they're now in beyond the halfway point of the season.
- Manny Machado needs to maintain his 137,000-point lead over the Astros' Carlos Correa to make his fourth All-Star Game appearance.
- “I’m grateful for the position I’m in,” Machado said. “I’m 26 years old and I’m going into free agency.”
- Current Oriole Manny Machado and former Oriole Nick Markakis should be in the AL and NL starting lineups when the All-Star game comes to Washington in mid-July.
- If Bryce Harper makes the National League All-Star team, and he's in good shape to do that with updated results being released Monday, he says he'll participate in the Home Run Derby at Nationals Park on July 16.
- Kevin Gausman recorded his fifth no-decision quality start Thursday night against the Nationals.
- A returning Colby Rasmus almost helped the Orioles string together a second straight win in Washington, but instead, the same old result came when Mychal Givens allowed a two-run double in the eighth inning to rookie Juan Soto.
- Orioles starter Andrew Cashner returned from the disabled list, but a lengthy rain delay cost him a chance to stay in the game long enough to get a victory.
- The Orioles couldn't protect two middle-inning leads Tuesday night in a loss to the Washington Nationals.
- In the latest All-Star voting among National League players, former Oriole Nick Markakis has taken the lead among outfielders, surpassing the Nationals' Bryce Harper.
- Former Oriole Nick Markakis is on the cusp of ending an All-Star Game drought in his 13th year in MLB. He's been with the Atlanta Braves since 2015.
- In breakout outfield prospect Ryan McKenna, selected by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2015 draft, the club has a player whose emergence could mean their run of futility with high school outfielders in the draft comes to an end.
- Manny Machado said Thursday that his impressive hitting displays opposite Mookie Betts and Bryce Harper were just "coincidences."
- The Orioles scored just two runs in three games against the Washington Nationals.
- Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy allowed multiple homers for the sixth time in his past seven starts Tuesday. It resulted in another loss.
- The Orioles couldn't take advantage of early base runners against the Nationals on Tuesday night.
- The Nationals' Bryce Harper and Orioles' Manny Machado each homer in the first inning of Tuesday night's interleague game at Camden Yards.
- Orioles starter Alex Cobb has pitched pretty well over his past six starts. Not that it has made any difference.
- Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more about the Orioles-Nationals game Monday.
- Orioles shortstop Manny Machado and Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper are taking different approaches to their free-agent walk years.
- On the six-year anniversary of Adam Jones' contract extension that kept him off the free-agent market and in Baltimore through his prime, he and the club reflect on what made the last such deal they signed worthwhile and why others haven't had the same opportunity.
- Major League Baseball and the Baltimore-based sports apparel and footwear brand decided that transitioning from Majestic Athletic to Under Armour as the official uniform provider by next season was not feasible.
- Washington slugger Bryce Harper hit a broken-bat home run an estimated at 406 feet to right-center field. Perhaps even more surprisingly, the struggling Nationals rallied to cool off the Mets.
- he Washington Nationals have agreed to a two-year contract extension with general manager Mike Rizzo. The team announced the deal hours before its home opener against the New York Mets. Rizzo had been in the final year of his contract but now is set to stay with the Nationals through 2020.
- Baltimore Sun staff predicts how the Orioles will finish, who will go to the playoffs, win the World Series and take home baseball's top awards during the 2018 MLB season.
- With so much uncertainty from top to bottom, is this the final ride for the Orioles core group?
- Aaron Judge on Manny Machado: "I asked him how he liked short and said you'd look pretty good in pinstripes, too."
- The Orioles came into the past offseason hoping to score a bargain starting pitcher. They did that with Andrew Cashner, but Alex Cobb would complete a very credible starting rotation.
- In July, Baltimore-based Under Armour was negotiating a long-term extension with Aaron Judge. Now, Judge has been wearing Adidas cleats and Adidas batting gloves during spring training with the Yankees.