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Veteran second baseman Brian Roberts, who has played his entire 13-year career with the Orioles and has been the face of the franchise through many of those seasons, has agreed to a one-year deal worth $2 million plus incentives with the rival New York Yankees, according to a FOXSports.com report this morning.

Orioles acquire minor league catcher David Freitas to complete Jim Johnson deal with Oakland.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to know he was going to be asked during his formal winter meetings media session about the team's relative inactivity while other American League East clubs make moves to improve.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said Sunday evening that the club will stick to its original mission of trying to get better through high-value acquisitions.

Orioles owner Peter Angelos must spend money to make money

Former Orioles closer Jim Johnson said teammates expressed "mixed emotions" about Monday night's trade.

While the Orioles' trade of closer Jim Johnson offered more questions than answers, Dan Duquette insisted Tuesday that the deal can't truly be evaluated for the next several weeks.

The Orioles-A's trade had little to do with the relative strengths of Jim Johnson and Jemile Weeks. Instead, it was a commentary on our evolving understanding of the value of closers.

If you went to bed early last night, you woke up this morning to the news that the Orioles suddenly have an opening at closer.

There has been speculation for weeks that the Orioles might try to move closer Jim Johnson to avoid paying him $10 million or so in salary arbitration, but the deal that sent him to the Oakland A's on Monday night raises as many questions as it answers and has to leave O's fans wondering just what is going on in the Warehouse.

Lost in Monday night¿s 11th-hour drama that saw the Orioles trade closer Jim Johnson to the A¿s were several roster moves the club also made prior to the midnight tender deadline.

Late Monday night the Orioles traded former All-Star closer Jim Johnson to the Oakland Athletics for second baseman Jemile Weeks and a minor league player to be named later.

The Orioles hope to get back in the win column tonight after their four-game winning streak was snapped with last night's 5-2 loss to the A's here at Camden Yards.