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The Orioles can’t go into the 2026 season with 3 right handed first basemen on the roster. Right? Right?
Before the Orioles added Pete Alonso to their roster they already had more right handed first basemen than they needed. Now that they have Pete Alonso they have WAY more right handed first basemen than they need Out of all the positions to have a surplus of, first base is a problematic one. An extra
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The Orioles need to finish the job
In an offseason defined by inaction the Orioles have been among the most active teams in all of baseball. They’ve made splash moves both in free agency and in the trade market, however despite everything they’ve done the work is not finished. Who will the Orioles get to round out their rotation? This question is
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The Orioles just made their most aggressive trade yet. Was it good?
Even if I haven’t understood every move they’ve made so far I have enjoyed this Orioles offseason. After years of being intensely risk averse Mike Elias has suddenly adopted a real “you only live once” mentality and one by one he’s checking things off his wishlist with much less reserve for the cost of those
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What else can David Rubenstein’s money do?
At the Pete Alonso press conference David Rubenstein made even more comments about how the Orioles do not have a limit on what they are willing to spend in order to contend of a World Series. Comments like this were beginning grow old for the fans after last offseason saw little long term financial commitment
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There’s a Polar Bear in Baltimore
It feels a little silly to say that I didn’t see this coming. Mike Elias has been vocal for weeks that they were looking to spend this offseason, he gave several quotes saying things like “We’re looking to inject talent into the lineup and we’ll worry about the positional fit later” and it was widely
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Could Tatsuya Imai be “The Guy” for the Orioles
Last offseason one of the Orioles biggest signings was longtime Yomiuri Giants star Tomoyuki Sugano. Sugano’s career as an Oriole got off to a good start and honestly if you did a blame pie for the Orioles collapse in 2025 Sugano’s plate might be completely empty. He had a 3.38 ERA halfway through the season
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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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Orioles Offseason Rubric
Five months from now the offseason will be over and we’ll be able to grade Mike Elias’ offseason. When I was in school I really appreciated when a professor gave you a detailed rubric that outlined what you needed to do in their class to get an A, to get a B or to get
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Who Craig Albernaz isn’t
When it was announced that the Orioles had hired Craig Albernaz as their new manager the first thing I felt was relief. Did I feel this relief because from the moment the Orioles fired Brandon Hyde I was hoping that they would eventually hire Craig Albernaz? No. Albernaz was a name I was familiar with
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Why was Jackson Holliday getting thrown out like that?
One of the most confusing parts of the Orioles season was that Jackson Holliday was so bad on the bases. Through spring training we heard a lot of stories about Holliday’s offseason. He ate nothing but ground beef, he put on a ton of muscle, he slept in his batting cage and yada yada. One
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