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When fans made a great catch of a foul ball at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium back in the good old days, Rex Barney, legendary announcer, proclaimed over the public address system, “Give that fan a contract!” In light of the Orioles' painful state of affairs, maybe that's not just a corny idea.

Orioles utility man Steve Wilkerson is back in the Arizona Fall League for a second year after a tumultuous year that included a drug suspension and a pair of injuries.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter led the Orioles to success as part of a wave taking over the game that emphasize bullpen usage and defense. That the rest of the league caught up and passed them on that front doesn't take away from the success it brought.

As the Orioles and Showalter part ways at the end of a 115-loss season, players said the manager who oversaw that collapse was the same who led them to three playoff appearances in five years, for better or worse.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said Monday that the team is "in the process of planning for the future" even as he awaits word on whether he will be offered a new contract.

The Orioles' season finale was full of emotion Sunday as Adam Jones and Buck Showalter had perhaps their final games in orange and black.

Players and pitchers likely to be back with the Orioles in 2019 fuel season-ending 4-0 win over the Houston Astros at Camden Yards in the final game of the season.

Adam Jones was on the field by himself to start the Orioles' final game of the season.

The Orioles lost for the third time in two days after receiving a quality start from Yefry Ramírez in a 5-2 loss to the Houston Astros.

The Orioles suffered a late 4-3 loss to the Houston Astros in the first half of Saturday’s doubleheader at Camden Yards.

Orioles outfielder Adam Jones served the Baltimore community until the end of the season after extending his stay with the team by two months when he nixed a trade to the Phillies.

Orioles rookie David Hess ended his season with a seven-inning, one-run outing against the Astros.

The Orioles opened their final series of the season with a 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros.

Just a handful of Astros who won last year's World Series were with the team when their rebuild began, a signal to the Orioles and their fans that they might not see the current players around when the winning returns.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis won't play in the final homestand, manager Buck Showalter said, reversing what he'd said Wednesday in Boston and solidifying Davis as having one of the worst seasons in baseball history.

Adam Jones named Most Valuable Oriole.

If this is the end of Adam Jones' time with the Orioles, he leaves a huge on- and off-field legacy in Baltimore.

Thursday's series opener between the Orioles and Astros was postponed by rain and will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader Saturday, Sept. 29.

Though his contract is set to expire in October, Orioles manager Buck Showalter is at peace with his uncertain future. "You know how good they’ve been to me," he said of the club he's managed for nine seasons. "I’m not ever going to forget that, regardless of what happens.”

Trey Mancini drove in three runs, Adam Jones had three hits and the Orioles' stars helped them best a star-less Red Sox team, 10-3, Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis sat for a third straight day Wednesday, but will play again this season, manager Buck Showalter said.

Dylan Bundy, threw 90 pitches in three laborious innings and further stretched an Orioles pitching staff that despite roster expansion can barely cover the required innings on a given day.

The Orioles play the Yankees this weekend in a series that has playoff implications.

Long before anyone knew this Orioles season was going to develop into the mess that it did, the one thing that was clear was that the beginning of it was going to be very hard.

Jonathan Villar's vast talent has still gone fully untapped as he reaches the Orioles

John Andreoli nearly become a quarterback. But thanks to UConn, he's out in center field for the Orioles.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter stressed good evaluation and good communication as key aspects of the team's rebuild, and kept returning to the idea that the team has to sell hope to a fan base that might not see it in the club's 36-93 record.

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 Aug. 31 trade deadline for traded players to be eligible for the postseason is looming, but Adam Jones continues to give every indication that he's sticking around until the end of the season ... and wants to come back next year.

“It’s a solid baseball team, and a reminder — we were talked about like that,” manager Buck Showalter said. “It’s something we need to get back to.”

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.

Danny Valencia pitched a third of an inning and struck out Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo, then said that "there's more in the tank."

Orioles starter Andrew Cashner allowed 10 earned runs in 1 2/3 innings in Thursday night's blowout loss to the Texas Rangers.

Newly acquired infielder Jonathan Villar joined the Orioles in Texas and moved right into the starting lineup at second base and in the leadoff spot.

But what comes next will say a lot more about the Orioles’ direction than the rhetoric that’s accompanied this month’s maneuvering.

The Orioles are getting some good reviews after trading away two elite players, but it'll be several years before we know just how well this rebuilding effort is going to go.

A look at what the sports writing community has to say about Zach Britton being traded to the New York Yankees.

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 and Red Sox won the second game of their three-game series at Camden Yards on Tuesday night while Yankees moved closer to acquiring Zach Britton.

Their main ask will be a top prospect, as centerpiece center fielder Yusniel Díaz was in their deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last week.

As the Orioles open a seven-game homestand today, it will likely be the last for Britton in an Orioles uniform as the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline approaches.

The Orioles could move Zach Britton in the coming days

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader apologized to his team after years-old racist and homophobic tweets surfaced during the All-Star Game.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said the trade of Manny Machado was going to be the first step in an organizational rebuild that will include everything from expanded analytics and technology to more professional and international scouting efforts.

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Hadar said Tuesday night that the tweets were "something that happened when I was 17 years old, and as a child, I was immature."

With a pair of consecutive swings in the 10th inning of the 89th All-Star Game at Nationals Park, the two young Houston Astros stars did what everyone else did: they hit home runs.

Former Orioles infielder and Astros first base coach Rich Dauer was back in the coaching box Tuesday at the All-Star Game, marking his return to the field after a blood clot nearly took his life during last year's World Series celebration in Houston.

The All-Star Home Run Derby featured several contestants who aren't really big boppers. Bryce Harper saved the night.