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We’re only days away from Orioles pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training to prepare for the 2026 season. It’s the time of year when optimism abounds and fans everywhere can hope for the best from their favorite team. The O’s are no exception, and yesterday you let us know what most excites you about […]
From Camden Chat | about 4 hours ago | 1 read
Hello, friends. There are now 49 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. That’s seven weeks from today that we’ll be back to real baseball. I’m not so sure we’ll be rid of the snow piles by then. WBC pitchers and catchers are four days away from reporting, with the rest of the pitchers and catchers […]
From Camden Chat | about 6 hours ago | 1 read
After a disappointing 2025, Orioles GM Mike Elias certainly has not been sitting around doing nothing this offseason, hoping that the problems will solve themselves with much of the same core of the roster returning. He’s gone out and made three big moves that to me were unthinkable when I sat around four months ago […]
From Camden Chat | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Jeremiah Jackson made his major league debut the day after the Orioles traded Cedric Mullins to the Mets. The trade deadline marked the unofficial end to a season that was lost over the first two months. Any fans still tuning into MASN or MASN2 (RIP) on a given night were left looking for fun stories […]
From Camden Chat | 1 day ago | 1 read
Good Morning Birdland, It is getting increasingly difficult to write these opening thoughts to the Bird Droppings while the Orioles make no roster moves of note. There has been zero significant movement in quite a while. In case you have missed the last…uh…five months (?), the Orioles still want to sign a “frontline” pitcher. They […]
From Camden Chat | 1 day ago | 0 reads
For the last 10 days, Maryland has been encased in a covering of frozen snow perpetuated by near constant freezing temperatures. The feeling of being imprisoned by the winter months is something most baseball fans share, as they wait for the offseason to thaw into the renewed hope that comes with spring and the start […]
From Camden Chat | 2 days ago | 1 read
Good morning, Camden Chatters. You wouldn’t know it from the current weather on the East Coast, but baseball season is fast approaching. In just one week, all Orioles pitchers and catchers will have reported to Sarasota for the start of spring training. The first workout is in eight days. Soon we’ll be inundated with reports […]
From Camden Chat | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Just about every member of the 2025 Orioles either underperformed or got injured. Colton Cowser did both, souring what could have been a breakout season. Reports indicate that Cowser will enter 2026 fully healthy, and seems poised to take on the center field job full-time. The Orioles are betting on a bounce back from the […]
From Camden Chat | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! We start another day without any news from the Orioles. After a flurry of activity in the early offseason, things have come to a halt. If you think the Orioles still need changes to be successful this season, it is frustrating for sure. But as each day passes, with or without […]
From Camden Chat | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Hello, friends. There are now 53 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. We’re getting there! WBC-participating pitchers and catchers report to Sarasota in just eight days, while the first Grapefruit League game for the Orioles is 19 days away. We’re in the month where fake games will be happening! That’s more fun for me than […]
From Camden Chat | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning Birdland, There has been a whole lotta smoke around the Orioles’ hunt for a starting pitcher this week. A few days ago, Jon Heyman described the O’s as “in” on Zac Gallen, alongside the Cubs and the Diamondbacks. On Friday, Heyman reported that the Orioles are also keeping tabs on Lucas Giolito. All […]
From Camden Chat | 5 days ago | 0 reads
Greetings! It’s that magical time of the year when baseball pundits publish their annual rankings and Orioles fans can argue about whether Samuel Basallo should be the fourth-best prospect in baseball or the eighth. But beyond the fortunes of individual prospects, where does the organization as a whole stack up heading into 2026? The Orioles’ […]
From Camden Chat | 6 days ago | 1 read
Good morning, Camden Chatters. This week has brought a renewed focus on the Orioles’ farm system — well, theirs and everyone else’s — as various publications have updated their prospect rankings for 2026, including The Athletic and ESPN. Several O’s prospects have gotten high marks, led by Samuel Basallo, who has been a consensus top-10 […]
From Camden Chat | 6 days ago | 1 read
The San Diego Padres acquired outfielder Ramon Laureano in the July trade deadline spree that saw them part with six prospects to the Baltimore Orioles. Outfielder/first baseman Ryan O’Hearn was the headliner in that deal but he is now gone via free agency. Laureano had a team option of $6.5 million for 2026 that the […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 7 days ago | 1 read
Happy 62nd birthday to John Habyan, a local boy done good who was a key cog in the Yankees’ bullpen for parts of four seasons. Habyan was born on Long Island and pitched well enough at St. John the Baptist High School in West Islip to garner the attention of the Orioles, who picked him […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 7 days ago | 0 reads
Hello, friends. There are now 56 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day, which is to say, real baseball will be back exactly eight weeks from today. That’s fun! Or will it be fun? I guess that’s up to the team that disappointed us last year. Only eleven days remain before WBC-participating pitchers and catchers are […]
From Camden Chat | 7 days ago | 1 read
With Spring Training just around the corner, we’re going to see more movement in free agency very soon. There’s another wave yet to sign , and there is some starting pitching at the front of it. Jon Heyman was on MLB Network discussing, among other things, the state of Zac Gallen’s free agency, which he suggested could reach a conclusion relatively soon: . @JonHeyman reports that the D-backs, Cubs and Orioles are teams that continue to express interest in free agent starter Zac Galle...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 8 days ago | 1 read
With spring training only a few weeks away, it’s possible that the Orioles are done adding to the roster. Framber Valdez remains available, and the Birds could strike for a number of players at any point, but the team could also decide to stand pat. The majority of free agents have already found new homes. […]
From Camden Chat | 8 days ago | 0 reads
Good Morning Birdland, It is an assumption around the league that the Orioles’ offseason work is not done just yet. Specifically, they want to upgrade their rotation. Less specifically, if reports are to be believed, they seemingly aren’t settled on any one arm in particular. Framber Valdez is considered the top pitcher left on the […]
From Camden Chat | 8 days ago | 0 reads
The pre-2026 prospect rankings lists continue to swoon over Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo. In ESPN’s top 100 list published today, Kiley McDaniel ranks Basallo as MLB’s #4 prospect, behind only the consensus top three in baseball, Konnor Griffin (Pirates), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers), and Jesús Made (Brewers). ESPN’s ranking is the highest that Basallo has received […]
From Camden Chat | 9 days ago | 1 read
Eight weeks ago, I broke down the possible paths the Orioles might go down to have a successful offseason. One of the possibilities I laid out was some combination of Framber Valdez or Ranger Suárez and a big bat like Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber or Pete Alonso. That possibility seems set to come to fruition, […]
From Camden Chat | 9 days ago | 1 read
Good morning, Camden Chatters. We’re just a couple of weeks away now from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training. As of now, that group of Orioles pitchers still does not include Framber Valdez. I will continue to update you as nothing occurs. In the meantime, it’s prospect hype season, as publications continue to drop […]
From Camden Chat | 9 days ago | 2 reads
Not even two weeks ago, the Braves ended up seeing lefty pitcher José Suarez get claimed off waivers by the Orioles after Atlanta had designated him for assignment. As fate would have it, Suarez’s time with the Orioles ended up being extremely short after the Orioles decided to DFA him last week after they claimed […]
From Talking Chop | 10 days ago | 2 reads
Prospect list season continued on Monday with the release of Keith Law’s top 100 list at The Athletic. His list joins recently-published ones by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline. Five Orioles minor leaguers made the cut for Law’s list this year, headlined by Samuel Basallo at #8. Basallo has been a top ten prospect in […]
From Camden Chat | 10 days ago | 1 read
The Orioles roster seems to be in pretty good shape. Mike Elias has beefed up the rotation and, if reports are to be believed, he could still bring in Framber Valdez. The additions of Pete Alonso and Taylor Ward should provide some pop in the middle of the lineup. And Ryan Helsley feels like a […]
From Camden Chat | 10 days ago | 2 reads