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The Orioles are hitting just .134 as a team and have scored just six runs in their first four games.

Chris Tillman failed to get an out in the fifth inning, allowing four runs and walking four in Monday night's loss to Houston.

Rich Dauer, a defensive standout infielder for the Orioles, nearly died Nov. 3 as the Houston Astros had their World Series championship parade.

Orioles players said that if the Twins cared so much about Chance Sisco bunting Sunday, they shouldn't have played a shift.

With a pair of short starts on the first weekend of the season, the Orioles are already setting themselves on a dangerous path if they can't consistently have their starters go deep into games.

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

"Just trying to mess with the timing of the game,” Chance Sisco said of his ninth-inning bunt single. “He was kind of going through the lineup. Just trying to do what I can to get on base."

The Orioles are supposed to be a big-swinging, power-hitting machine, but they ended last season in a monthlong offensive funk and have seemed to pick up where they left off.

Kevin Gausman has struggled in the first half of his two full seasons in the Orioles rotation. He's been working to reverse that trend and Buck Showalter is trying to help.

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.

Season previews of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.

Looking back at and catching up with the 1983 Orioles, who won the team's most recent World Series, over the Phillies in five games.

The Orioles have signed pitchers late in spring training before, as they did with Ubaldo Jiménez and Yovani Gallardo. But there's little precedent for getting a pitcher ready who signs as late as they're about to bring in Alex Cobb.

Manager Buck Showalter isn't saying which of his starting pitchers will start on Opening Day, but if you listen to his comments about the O's projected rotation on Saturday and read between the lines, it should be pretty obvious that it will be Dylan Bundy.

Chris Tillman will start against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, which is significant because it means he won't start against them during the opening series of the regular season.

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.

More than two dozen free agents are participating in the Major League Baseball Players Association-run spring training workouts at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

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

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

Zach Britton said he'd like to return to the Orioles, but the team hasn't given him the opportunity to even consider it.

The baseball players union will open its own spring training camp for the first time since the end of the 1994-95 strike, inviting free agents to work out at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

Another byproduct of Manny Machado’s move to shortstop is that the Orioles’ double-play combination can now be considered one of the best in the game.

The Blast defeated the host Harrisburg Heat, 4-2, in a Major Arena Soccer League Eastern Division matchup Friday night. Tony Donatelli scored two goals for the

The Orioles arrive at the holidays in a familiar place - needing to adding starting pitching and fill most of their offseason needs - but the Manny Machado trade saga and Zach Britton's injury make it so they got to this point in tumultuous fashion.

The left-hander can't pitch until June at the earliest, but there's little the club can do but wait for him to return.

After missing most of the 2017 season with various injuries, Orioles closer Zach Britton will be out at least the next six months with a ruptured Achilles suffered while working out Tuesday in California, according to multiple industry sources.

The Orioles' relievers are drawing interest, and they can be picky before dealing one of their top bullpen arms.

Dan Duquette said the Orioles' past blueprint for rebuilding a rotation won't be as easy to replicate this offseason.

Brad Brach didn't duplicate last year's All-Star numbers, but he showed his ability to close out games. What does his future hold with the Orioles?

It might take a while to spot Cal Ripken Jr.'s name.

The Orioles have signed nontendered players in each of the past two years. Could they again this offseason?

Reds pitcher Wojciechowski, who has experience as a reliever and starter, will join the Orioles on a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league camp.

The Orioles could see improvements from their staff by accentuating the use of certain pitches by Kevin Gausman, Dylan Bundy and Gabriel Ynoa.

Another important offseason deadline will approach at the end of this week as teams must tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players by Friday at 8 p.m., otherwise making them free agents. Last year, the Orioles signed catcher Welington Castillo after he was nontendered.

The Orioles have a history of putting short leashes on players they add to the 40-man roster to protect from the Rule 5 draft.

Little big man Jose Altuve won the American League MVP award and showed why baseball really is the most democratic major sport.

Jonathan Schoop finished 12th in American League Most Valuable Player voting.

The Orioles will have two selections in the first 33 picks in next year's draft.

Orioles rookie Trey Mancini had a strong season that would have drawn more notice had it not been for Aaron Judge.

Two Aberdeen residents who call the Houston area of Texas home, respond to devastation by Hurricane Harvey with U-Haul full of donations.

Rich Dauer is the Houston Astros first-base coach.

Nick Boyle did not participate in practice all week.

The Orioles more often than not wait until later in the offseason to sign free-agent pitchers, but there has been plenty of value in November recently, too.

The outside linebacker said losing a few hours of sleep to watch Houston win its first title was worth it.

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

Because of territorial restrictions, the Nationals can't play in Anne Arundel County.

It would appear that Chris Tillman's return is more likely than that of Wade Miley.

Postseason managers are overmanaging their pitching staffs and it's costing them games.

The Ravens kicker would like to be considered.