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The Orioles' minor league coaching staffs announced Friday feature a mix of familiar faces in new roles and fresh blood from the college and amateur ranks, as the organization looks to overhaul its player development system under a new front office.

Former Orioles pitcher Wade Miley has signed with the Houston Astros after pitching well last season for the Milwaukee Brewers.

On the 'Analytics in Baseball Operations' panel Saturday at Orioles FanFest, assistant general manager Sig Mejdal and senior director of international scouting Koby Pérez outlined how the analytics that will drive the Orioles' rebuild can produce results on the field.

Near the end of the Orioles’ season-ticket holders’ Q&A with executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde on Saturday at FanFest, a longtime Orioles fan boiled down their greatest challenge as simply as anyone could.

The Orioles announced Wednesday that their coaching staff under manager Brandon Hyde will include Tim Cossins, Doug Brocail, Don Long, Arnie Beyeler, José Flores, José Hernández, Howie Clark, and John Wasdin.

Mike Mussina, who could be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, is still the last homegrown Orioles starter to even make an All-Star Game.

With the Ravens' run ending suddenly Sunday in the playoffs, a look at what the Orioles have been up to in a transformational offseason for the entire franchise.

The challenge facing the new Orioles front office is daunting and there are no guarantees, but anything will be better than last season.

These were the top 10 biggest news stories from the past year.

With the announcement of Wednesday's agreement that will allow Cuban players to safely come to the United States to play baseball in the same manner that professionals from South Korea and Japan can, the Orioles will have an even wider talent base to sift through.

At its core, 2018 was defined not by games but by the complex and sometimes tragic stories that accompany them.

Aside from the Astros, the only other team to execute a similar rebuilt recently is the Chicago Cubs, and new Orioles manager Brandon Hyde spearheaded their player development operation early before joining the major league coaching staff through a rebuild that netted the 2016 World Series title.

Brandon Hyde is in place as manager, but there's still a lot of work to be done for the Orioles to be where they want to be when spring training begins in the second week of February.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was the first name Mike Elias heard on his first managerial research call, a process that ended with Hyde introduced as the Orioles' 20th manager Monday.

Brandon Hyde will be the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Hyde, who was hired away from the Chicago Cubs after spending 2018 as their bench coach and five years on their major league coaching staff, was selected from a group of six candidates.

The Orioles' main roster-oriented activity at this week's winter meetings will likely be Thursday's Rule 5 draft. Here's who they might take.

Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch on Tuesday laid out the type of relationship the new Orioles front office of executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and assistant general manager Sig Mejdal could have with their new manager.

There are reports that Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde will be the Orioles' new manager. If so, he's got his work cut out for him.

Chris Davis stopped by the 40th annual Orioles Reach Holiday Party for local school kids and talked about his desire to be a big part of the Orioles rebuilding project.

The Orioles claimed infielder Rio Ruiz, a one-time Houston Astros farmhand, off waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Monday as baseball's winter meetings began in Las Vegas.

Orioles manager Mike Elias said the Orioles are "pretty far along" in their search to replace Buck Showalter as manager, though he didn't expect one to be named imminently.

The Orioles will be in Las Vegas from Monday to Thursday for their first winter meetings led by new executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias.

Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said on the 105.7 The Fan Orioles Hot Stove show that the club had done background on dozens of managerial candidates and was past phase one of the search to replace Buck Showalter.

The Orioles will have one of the biggest bonus pools in the 2019 MLB draft, and the dismissal of Gary Rajsich Tuesday shows they're just as focused on that as building things for the present.

With Mike Elias on board as the new general manager, the Orioles hope for a better future. In the meantime, here's a look at their storied past.

Orioles scouting director Gary Rajsich won't return for 2019 under new general manager Mike Elias.

The international flavor on the Astros' top prospect list gives hope that new Orioles general manager Mike Elias could build a similarly diverse and talented system in Baltimore.

The Orioles announced Wednesday morning that Sig Mejdal will be the team’s assistant general manager, analytics.

Former Orioles infielder Miguel Tejada is among those on the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.

From their playing days in college to their success in MLB, here's how Mike Elias and Dan Duquette stack up to each other.

The Orioles introduced their new general manager, Mike Elias, on Monday. Elias emphasized that "the plan is simple. We're going to build an elite talent pipeline."

With the Orioles parting ways with longtime manager Buck Showalter, the organization must decide who its field general of the future will be.

Mike Elias has impressed his mentors and colleagues during his rapid rise from Yale to his new job as executive vice president of the Orioles.

New Orioles baseball operations chief will be coming from a new direction after helping build the Houston Astros into a World Series team, but he'll need several years to transform the O's into a 21st century operation.

The Houston Astros rebuild that Mike Elias was a part of worked partly because of the continuity in personnel their general manager, Jeff Luhnow, brought from the Cardinals. Who from Houston could help replicate that for Elias in Baltimore?

Mike Elias, who played a major role in the Houston Astros’ rebuild that culminated in a 2017 World Series title, will get the chance to replicate that as the Orioles’ next general manager.

The MASN dispute between the Orioles and Nationals goes before an arbitration panel this week.

The Maryland Sports Boosters put on a 1983 World Series reunion gala on Wednesday night in conjunction with the Babe Ruth Museum. There were plenty of players from that team in attendance and many of them were wondering when the Orioles will knock them off that pedestal.

Mike Elias reportedly will be named the new baseball operations chief of the Orioles, but nothing is official yet. Still, he's already creating a buzz around town.

Who is Mike Elias? Here's some background on the Astros assistant general manager's path through baseball.

Resetting the Orioles' known executive candidates with the possibility that they could make a decision on a replacement for executive vice president Dan Duquette this week.

As they rebuild and deal with an uneven organizational depth chart, the Orioles should take a deeper and different look at the list of minor league free agents this winter.

The Orioles have the only remaining vacancy at the top executive level after the San Francisco Giants hired Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi as their president of baseball operations late Tuesday.

Updating Orioles prospects in the Arizona Fall League, Dominican Winter League, and Venezuelan Winter Leagues.

A month after dismissing executive vice president Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter following the worst season in franchise history, the Orioles' search for a new individual to lead the organization’s baseball operations continues.

Steve Pearce, who has played for all five American League East teams, including the Orioles, is named World Series MVP after helping the Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 World Series.

Former Orioles manager Buck Showalter was back in Baltimore for the first time since he was let go on Oct. 3 to serve as the starter for the KidsPeace Trick-or-Trot 5K at Camden Yards Saturday.

The Orioles have several pitching prospects who, like Astros Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel, have to overcome the soft-tossing lefty stigma to succeed in the majors. What does Keuchel have to say about that progression that they can learn?

The Orioles' Tanner Scott's fastball regularly averages 97-98 mph, but he's developed an incredible weapon in his slider.

Baltimore Sun staff writers and editors predict winners for the American League and National League Championship Series.