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Coby Mayo’s make-or-break year ended up break-and-make
Going into 2026, this was clearly going to be a pivotal year where Coby Mayo had to prove that he was going to be something or else it might sink in that he will never be anything. Yet he was also stuck in a paradox, because it was not obvious when Mayo would even get […]
Jaiden Lo Re and DJ Layton made some noise in their first professional season
The Orioles haven’t made a lot of noise outside the early rounds of the draft under Mike Elias. Of the Elias draftees currently on the 40-man roster, only Coby Mayo was drafted outside the top 100 picks of a draft (Mayo was pick 103 in the 4th round in 2020). However, with fast-rising prospects Jaiden […]
Orioles news: Another wave of top 100 prospects
Hello, friends. There are 166 days remaining until the next scheduled Orioles game. Whether an Orioles game (or any MLB game) happens on that date or any time close after is not something we are going to know until probably mid-February, when spring training begins. I’m already dreading having nothing going on in December and […]
ALDS Game 4 open chat
Three of the four Championship Series teams are set, and so far the postseason has gone straight chalk. In the National League, the #1-seeded Brewers and #2 Dodgers will square off for the second straight year. In the American League, the top-ranked Rays are ALCS-bound after sweeping the Yankees, to everyone’s delight. The Rays will […]
Ryan Helsley’s promising Orioles debut was cut short by injury
For almost the entirety of 2026, Baltimore felt the absence of a real closer. Sometimes it’d be Tyler Wells. Sometimes Yennier Cano. They’d even sometimes throw Grant Wolfram out there in the ninth, though they should have known better. None of this was by design. In August 2025, the Mountain toppled—Félix Bautista, one of the […]
Orioles’ Luis De León made a strong first impression
The Orioles signed pitcher Luis De León out of the Dominican Republic in December 2021. His signing bonus was just $30,000. A high-strikeout, high-walk pitcher, De León struggled in the Dominican Summer League in as a 19-year-old, but slowly began working up the ranks of the minors. By the end of 2025, he had worked […]
Orioles news: General manager rumors, layoff fallout
Hello, friends. There are now 167 days until the next scheduled Orioles game. Developments this week are a further signal that the chances of the 2027 season beginning as scheduled are not 100%. The Orioles, as you’ve probably already heard, laid off a bunch of business operations and game day staff, including the person who […]
Wednesday MLB playoffs live chat
The two National League division series matchups play Game 4 today, while the two AL series play Game 3. Potentially, every one of these series could be over by the end of the day, if the team that has already won two games picks up its third win. The Dodgers and Brewers will be trying […]
Chris Bassitt provided leadership but little production on the mound
It’s become an annual ritual for the Orioles front office. Every offseason, when fans are clamoring for the O’s to sign a top-tier ace pitcher, Mike Elias inevitably says “no thanks” and instead throws some money at an aging, back-of-the-rotation veteran. It’s a tried-and-true formula that Elias continues despite the fact that it basically never […]
Boston Bateman is shaping up as we’d hoped
The Orioles gave up two productive veterans at the 2025 trade deadline, and Boston Bateman was the main reason why. One year later, the towering lefty looks like a smart bet and one of the most intriguing arms in Baltimore’s system. Back in 2024, the Padres took Bateman with the 52nd pick in the draft […]
Orioles news: Organization lays off dozens, including Oriole Bird and Mr. Splash
Good morning Birdland, Yesterday was just the latest in a recent run of bad days for the Baltimore Orioles. Andy Kostka of The Baltimore Banner reported on Tuesday afternoon that the organization was laying off a significant number of business operations staff. He quoted one source calling it a “bloodbath” and relaying that the number […]
NLDS Game 3 Open Thread
The four remaining NL teams take center stage tonight, and they won’t have to battle Monday Night Football for the sporting world’s attention like their junior circuit counterparts had to last night. We are treated to quite a tasty matchup between the Dodgers and Braves to get things started, while the Brewers will try to […]
Blaze Alexander transformed from utility man to offensive threat in the first half
When the Orioles acquired Blaze Alexander, Jordan Westburg was reportedly only suffering from mild oblique discomfort. The team did not yet know that the former All Star would undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the duration of the season. Jackson Holliday, primed for a breakout year, suffered a broken hamate bone the day after Baltimore […]
JT Quinn showed mid-rotation upside in his debut season
It’s rare for the Mike Elias-led Orioles to use a moderately high draft pick on a pitcher. But that conventional wisdom went out the window a bit in the 2025 draft, when they selected Joseph Dzierwa and JT Quinn with a pair of second round picks just 11 slots apart. Based on how the duo […]
Orioles news: Checking in on the AFL
Happy Tuesday, Camden Chatters! The postseason continued last night with the American League teams back in action. In the AL Central ALDS, the Chicago White Sox staged a come-from-behind victory with three runs in the sixth inning to go ahead and stay there. Guardians’ starter Gavin Williams struck out 11 but lasted just five innings. […]
ALDS Game 2 Open Thread
Yesterday’s action in the NL saw the Braves pull even with the reigning champion Dodgers and the Brewers take a comanding 2-0 lead over Manny Machado and the and Padres. Today, we shift back to the AL, with the White Sox and Rays looking to extend their series leads. From a former Orioles perspective, neither […]
Yennier Cano bounced back in 2026
The 2026 version of Yennier Cano was one we thought we might not see again. After a brutal 2025 season in which Cano was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk in late June and ultimately had a 5.12 ERA in 65 games, it looked like Cano’s run as an effective reliever might be over. But a resurgent […]
Caden Hunter pitched like a Top 100 prospect in 2026
The Orioles selected Caden Hunter with the 184th pick in the 2025 draft. It’s rare that a player can make a jump from the sixth round to MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospect list in only a year, but that’s exactly what Caden Hunter did after a dominant first season in professional baseball. Hunter spent two […]
Orioles news: How will the O’s solve their infield logjam?
Good morning, Camden Chatters. The MLB postseason rolls on, and yesterday brought two quality games in the NL Division Series. The Brewers and Padres played an absolute thriller, one that ended on Jackson Chourio’s dramatic two-run, two-out, two-strike walkoff single off of the unhittable San Diego closer Mason Miller, putting Milwaukee one win away from […]
NLDS Game 2 Open Thread
How many of you utilize the MLB app? In addition to the new SB Nation app, the MLB app is a daily stop for me. Unfortunately, the app opens with the final Orioles game showing as canceled. If you navigate over to the scores tab, you’ll see two NLDS games on the docket for today. […]
Orioles news: Yankees get embarrassed in Game 1
Good morning, Camden Chatters. Look, it sucks that the Orioles aren’t in the playoffs. Their 2026 season was an abject failure. They were bad and they should feel bad. There’s no way to overcome that disappointment. But in the absence of the Orioles, watching the Yankees fail miserably in the postseason provides at least some […]
Division Series Game 1 open chat
The Division Series begins today for both the American and National Leagues, which once again means all-day baseball. The AL has tomorrow off to start the staggering of schedules/avoid competing too much with the NFL, so get your fix today. This gives the AL teams three days off if a series goes five games, which […]
Orioles news: Arbitration estimates show raises for seven players
Good morning Birdland, There was no major baseball news on Friday, a planned day off for the playoff schedule. But that gets turned on its head today as all four Division Series will get underway. The day starts at 1 p.m. with White Sox at Guardians on TBS. Braves at Dodgers follows on FOX at […]
Dean Kremer’s tenure in Baltimore finally ended in 2026
This past season saw the end of Dean Kremer’s time in Baltimore, as the longest surviving member of the Manny Machado trade ended his time with the Orioles with the same frustrating inconsistency that colored his entire career. When it came to Dean Kremer’s role on the Orioles pitching staff, I always had the mindset […]
Camden Chat Pre-Season Contest Results
If you have been a Camden Chat regular over the years, you are probably familiar with our annual contest. Each year in March, we post a series of questions to get you thinking about the season ahead. This past March, we had 282 of Camden Chat’s finest submit their answers to 30 questions, and we […]
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