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Old Mill alumnus Josh Hader's path to All-Star Game took him through an unrealized hometown dream with the Orioles and through three organizations.

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.

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.

The Orioles are 1-9 against the Red Sox and 4-3 against the Yankees this season.

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 Orioles could conceivably be left without a representative in an All-Star Game being played just 40 miles away from downtown Baltimore.

The Dodgers have the best offer on the table for Orioles star Manny Machado, but six other teams have made proposals all are "very close" in appeal.

Manny Machado needs to maintain his 137,000-point lead over the Astros' Carlos Correa to make his fourth All-Star Game appearance.

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.

Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more about Monday's Orioles-Mariners game.

With both the Orioles and Ravens facing attendance problems, the need to sweeten the local fan experience has become even more crucial.

These kids had never played together, and it took awhile for them to jell. But Scheller was patient through the team's early ups and downs.

Chris Tillman allowed three runs in the first inning of his first minor league rehabilitation outing at Short-A Aberdeen on Wednesday night.

The Orioles’ Manny Machado continues to lead in American League All-Star voting at shortstop and has increased his hold on the top spot from a week ago in voting results released Tuesday by Major League Baseball.

The Orioles are in line for 116 losses and the first pick in the draft, but no one has accused them of tanking because they are spending a lot more money on the few wins they are projected to have.

Another seven-game losing streak has the Orioles on a 116-loss pace — and that's before the expected tear-down during which the club's stars would be shipped out.

Former Orioles standout Rich Dauer, who nearly died after suffering a subdural hematoma during the Houston Astros World Series celebration last year, was added to the AL coaching staff for the All-Star Game.

The first results released of American League All-Star voting show the Orioles' Manny Machado leading at shortstop by 110,000 over the Indians' Francisco Lindor. No other Oriole shows up among the leaders.

After an Achilles injury that kept him on the DL all season, Zach Britton returned to the Orioles roster Monday.

With Darren O'Day back and Zach Britton soon to follow, the Orioles will have their full bullpen for the first time this season.

For the first time in their 44-year history, the Washington Capitals are the Stanley Cup champions.

The Orioles selected eight pitchers with their first 10 selections of the MLB draft over the first two days, but tried to balance that out some while still nabbing some highly rated arms on the third and final day Wednesday.

Who are Orioles 2018 draft picks Grayson Rodriguez and Cadyn Grenier, plus what they're saying about the newest additions to the organization.

Zach Britton is scheduled to have four more minor league rehab appearances before he could return from the DL.

After thinking it was a scheduling fluke earlier in the season, the Orioles will see a Yankees pitching staff that like the rest of the league won't throw many fastballs and will challenge the Orioles' aggressive approach.

The Orioles are just finding their footing after an awful start, 88-year-old owner Peter Angelos is battling health problems and it’s fair to wonder who’s running the show. According to sources, John and Louis Angelos are assuming more responsibility.

Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini grabbed a piece of the league lead with two outfield assists in Monday's 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, giving him six for the year and keeping the Orioles ahead in the tense middle innings.

Out of all the numbers surrounding this Orioles team, the only ones that mean anything are the 8 in the win column and the 26 in the loss column. Everything else is noise. But some of the underlying stats behind their unpleasant start go a long way toward explaining the worst record in baseball.

Alex Cobb's first quality start was his best outing as an Oriole, but the right-hander said there's still work to do in finding his old self.

The Orioles are floundering and the Los Angeles Dodgers need a lifeline. So, why is Dan Duquette sticking to a Memorial Day timeline to decide whether to deal Manny Machado?

Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop was one of the Orioles’ top clutch hitters last year, but in the first two weeks of this season, his struggles at the plate have been compounded by some hapless at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Nestor Cortes, one of the Orioles' Rule 5 draft picks, has been designated for assignment, and Yefry Ramirez has joined the bullpen.

Reliever Nestor Cortes Jr. gave up his second grand slam this week in the Orioles' 7-1 loss to the Blue Jays.

Five thoughts on the Orioles' first ten games, including the context of celebrating a losing road trip, the bullpen workload and results, and how the rotation succeeded in the Bronx, and more.

Orioles right-hander Mike Wright Jr. has bounced back from plenty of struggles as he looks to solidify himself as a major league starter. Sunday's nightmare against the Yankees might be one bridge too far.

The Orioles lost decisively on Saturday, but still have a chance to make a statement with a series victory over the Yankees.

Chris Tillman didn't do much to answer questions about what he'll be for the Orioles in 2018 with a second straight loss, Saturday to the New York Yankees.

Any success for the Orioles hinges on whether their one-trick offense can solve the game’s growing trend of pitching backward and adapt its free-swinging approach to a style of pitching meant to exploit it.

In the 14th inning, more than five hours after the game began, Pedro Álvarez broke a 3-3 deadlock with a grand slam to help the Orioles to a 7-3 win over the New York Yankees.

Chris Davis is 1-for-20 hitting in the leadoff spot this season for the Orioles, meaning it's likely time to end the experiment.

Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy has allowed just one earned run in 13 innings this season.

In his second start of the season, Dylan Bundy delivered his second quality start, the only Orioles starting pitcher to go more than five innings.

Chris Davis sat Wednesday after starting the season 1-for-20 in his first five games while hitting from the leadoff spot.

First pitch, lineups, broadcast info, pitching matchups and what to watch against the Astros on Wednesday afternoon.

The Orioles bullpen allowed seven runs as the team's first offensive eruption of the season goes to waste in a 10-6 loss to the Astros.

Trey Mancini couldn't come up with Carlos Correa's first-inning fly ball, and a crazy bounce led to the first inside-the-park homer the Orioles had allowed since 2014.

Miguel Castro could still eventually start, but right now he's too valuable to the Orioles' quickly taxed bullpen.

All signed point to Alex Cobb making his first Orioles start at home on Monday against Toronto

First pitch, lineups, broadcast info, pitching matchups and what to watch against the Astros on Tuesday.