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What does Jordan Westburg’s comments about “Forcing the Front Office’s Hand” mean?
The Orioles had a good week! They got their first walkoff, saw multiple exciting prospects make their debut and won 2 series against playoff teams. In the Sunday afternoon postgame after the Orioles had just bludgeoned the Astros 12-0 Jordan Westburg gave a quote to the Orioles beat reporters that caused quite a stir. “Look,…
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10 Reasons to keep watching the 2025 Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles are at a weird part of the schedule. They are 12 games under .500 and they aggressively sold at the deadline so they’ve clearly waved the white flag on the season but there are still 44 games left to be played before we can all go home. I watch all the Orioles games…
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What Stood Out About the Orioles Trade Deadline
Deadline day is hectic. There are livestreams of people reacting to trades, there are posts and opinions and crash outs. It’s a fun day on the internet although admittedly less fun if your team is being dismantled. The Orioles made a lot of trades this year. If you count the Bryan Baker trade from a…
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Orioles Trade Deadline Preview – 87 starting pitching prospects that could start for the Orioles in 2026
There are a lot of things about being a seller at the deadline that are not fun, one of those things is that you are trading away players that you know, whose jersey you own and have given you great moments in exchange for prospects you haven’t heard of, whose jersey you don’t own and…
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The Orioles Should Be Willing to Do Almost Anything for 2026 Starting Pitching
When I saw the news that Grayson Rodriguez had suffered another elbow related setback in his rehab I got dizzy. I tried to focus what the article was saying but the letters in the headline floated up into the air and rearranged themselves in front of me and here is what it said: The Orioles…
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What is the correct opinion to have about the Trevor Rogers/Kyle Stowers trade?
Sunday was a big day for all the members of the Trevor Rogers trade. In the morning Trevor Rogers threw 6.1 shutout innings in a low scoring win against the Braves, in the afternoon Connor Norby went 0-3 and in the evening it was announced that Kyle Stowers had made the All Star team. Stowers…
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Coby Mayo was called up almost a year ago, and the Orioles haven’t done him any favors since
Coby Mayo made his MLB debut 11 months ago and it doesn’t feel like the Orioles have gotten as much out of Mayo as they could have in that time. Saying that I am disappointed by the first (calendar) year of Coby Mayo might sound a little harsh but my disappointment is not targeted at…
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Speculating and Hypothesizing about David Rubenstein
One question that has been tickling the back of my mind ever since the Orioles season took a turn for the worse is “What does David Rubenstein think about all this?” I’m sure when Rubenstein bought the team he was sold the idea that he was buying a powerhouse that would be one of the…
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What does it mean to be a “Tear That Jersey Off My Back” guy
Criag Kimbrel has reached a lot of important milestones in his career but this past week he crossed a point that few MLB players ever reach. When he was DFA’d by the Braves and signed a minor league deal with the Rangers he officially became a “You’ll have to tear this jersey off by back”…
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The Corbin Burnes injury actually makes the Orioles’ offseason worse if you think about it
Last week it was announced that Corbin Burnes would require Tommy John surgery. This announcement sparked conversation on a number of topics surrounding the inevitability of pitching injuries but one bit of discourse in particular caught my attention; the idea that The Orioles had been smart to avoid paying Burnes. Keith Law made a post…
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