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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.

Clayton Kershaw was dominating in a meaningless four-inning performance in the final game of the World Series.

By Peter Schmuck

Nov 2, 2017

Your guide for World Series game times, TV and betting odds, plus an Orioles angle.

Instead of giving rich ballplayers even more money to travel, how about giving the 500 retired players without MLB pensions more than the $625 per quarter of service they’re currently getting?

Under Armour announced a 10-year deal Monday to outfit all Major League Baseball players starting in 2020 – marking the brand's first uniform agreement with an American professional league.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Dec 5, 2016

The Baltimore Sun baseball experts deliver their predictions for the AL and NL division playoff series.

The Orioles will face a familiar face in Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Dodgers - a revitalized Bud Norris, who Los Angeles just acquired last

By Eduardo A. Encina

Jul 6, 2016

Orioles on deck: What to watch Monday at Dodgers

The Sun staff makes its picks for the upcoming baseball season.

As it begins a new season, Major League Baseball has a deep roster and a waiting bullpen of suppliers promoting their brands by visibly associating with the sport. MLB grants licenses to Under Armour Inc., Nike Inc., Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. and other companies for products ranging from uniforms and cleats to sunglasses.

By Jeff Barker

Apr 3, 2016

When the Orioles traded Jake Arrieta to the Chicago Cubs on July of 2013, he was toiling in Triple-A , still struggling to fulfill tremendous expectations placed on both him by both the club and himself since he had been anointed one of the promising young home-grown arms destined to bring the Orioles back to respectability.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Nov 18, 2015

Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats walked off the field.

Designated hitter Nelson Cruz and center fielder Adam Jones, the Orioles' two representatives who played in the All-Star Game on Tuesday at Target Field in Minneapolis, had similar results in each of their two at-bats during the annual event.

Interleague play and widespread television exposure have made baseball's All-Star Game less of an event.

Let's not get too carried away. Free agent pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez is not going to be mistaken for Clayton Kershaw any time soon, but the 30-year-old right-hander who agreed to a four-year deal with the Orioles on Monday is the significant pitching acquisition that Dan Duquette has been trying to pull off for the last four months.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis lost to Detroit's Miguel Cabrera for two Players' Choice Awards.

After a record-setting season, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis will receive consideration for most of the major awards this fall. But he finished a distant second-place in one vote announced Thursday.

Fifteen of the 27 pitchers to start a division series game this year were developed by their current organization.

Chris Davis is a finalist for Player of the Year from the players' union.

Manny Machado ranks fourth behind Mariano Rivera, Matt Harvey and Yasiel Puig in MLB jersey sales since the All-Star break.

The Orioles pounded Tigers pitching in Wednesday afternoon's 13-3 series finale win over the defending American League champions with three homers and 17 hits.

Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was picked third overall in ESPN's "franchise player draft," in which 30 ESPN analysts picked which Major League Baseball player they would start their franchise with.

Baltimore Orioles' Jake Arrieta pitched well again Thursday but Buck Showalter's not handing him a rotation spot yet

While the Orioles aren¿t actively pursuing additional starting pitching, it didn¿t stop them from scouting right-handed veteran pitcher Aaron Harang in Los Angeles Dodgers camp on Monday in Phoenix.

Stephen Strasburg surrendered three hits over two innings -- including a single and home run to the first two batters he faced -- in his first action since Sept. 7.

Showalter was announced Wednesday night as one of three finalists for the Baseball Writers' Association of America's award after leading the Orioles to a 93-69 record and their first playoff appearance since 1997.

All-Star games are not a spectacle anymore. Across the board, in every sport, All-Star games are starting to lose their luster, the interest of wanting to see glorified exhibition games slowly waning.

For Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen, the line between good and great Saturday night was as thin as one strike. Chen was close, very close, as he turned in a serviceable performance in the O's 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals.