Tag: baltimore
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Grappling with the Grayson Rodriguez and Taylor Ward Trade
All offseason I have been saying that the Orioles need to pretend like Grayson Rodriguez doesn’t exist when planning for the 2026 season. Well last night Mike Elias said “I can do you one better than that” and traded him to the Angels in exchange for Taylor Ward. When I first saw the Andy Kostka…
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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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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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41 Candidates to be the Next Manager of the Baltimore Orioles
Brandon Hyde was Mike Elias’ handpicked guy to lead this team. Elias stuck with him through the rebuilding years and did not replace him the moment the team got good (That is not usually how it goes for rebuild managers). Just 10 days before Hyde was fired Elias did a whole “We can still turn…
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