jake arrieta

The Orioles might have avoided a real headache in a year full of them by missing out on Jason Vargas, and despite all that’s gone badly for them this season, it looks like Andrew Cashner was the right pitcher to stabilize their rotation.

By Jon Meoli

Aug 14, 2018

Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb has shown recent strides that he's getting comfortable on the mound after signing March 21.

By Eduardo A. Encina

May 18, 2018

Tommy Hunter and Jake Arrieta have been friends since their college days. They spent four years together with the Orioles and have remained close. That friendship helped the Phillies sign Arrieta to a three-year deal and join Hunter in Philadelphia.

As spring training is about to being, storylines to watch around baseball include the two slugging superstars in pinstripes, will Clayton Kershaw opt out of his contract and did the Cubs do enough to win another World Series title?

As the Orioles continue to wait for prices to drop, other teams such as the Texas Rangers have filled out their rotations for fair prices already this offseason.

By Jon Meoli

Feb 7, 2018

As the Orioles reach the mid-January minicamp checkpoint in their offseason, little has changed in their pursuits of starting pitching or the possible trade of star Manny Machado.

By Jon Meoli

Jan 5, 2018

With six weeks left to fill out their starting rotation, the Orioles find a free-agent market that has only changed in ways that makes things worse for them.

By Jon Meoli

Jan 2, 2018

Super agent Scott Boras held his annual winter meetings press scrum on Wednesday.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Dec 13, 2017

Depending on whether the Orioles decide to crack open their coffers for big-name starting pitchers in free agency, shop in the middle of the market, or wait it out until January, there are plenty of ways they can rebuild their rotation this offseason.

By Jon Meoli

Nov 6, 2017

The Chicago Cubs are starting to look like the defending world champions and the Orioles continued to look defenseless in Saturday night’s 10-2 loss at Camden Yards.

By Peter Schmuck

Jul 15, 2017

Orioles on deck: What to watch Saturday vs. Cubs, plus series matchups

By Josh Land

Jul 15, 2017

Jake Arrieta returned to Camden Yards for the first time since he was traded to the Cubs.

By Peter Schmuck

Jul 14, 2017

The Orioles know it can be costly at the trade deadling, having dealt a bona fide major league starter away in each of the last four Julys.

By Jon Meoli

Jul 14, 2017

Free-agent losses, injuries and growing pains are making it difficult for baseball's defending champions to repeat their 2016 success.

By Peter Schmuck

Jul 14, 2017

Schmuck: Orioles shouldn't regret some of their former pitchers excelling elsewhere

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 3, 2017

Orioles avoid arbitration with their big three, but opportunity to keep Machado, Britton and Tillman long term shrinks

By Eduardo A. Encina

Jan 14, 2017

The flyball between Indians outfielders Tyler Naquin and Lonnie Chisenhall looked harmless. It turned out to be the exact opposite. The duo miscommunicated and

By Andy McCullough

Nov 1, 2016

The Orioles had the top picks to build a Cubs-like core, but it never came to fruition.

By Jon Meoli

Oct 28, 2016

The Cubs evened the World Series as Kyle Schwarber provided a pair of RBI singles and his teammates capitalized on a series of miscues by the Indians in a 5-1

By Andy McCullough

Oct 26, 2016

I wonder how many sports fans are tired of hearing about all the great moves Orioles general manager Dan Duquette has made during his time with the Orioles? Are you as tied as I am seeing one of the worst starting staffs in all of baseball?

National League Championship Series still figures to be climactic.

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 21, 2016

Former Oriole Rich Hill steals NLCS spotlight in Dodgers' Game 3 win

By Eduardo A. Encina

Oct 19, 2016

The Baltimore Sun baseball experts deliver their predictions for the AL and NL division playoff series.

It certainly is no secret in Baltimore and beyond that the Orioles starting rotation is in crisis, which just makes it that much more frustrating for fans to watch from afar as 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta continues along his merry way.

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 18, 2016

Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta said he recommended Brian Matusz to the Cubs front office.

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 15, 2016

On Sunday, Bowie is honoring one of its most high-profile alumni. He just happens not to play for the Orioles anymore.

By Jonas Shaffer

Apr 19, 2016

As the old saying goes: If you have nothing nice to say, wait for the Sports Illustrated cover story to spill it.

By Jonas Shaffer

Mar 30, 2016

Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jake Arrieta's Cy Young award was well deserved.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Nov 19, 2015

When the Orioles traded Jake Arrieta to the Chicago Cubs on July of 2013, he was toiling in Triple-A , still struggling to fulfill tremendous expectations placed on both him by both the club and himself since he had been anointed one of the promising young home-grown arms destined to bring the Orioles back to respectability.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Nov 18, 2015

Jake Arrieta has a legitimate chance to win the NL Cy Young Award tonight, there's a couple of Buck Showlater connection in the manager of the year awards, David Ortiz is retiring and Manny Machado missed on the Platinum Gold Glove.

By Dan Connolly

Nov 18, 2015

Two former Baltimore sports stars played well against the Ravens, and a pitcher who never quite became a star with the Orioles started Game 2 of the NLCS.

By Alexander Pyles

Oct 18, 2015

Are you pulling for the Cubs to win the World Series, or would it make you even more frustrated about the current Orioles if the Cubs were to win it all in 2015 (as Back to the Future 2 predicted)?

By Dan Connolly

Oct 16, 2015

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

By Dan Connolly

Oct 12, 2015

In his only other postseason opportunity, Cubs ace Jake Arrieta wasn't even on the Orioles playoff roster.

By Sean Welsh

Oct 8, 2015

Orioles lose in Texas, Dan Duquette loses dream job and Jake Arrieta pitches a no-hitter for his 17th win of the season.

Steve Clevenger, who was the designated hitter for the second consecutive game, hadn¿t homered since he was with the Chicago Cubs in 2012. That was shortly before he was sent to the Orioles, along with Scott Feldman, in the deal the shipped Jake Arrieta to Chicago.

By Dan Connolly

Aug 17, 2015

The Orioles saw first-hand on Friday afternoon how much former Orioles right-hander Jake Arrieta has progressed over the past year since joining the Chicago Cubs.

The Orioles are making their first trip to Wrigley Field since June 2008 for the three-game series against the Cubs that begins Friday afternoon.

The Orioles will play against two familiar faces in their three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field this weekend. Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta is scheduled to start Friday's series opener, and left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada is set to start Sunday.

Nick Markakis' catch to rob a home run in Monday's 8-2 win over the Chicago White Sox received some national attention. While Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Markakis deserves that recognition, the right fielder often shuns it.

It didn't happen immediately, but Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen is slowly emerging this season as the pitcher who excelled for the club in its surprising playoff run.

For the Orioles' top two prospects — right-handers Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman — it is no different. Both pitchers made it to the major leagues in their first full professional seasons, but each has faced adversity over the past year.

Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman will start Opening Day on March 31 vs. the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards, Buck Showalter announces.

Steve Clevenger, a Mount St. Joseph's graduate, grew up an Orioles fan, living just a stone's throw from Oriole Park at Camden Yards, in Pigtown. The trade that brought him to his hometown organization last summer gave him an opportunity few players have.

Second baseman Jemile Weeks, who came to the Orioles from Oakland in December's Jim Johnson trade, and catcher Johnny Monell, acquired in a deal with the San Francisco Giants, will likely both have to show their flexibility.

The Orioles added another reliever to their roster on Friday, but also learned that two members of the 2013 club have gone elsewhere, including fan favorite Nate McLouth.

Orioles right-hander Scott Feldman signed a three-year deal with Houston. Said O's didn't make an offer.

Scott Feldman is headed to the Houston Astros at $30 million over three years.

And left-hander Brian Matusz, who spent the entire season as a reliever last year, will again among those pitchers competing for a starting rotation spot during spring training, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said on Thursday night.

The Orioles are rapidly falling out of the race, but right-hander Scott Feldman has done his part in the last two months