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Anthony Santander must show he won't hurt the Orioles on defense for the club to be able to fulfill his Rule 5 requirements.

Miguel Castro was slated to make his first spring start on Sunday, but won't because of patellar tendinitis in both knees.

After stepping away from the game last season, Colby Rasmus is ready to return to baseball with the Orioles.

After making four acquisitions in a seven-day span, the Orioles have addressed their needs for starting pitching and a left-handed-hitting outfielder.

The Orioles agreed with former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Colby Rasmus on a one-year minor league deal Wednesday, pending a physical, according to an industry source.

The Orioles have reached an agreement with outfielder Colby Rasmus on a minor league contract and will bring him to spring training to see what he can do.

The Orioles and Chris Tillman took a while to get a deal done, but the one-year deal for Tillman's return became official.

The Orioles could be closing in on a deal with the veteran outfielder in the coming days.

Former Orioles pitcher Scott Feldman could be a possibility.

The Orioles have broached several familiar — and low risk — names in pursuing a left-handed bat

The Orioles hit just .222 against right-handed pitching in September

Previewing the Orioles' AL East foes

After Edwin Encarnacion's signing last week, the Orioles could find a clearer market for their slugger du jour.

In fairness to the Orioles, the first few weeks of the baseball offseason have not exactly been packed with hot-stove activity. The free agent market has remained quiet and trading activity has been predictably light. So, it's kind of hard to gauge just how "proactive" Dan Duquette and the Orioles front office have been thus far.

The Orioles will find out by 5 p.m. today whether three of their free agents ¿ left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, first baseman Chris Davis and catcher Matt Wieters ¿ will accept or decline the qualifying offers made to them last week.

Outfielder to become first player in history of qualifying offer system to accept

Depending on whether the Orioles are able to retain Wei-Yin Chen, Chris Davis and Matt Wieters, next year¿s draft could be the club¿s most important in years.

The Orioles pursued postseason hero Colby Rasmus last offseason. His in-season production probably wouldn't have helped much.

Center fielder Adam Jones¿ solo homer in the eighth off reliever Chad Qualls gave the Orioles a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros, ending their five-game losing streak and avoiding a four-game sweep on the first stop of a two-city, seven-game road trip.

After dropping their last two games against the Rays this weekend, the Orioles open a two-city, seven-road trip tonight in Houston.

And yes, the postgame interviews over the past month have owned an all too familiar tone, with too many questions about this team¿s inconsistent offense.

This Orioles team is immersed in a month-long struggle to score runs. And a day after beating the Astros in Monday's series opener thanks to a pair of two-run homers, the Orioles bats continued to struggle in a 4-1 loss to Houston in front of an announced 21,541 at Camden Yards.

The Orioles acquired the left-handed-hitting outfielder they had been seeking all offseason, trading a minor league pitcher and a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night for Travis Snider.

The Orioles don't appear to be reeling from Tuesday's news that free-agent outfielder Colby Rasmus agreed to terms with the Houston Astros on a one-year, $8 million deal.

With their top free-agent choice for an outfield spot, Colby Rasmus, now off the board after agreeing to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Houston Astros, the Orioles will continue to explore other available options.

The Orioles current payroll can be estimated around $114 million right now, $7 million or so more than in 2014.

The Orioles maintain interest in free-agent outfielder Colby Rasmus, but money currently appears to be a sticking point between the sides.

After the Orioles announced their signing of designated hitter-outfielder Delmon Young, executive vice president Dan Duquette texted an interesting quote.

Baltimore Sun reporter Dan Connolly shares some thoughts on free-agent outfielder Colby Rasmus' potential fit in the Orioles clubhouse, the deaths of Stu Miller and Hank Peters, and the Hall of Fame voting.

Ryan Webb had minor surgery on his non-throwing shoulder this offseason. He'll be fine for the spring.

If Colby Rasmus isn¿t a fit, the Orioles will continue their search for outfield help elsewhere.

The Orioles have focused their search for outfield help on Colby Rasmus, so much so that O's manager Buck Showalter is slated to meet with the free-agent outfielder in the near future, according to an industry source.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said Monday that he is confident the team can improve its depleted outfield through free agency.

Uncertainty still exists about Dan Duquette's future in Baltimore as he remains the subject of reports that he is a top candidate to take a higher level position with the division rival Toronto Blue Jays.

Count the Orioles among the teams who have inquired about free-­agent outfielder Nori Aoki, but the team's interest in Aoki is "lukewarm," according to a club source.

The Boston Red Sox splashed big with signings of Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez, which could make the Orioles free agent targets more in demand.

The Orioles wasted no time taking control of the series Tuesday, posting their best offensive output in more than two months in a 9-3 win over the Blue Jays in front of an announced 36,183.

A crisp, well-played pitchers¿ duel between two first-place teams imploded horribly in the ninth for the Orioles when playing-with-fire closer Tommy Hunter served up two, two-out homers to hand the Tigers a 4-1 victory.

Orioles right-hander Tommy Hunter knows that the first step in being a good closer is realizing that there's no such thing as a perfect one.

Chris Davis drove in three runs on a pair of opposite-field singles against the shift as the Orioles plated 11 straight runs in an 11-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in front of an announced crowd of 16,283 at Rogers Centre.

Chris Tillman didn't have his best outing in the Orioles' 10-8 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday night, but his ability to make adjustments and stay in the game following a nightmare six-run second inning might have won the Orioles the game.

The Blue Jays traded for R.A. Dickey ahead of the 2013 season for the knuckleballer to anchor their rebuilt rotation, but he hasn't found much success against his division rival from Baltimore.

Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, whom the Orioles signed to a four-year, $50 million contract in February, couldn't get out of the sixth inning against a free-swinging Toronto Blue Jays lineup in an 11-3 rout Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards in front of an announced 39,281.

Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz was back in uniform Sunday morning and back on the mound later in the day.

Colby Rasmus hits the 78th homer onto Eutaw Street at Camden Yards

Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz is available for today's series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays after being bedridden the past two days with an illness that included a brief stay in a local hospital.

It ended 2-1 in the 12th when Steve Lombardozzi tripled with one out and then scored on David Lough¿s single to left against Todd Redmond (0-1) -- sending what was remaining of the announced crowd of 30,446 at Camden Yards home happy.

Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel will start Friday's series opener in Tampa Bay, manager Buck Showalter announced before Tuesday's game in Boston.

Colby Rasmus' two-run homer off Chris Tillman in the seventh inning Saturday evening gave the Blue Jays a 4-3 win over the Orioles at Rogers Centre.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis made history on Friday night, tying Brady Anderson for the franchise single-seasn home run record with his eighth-inning solo blast against the Toronto Blue Jays.