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- The Orioles' relievers are drawing interest, and they can be picky before dealing one of their top bullpen arms.
- After such a strong 2016, there's reason to expect some regression from the Orioles bullpen in 2017.
- O'Day seeing reliever value skyrocket, wants Orioles to keep bullpen intact
- Aroldis Chapman returns to Yankees and agrees to highest-priced contract ever for a relief pitcher.
- Winter Meetings: As teams begin to empty pockets on relievers, Duquette determined to keep Orioles bullpen intact
- Will the game remember Zach Britton for the 47 saves in 47 chances, the 0.54 ERA in 67 innings over 69 games, or his exclusion from the top three vote-getters for the American League Cy Young Award and the immediate — maybe long-term — shift in relief pitching philosophy that was the defining storyline of the playoffs after Showalter didn't use him?
- Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jake Arrieta's Cy Young award was well deserved.
- Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats walked off the field.
- The Orioles have acquired switch-hitting infielder/outfielder Jimmy Paredes from the Kansas City Royals, the club announced Thursday afternoon.
- The Orioles nearly survived one of the worst starts in the career of right-hander Chris Tillman, but they ultimately gave up a late run to lose, 9-8, to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a sloppy game that featured a combined 24 hits and 16 runners left on base.
- BOSTON -- After he was hit in the head in the ninth inning of Friday night's game, Orioles second baseman Robert Andino was out of the starting lineup for this afternoon's game.
- The Orioles were an out away from making a clean getaway on Friday night when Red Sox pitcher Mark Melancon drilled O¿s second baseman Robert Andino in the side of the head with a pitch. Andino left the game and underwent concussion testing. He also was scheduled to undergo a CT scan after the game.
- Miguel Gonzalez outpitched Orioles killer Jon Lester, allowing just two runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings, as the O¿s won their fifth straight, 4-2, in front of an announced sellout crowd of 37,731 at Fenway Park.
- Mark Reynolds had his 15th career multi-homer game as the Orioles continued their recent dominance of the Red Sox, taking their seventh game out of 10 this season, 7-1 at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles have expressed some interest in the lone viable free-agent closer, Francisco Cordero, according to an industry source.