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The Maryland women's basketball team announced an upcoming two-year series with Connecticut starting in the 2020-21 season. The Terps and the Huskies will meet

Oakland shortstop Richie Martin, who broke out at the plate at Double-A in 2018, was the first pick by the Orioles' in Thursday's Rule 5 draft.

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.

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 manager Buck Showalter led the Orioles to success as part of a wave taking over the game that emphasize bullpen usage and defense. That the rest of the league caught up and passed them on that front doesn't take away from the success it brought.

As the Orioles and Showalter part ways at the end of a 115-loss season, players said the manager who oversaw that collapse was the same who led them to three playoff appearances in five years, for better or worse.

Buck Showalter won't return to manage the Orioles in 2019, according to an industry source, ending what until this season had been a productive relationship with the manager who took over in August 2010 and brought playoff baseball back to Baltimore and an organization that was starved for it.

The Orioles have gotten a lot of looks at their possible future infield alignments this month, and the players involved have responded by carrying the offense amid their changing responsibilities.

The Washington Spirit, which has not won in three months and scored once in the past 11 matches, fired Jim Gabarra as its coach and general manager Tuesday.

Danny Valencia pitched a third of an inning and struck out Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo, then said that "there's more in the tank."

Orioles starter Andrew Cashner allowed 10 earned runs in 1 2/3 innings in Thursday night's blowout loss to the Texas Rangers.

Darren O'Day was traded to the Braves on Tuesday, a move teammate Caleb Joseph was shocked by.

The Orioles moved Brad Brach to the Atlanta Braves for international bonus slot money and said that they expect Adam Jones to remain with the club.

Evaluating the five prospects — Yusniel Díaz, Dean Kremer, Rylan Bannon, Zach Pop, and Breyvic Valera — the Orioles acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers for All-Star shortstop Manny Machado.

A friendly rivalry was almost settled Friday night when Darren O'Day was set to face Ryan Flaherty, but manager Buck Showalter's decision to intentionally walk him avoided that "potential moment" in favor of trying to win the game.

Former Orioles star Nick Markakis is enjoying a career year in the fourth year of his deal with Atlanta, with he and Ryan Flaherty providing the upstart Braves much of what they did for the Orioles, showing what their old team lacks in the process.

The Orioles allowed the American League's least productive lineup to drum them, 11-1.

Orioles closer Zach Britton will throw off a half-mound on Friday, a milestone in his path back from surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon.

The Orioles are supposed to be a big-swinging, power-hitting machine, but they ended last season in a monthlong offensive funk and have seemed to pick up where they left off.

Trey Mancini sat out Monday's exhibition in Norfolk but is expected to be play on Opening Day

For one thing, the Orioles changed the perception of themselves this spring.

With left-handers Joely Rodríguez and Josh Edgin sent to minor league camp, the Orioles seem to have the 12 pitches they'll go north with this week.

The Orioles wrap up spring training knowing that they're not only prepared on the field, but also are a better team than when they arrived because of the additions they made while in Florida.

Danny Valencia was told Saturday that he was heading north to Baltimore with the major league club.

New Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb threw a bullpen Thursday on his first full day with his new club, and discussed with the coaching staff how they'll get him ready for major league action on an abbreviated schedule.

Danny Valencia doesn't have much experience at the middle-infield positions, but the Orioles will likely take a look at him there this spring in considering him for a utility roster spot.

Andrew Cashner kept the ball on the ground with six ground-ball outs in shutting down the Phillies on Sunday night.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said last week's signing of Danny Valencia was insurance in case Tim Beckham went out and broke his leg. Where else do the Orioles need cover like that?

With the midpoint of spring training approaching, resetting the five major storylines the Orioles will be looking to sort out before heading north for Opening Day.

Dylan Bundy allowed five runs in two innings in his Grapefruit League debut Saturday against the Phillies.

Ryan Flaherty expected to return to the Orioles, but he's now with the Phillies.

Jonathan Schoop’s elbow injury isn’t expected to force the Orioles’ starting second baseman to miss an extended amount of time, but his absence from the team’s Grapefruit League opener Friday afternoon served as an early-spring reminder that the team could be in trouble if an infielders goes down.

Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop, one of the team's most durable players, was scratched from the lineup Monday

Austin Hays tripled, scored a run and was 2-for-3 in Thursday's intrasquad game

If the Orioles are going to match last year's payroll, they have about $43 million to spend on upgrades.

What the starting rotation will look like is just one of the pressing questions the Orioles face as spring training begins.

The Orioles had interest in bringing Flaherty back for a seventh season and had been in discussions with him in recent days.

The Orioles added infielder Engelb Vielma in a minor trade with the San Francisco Giants on Friday, adding him to their utility infield mix.

The Orioles' utility infielder options are thin, both internally and externally.

Trying to project the 25 players who will go north in late March shows how much work the club still has to do before it can say its business is finished this offseason.

Once again, former Orioles who are hitting the open market aren't finding much of a market for their services.

The Orioles were the only team to choose three players in the major league phase of baseball's Rule 5 draft.

Wilkerson, who was expected to compete for a utility infielder spot this spring, tested positive for an amphetamine.

The Orioles have signed nontendered players in each of the past two years. Could they again this offseason?

Another important offseason deadline will approach at the end of this week as teams must tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players by Friday at 8 p.m., otherwise making them free agents. Last year, the Orioles signed catcher Welington Castillo after he was nontendered.

Hunter Harvey, David Hess, Austin Wynns and Luis Gonzalez all have strong cases to be added to the Orioles' 40-man roster Monday by the 8 p.m. deadline.

The Orioles are likely to staff the position next year internally with top catching prospect Chance Sisco and veteran Caleb Joseph.

The day after the season concluded, seven Orioles players officially became free agents.

While the Orioles are to be commended for transitioning seamlessly to shortstop Tim Beckham from J.J. Hardy, there's perilously little depth behind him and second baseman Jonathan Schoop.

The Orioles, famous for their roster maneuvering, can chart their season's course with what they got from the back end of their roster.