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- Dan Duquette won't be offered a new contract to return as Orioles executive vice president.
- With Cedric Mullins and Jonathan Villar at the top of the Orioles' lineup, the team is looking to make opponents uneasy with speed.
- Blue Jays fan Ken Pagan is sentenced for throwing a beer can at Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim.
- The Orioles will arrive in Washington this week with plenty of business to do.
- The Orioles were left to digest a bitter end to their season, but one thing in particular left a sour taste as they prepared to head home to Baltimore.
- Two nights, two walk-off homers for the Orioles. It¿s mid-August and this enigmatic club isn¿t dead yet. One night after Manny Machado hit a two-run homer to give the Orioles a win in 13 innings Friday, Chris Davis provided the heroics on Saturday, a solo homer to right in the bottom of the ninth to give the Orioles a 4-3 victory.
- Now that Everth Cabrera is officially an Oriole, his addition creates an interesting dynamic to spring training.
- The Orioles are finalizing a one-year deal with free-agent infielder and former All-Star Everth Cabrera, according to an industry source.
- With their top free-agent choice for an outfield spot, Colby Rasmus, now off the board after agreeing to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Houston Astros, the Orioles will continue to explore other available options.
- Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth will undergo surgery on the acromioclavicular joint in his right shoulder on Friday and will require two to three months of rehabilitation, which could put the veteran's availability for Opening Day in jeopardy.
- If Colby Rasmus isn¿t a fit, the Orioles will continue their search for outfield help elsewhere.
- The Orioles began to narrow their focus Tuesday at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in order to fill the outfield void left by the departures of Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis.
- Who do you think is executive vice president Dan Duquette's best acquisition as an Orioles executive so far?
- The Orioles already have signed Joe Saunders to a minor league deal. Could Jim Johnson and Brian Roberts be next?
- Washington Nationals outfielder Nate McLouth said he was sitting on the bench at Nationals Park on Monday night, and a weird feeling took over.
- Chris Tillman¿s four-seam fastball was in the 87-to-91-mph range Friday night, certainly not what it can be or what it has been in the past. In some instances, it would be a cause for alarm.
- Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, whom the Orioles signed to a four-year, $50 million contract in February, couldn't get out of the sixth inning against a free-swinging Toronto Blue Jays lineup in an 11-3 rout Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards in front of an announced 39,281.
- Chris Tillman's latest performance is the kind of outing you expect from an ace.
- With slugger Chris Davis and catcher Matt Wieters eligible for free agency after the 2015 season, are the Orioles' chances to compete nearing an end?
- As Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette sat in his office at the Ed Smith Stadium complex on a sunny afternoon earlier this month, overlooking a well-manicured cloverleaf of fields, a bitter winter seemed like an eternity ago in more ways than one.
- The Orioles haven't given up on signing Ervin Santana, but there hasn't been much dialogue in the past couple days.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter had word of praise for new outfielder David Lough but also tempered expectations for the 28-year-old.
- Even after a winning season in 2013, the club heads into Saturday's FanFest lacking much of the giddiness that permeated last year.
- Back in October, we asked how many of the Orioles' nine free agents were likely to return in 2014. With less than five weeks until spring training, it could end up that none of them return to Baltimore.
- A new year is here and it's time to look forward to 2014. But first let's look back to the past year, when the Orioles had their share of successes and disappointments over 2013.
- There's little arguing that on paper, the Orioles don't appear to be better now than they were last season, but they can still lay claim to having the best defense in baseball.
- Dear Mr. Angelos, please leave the Orioles to someone capable of making good decisions
- Christmas may be over, but the Orioles still have plenty of items left on their offseason shopping list.
- Club's executive vice president says Orioles are turning attention elsewhere to find new closer
- Grant Balfour's two-year, $15 million deal with the Orioles is now in major jeopardy, after team doctors expressed concern with Balfour's right shoulder during his physical, according to industry sources.
- Nick Markakis likes to stay in shape, something that was a challenge last winter while he recovered from the broken thumb that cut short his 2012 season and cost him his first opportunity to play in the postseason.
- Nate McLouth, who spent two months of the 2012 season and all of last year with the Orioles, signed a two-year deal last week with the Washington Nationals worth a guaranteed $10.75 million with an option for a third year.
- As the clock strikes noon on Day 3 of the winter meetings, the Orioles are still quiet.
- At the Swan and Dolphin Resort during this week's winter meetings, there are a lot of baseball experts talking about talent, resorting to on-base percentage and WAR to evaluate value.
- 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.
- The Orioles came to the winter meetings with their eyes on acquiring a left-handed hitter to help fill the void in left field and also at designated hitter.
- We will know soon enough whether Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette strikes gold with the signing of former Giants top prospect Francisco Peguero, but Duquette is definitely making it clear how highly he thinks of the 25-year-old.
- 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.